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Fires sent thick gray smoke all the way to Sao Paulo, some 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) away.

Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 years

Satellite monitoring detected 3,358 fires on Monday

Guests arrive for at the Steve Jobs Theater for an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, US on 10 September, 2019

Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy

America’s tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India’s ancient caste system, with Apple emerging as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of a rigid hierarchy that’s ...

Fans listen to a panel introducing the Prime Video streaming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, US, 22 July 2022

Amazon unveils 'Lord of the Rings' TV series at Comic-Con

Nomadic hobbits, bearded female dwarves and enslaved elves -- Amazon finally lifted the lid on its highly anticipated "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" TV series at Comic-Con on Friday

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia State, Brazil 28 September 2021

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record for first half of 2022

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an area five times the size of New York City was destroyed. From January to June, 3,988 ...

One of the coffins containing human remains found during the search for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon forest, is taken to the Federal Police hangar after being unloaded from a plane in Brasilia on 16 June, 2022.

Bolsonaro blamed as UN, activists denounce Amazon murders

In this file photo taken on 14 November, 2019 veteran foreign correspondent Dom Phillips visits a mine in Roraima State, Brazil

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the jungle, federal police said ...

Gujarat Titans squad celebrates with the trophy after winning IPL 2022 against Rajasthan Royals, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 29 May, 2022

Media giants in battle for IPL rights

The IPL, counting top Indian industrialists and Bollywood stars such as Shah Rukh Khan among its franchise owners, is often seen as a surefire ticket to high TV ratings and growth in India’s booming ...

In this file photo taken on 7 August 2020, aerial picture of a deforested area close to Sinop, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. A total of 580.55 square kilometres were deforested in the Brazilian Amazon in April 2021, a record level for the month, according to official data released on 7 May 2021, defying President Jair Bolsonaro's promises to reduce deforestation.

Deforestation in Amazon remains high in May

The destruction is mainly driven by farming and ranching in Brazil, the world's top producer of soy and beef

Eucalyptus trees along a road in Bogura. Eucalyptus is not an autochthonous tree species of Bangladesh and is considered as harmful for the local plantation and ecology

Plantations of exotic trees might cause problems for local wildlife

Eucalyptus plantation edge effects radiate up to 800 metres into the interior of nearby Amazonian forests, find scientists at the University of Bristol and the Federal University of Western Para, in ...

Google says Amazon is the biggest rival it faces in search engine business.

Amazon delivery pressure hurting workers, labour group says

A labour coalition on Tuesday said that Amazon delivery workers are getting hurt due to pressure by the e-commerce giant to quickly distribute heaps of packages to customers

Logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

US tech titans curb hiring

From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have reined in hiring to endure tumultuous times.

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia State, Brazil 28 September 2021

Brazil deforestation shatters April record

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometres of the world's biggest rainforest

Deforestation at Tangail's Madhupur forest.

Scientists detail how deforestation drives climate change

Scientists used climate models, satellite data and computer simulations to mimic the planet’s climate as it exists today and how it may exist in the future as humanity keeps emitting greenhouse gases

Union organiser Christian Smalls speaks following the 1 April 2022, vote for the unionisation of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York

Amazon workers in New York vote to unionise in US first

Amazon argued that forming a union would mar the company’s direct relationship with workers and represent a jump into the unknown, with no guarantee employees will wind up with better wages or job ...

Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on 24 August 2019.

Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, reveals new research

The study also suggested that the influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable so far, but will likely matter greatly in future

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