Their scared to go, wonder why

Khashoggi fallout: CEOs in quiet exodus from Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’, but the message is loud and clear

The fiasco around the conference shows how the kingdom is coming under mounting pressure to explain what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a government critic who disappeared two weeks ago

From JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to Blackstone Group head Stephen Schwarzman and Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, the ranks are growing of top executives who will not attend the Future Investment Initiative, an event in Riyadh in late October that is known as “Davos in the Desert”.

The conference is organised by Saudi Arabia’s mammoth sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, and has been billed as a showcase for the economic reforms of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

But it has been thrown into confusion since Khashoggi, a Saudi national and US resident who was critical of the crown prince, failed to emerge from a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2168921/khashoggi-fallout-ceos-quiet-exodus-saudi-arabias

Another one bites the dust

‘America’s most famous pimp’ Dennis Hof dies in own brothel after birthday party

The brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican Nevada state legislature candidate had nicknamed himself the ‘Trump from Pahrump’

America’s most famous pimp partied for days with porn stars, political friends and others to celebrate his 72nd birthday, but the revelry ended when Dennis Hof was found dead in one of his Nevada brothels.

Hof, a Donald Trump-style Republican who won a primary for a seat in the state legislature this year, spent his last nights in a series of celebrations across Nevada that drew notables from politics and the sex industry – two worlds he managed to bridge.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2168942/americas-most-famous-pimp-dennis-hof-dies-own

No where to hide

Ukraine

‘Dead’ Ukrainian corruption suspect is arrested, living like a king in this actual French castle

Assets seized from a suspect code-named ‘King of the Castle’ include the 12th century Chateau de La Rochepot, a vintage Rolls-Royce and art by Salvador Dali

French police have arrested an unnamed “high-profile” Ukrainian who allegedly used forged death certificates to evade the authorities and now faces possible extradition to his home country.

Officers have recovered 4.6 million euros (US$5.3 million) of property, including a 12th-century feudal castle, a vintage Rolls-Royce Phantom, jewellery and three works of art by Salvador Dali. The fugitive, identified only as the “King of the Castle” by the European Union’s law-enforcement agency Europol, was detained on October 5 near Dijon, according to a Tuesday statement.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2168864/dead-ukrainian-corruption-suspect-arrested-living-king-actual

Iran having problems

Militants abduct 14 Iranian border officers near Pakistan, in fresh blow to elite Revolutionary Guard

A group linked to al-Qaeda has reportedly claimed responsibility for the brazen attack, as the Revolutionary Guard blamed an act of treason by ‘infiltrators’

Militants in Iran abducted 14 members of a border security force near the Pakistan border on Tuesday in the latest blow to the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Media reports quoted an unnamed but informed source as saying two of those abducted are members of the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence department. The rest include seven members of the Basij force, a volunteer wing of the guard, as well as regular Iranian border guards.

The abduction took place under the cover of darkness near the Loukdan crossing point in southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province. The area, which lies on a major opium trafficking route, has seen occasional clashes between Iranian forces and Baluch separatists, as well as drug traffickers.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2168863/militants-abduct-14-iranian-border-officers-near-pakistan

>>3508004

Read who was at his party. that has to be embarrassing