Amazon to launch direct shipping route from Ho Chi Minh City to US
Ho Chi Minh City 17:42 27/11/2025Amazon Global Selling will open a direct shipping route from Ho Chi Minh City to the United States, aiming to help Vietnamese sellers deliver goods faster and expand exports to the U.S. market, a company executive said on Wednesday.
Amazon summit seals climate deal without fossil fuel plan
World 11:15 23/11/2025Nations sealed a modest deal at the UN climate summit in the Amazon Saturday, as Europe and others dropped their demands for a plan to phase out fossil fuels after fraught negotiations with oil-producing countries and emerging economies.
World leaders to rally climate fight ahead of Amazon summit
World 12:22 06/11/2025World leaders meet Thursday in the Brazilian Amazon in an effort to show that climate change remains a top global priority despite broken promises and the United States shunning the gathering.
OpenAI turns to Amazon in $38 billion cloud services deal after restructuring
World 09:50 04/11/2025OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion deal to buy cloud services from Amazon.com in its first big push to power its AI ambitions after a restructuring last week that gave the ChatGPT maker greater operational and financial freedom.
Scientists try to prove link between Amazon gold mining and disabilities in babies
World 11:29 02/11/2025Brazilian public health researchers have found mounting evidence in the state hosting COP30 that mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining has caused widespread neurological problems and disabilities in Indigenous children.
Wall Street gains on Amazon boost but rate caution tempers enthusiasm
World 12:30 01/11/2025Wall Street's main stock indexes closed higher on Friday, with their biggest boost coming from Amazon's upbeat earnings forecast, but sentiment was dampened by worries that the Federal Reserve is becoming more cautious about cutting rates.
Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say
World 13:24 28/10/2025SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Amazon to invest $1.6 billion in Dutch operation
World 17:32 27/10/2025Amazon plans to invest 1.4 billion euros ($1.63 billion) in the Netherlands over the next three years, the company said on Monday.
Italian court cuts 1.1-billion-euro antitrust fine on Amazon
World 15:15 03/09/2025An Italian court has reduced a 1.13-billion-euro ($1.32 billion) fine imposed on Amazon in 2021 by Italy's competition authority for alleged abuse of a dominant position, a ruling showed on Tuesday.
Europe's old power plants to get digital makeover driven by AI boom
World 15:28 05/08/2025PARIS - Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ready-made access to power and water.
Illegal loggers profit from Brazil’s carbon credit projects
World 10:52 08/07/2025PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Companies around the world have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into conservation projects in Brazil designed to protect the Amazon rainforest in return for carbon credits offsetting their emissions.
Venice protests target Bezos over mounting grievances
World 09:12 29/06/2025VENICE - Mass tourism, impossibly high rents, worker exploitation, inequality and elitism: Venice protests in recent days against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's high-profile wedding have highlighted growing global grievances.
