LONDON: On May 8, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Aljubeir took to Twitter to ask whether or not those who have accused the Kingdom of the so-called Bezos Hack would come forward and acknowledge their mistake, or “simply delete their tweets and hope that their positions at the time disappear into the sunset?”
The Bezos Hack refers to an incident in January 2020 when Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was accused, without any proof, of illegally tapping into the phone of Amazon’s Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos. The crown prince was accused of leaking news of the affair with presenter Lauren Sanchez to US tabloid the National Enquirer because of Bezos’s ownership of the Washington Post.
BRAD STONE reveals the untold inside story of Jeff Bezos: the world s richest man was romantically involved with a married former television host and getting divorced.
by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, May 05, 2021 - 08:30 PM
As Bill and Melinda Gates divorce shocks corporate America, even capturing the attention of main street given their status as a preeminent global power couple, many observers have been looking for parallels between the Gates split and the de-coupling of Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos. Ultimately, MacKenzie agreed to walk with $38 billion, the biggest divorce settlement ever. It s widely expected that Melinda Gates could walk away with even more.
As the world scrutinizes the Gates situation for similarities and differences with the Bezos split as (however the couple s assets are divided could have an impact on the share price of numerous companies) Bloomberg on Wednesday published an excerpt from a new book by Brad Stone, the tech writer and author known for his coverage of Amazon.
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 11:01 am
John Braddock
New Zealand’s Labour-Green
coalition government is under increasing pressure, from
sections of the NZ ruling elite and from the country’s
allies, over its apparent reluctance to fully endorse the
escalating build-up to war against China.
As the Biden
administration ramps up Washington’s diplomatic and
military offensive, every country is being forced into line.
The furore over the Jacinda Ardern-led government’s less
than full-throated support for the confrontation with
Beijing highlights the extraordinary tensions now
developing.
Matters came to a new head last month
after several governments, led by the US and Britain,
While the Labour government has adopted a more explicit anti-Chinese stance, demands are growing that Wellington do more to put the country on a war footing.