Tag: Amazon
Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg
RIO: A rifle resting on his shoulder, Tatji Arara looks despondent as he steps over the trunks of huge trees felled by timber traffickers...
Jeff Bezos to keep Amazon voting power after divorce
WASHINGTON: MacKenzie Bezos and Amazon.com Inc founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos agreed in a divorce settlement that he would retain all voting...
Two bodies recovered after Amazon cargo plane crashes into Texas bay
TEXAS: Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that nosedived into a bay outside Houston on...
Foxconn says investigating labour conditions at China factory used for Amazon
NEW YORK: Contract manufacturer Foxconn said on Sunday it is investigating a plant in China that makes devices for Amazon.com Inc, after a US...
Trump orders review of US Postal Service following criticism of Amazon
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the creation of a task force to study the US Postal Service and its financial difficulties,...
Trump taking ‘serious look’ at policy options on Amazon
Aboard Air Force One: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would take a serious look at policies to address what he says...
Trump attacks Amazon, again, over US postal rates
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump launched his second attack in a week on Amazon Inc on Saturday, accusing the world’s biggest online retailer of...
‘Uninhabited’ Amazon may have been home to a million people
RIO DE JANEIRO: Areas of the Amazon previously thought to be uninhabited may have been home to up to a million people in the...
Steven Spielberg and Javier Bardem team up for new Amazon miniseries
LOS ANGELES: Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem is all set to star as the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in an Amazon miniseries from writer Steven...
Global warming could place species in Amazon at risk
Global warming could place 25 to 50 percent of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other biodiverse areas at risk of localised extinction within...
Forbes declares Amazon chief richest person in world
PARIS: Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world’s richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to...
EU aims to tax internet giants at ‘two to six percent’:...
PARIS: The European Union (EU) will soon unveil a plan for taxing major internet companies like Amazon and Facebook by imposing a levy of...
Amazon opens automated grocery store of the future
SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon will open its checkout-free grocery store to the public on Monday after more than a year of testing, the company said,...
Pope Francis urges protection of Amazon from ‘consumerist greed’
PUERTO MALDONADO: Pope Francis issued a ringing defence of the people and the environment of the Amazon on Friday, saying big business and “consumerist...
Native Peruvians await Pope Francis in Amazon
PUERTO MALDONADO: After lengthy treks through the muddy Amazon, indigenous men, women and children will greet Pope Francis on Friday in a visit to...
Saudi Arabia to get Apple and Amazon
RIYADH: Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters, as part of Crown Prince...
Google pulls YouTube from Amazon devices, escalating spat
A rare public spat in the technology industry escalated on Tuesday when Google said it would block its video streaming application YouTube from two...
