Uber CEO retracts statement calling Khashoggi murder a 'mistake'
Uber CEO Khosrowshahi expressed regret for the statement where he called the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia a 'serious mistake'. The Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF holds a 5 percent stake in Uber as of 2016, worth 3.5 billion USD, and the Uber CEO faced enormous backlash on Twitter for his words. He later took to Twitter to retract his statement and issued an apology.
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Turkish prosecutors indict 20 suspects for Khashoggi killing
Prosecutors in Istanbul have said that they have prepared an indictment against 20 suspects in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The indictment accuses the head of Saudi Arabia's general intelligence and a top advisor to the royal family of masterminding the murder.
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Saudi Crown Prince hacked Amazon CEO's phone and stole large amounts of data
According to some insider sources, the Saudi Crown Prince hacked Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos' phone in 2018. The hack was used to extract a large amount of data from the phone within just a few hours although it is unknown what kind of data they were able to extract. This will likely hurt the country's attempts to gain more foreign investors.
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Zimbabwe: Vice President's wife tried to kill her husband, awaiting trial
Marry Mubaiwa, the wife of the Vice President of Zimbabwe has been charged with attempted murder after she tried to remove her very sick husband from the hospital. She was fully aware of his condition and removed a medical intravenous drip before trying to sneak him out. She has also been charged with laundering $1 million to South Africa.
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Murder investigation forces Malta PM to resign
Amidst widespread criticisms over his involvement with businessman Jorgen Fenech, charged for the murder of anti-corruption jouralist Caruana Galizia in 2017, Maltese prime minister Joseph Muscat has announced his resignation. The move follows the resignation of other top government officials connected to Fenech, amid a rapidly intensifying murder investigation.
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