Tag: Amazon

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Major companies pull out of world business fairs because of coronavirus risks

  

  Sony and Amazon are the latest major companies to pull out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus. Sony said it would no longer take part in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after “monitoring the evolving situation” after the coronavirus outbreak.

• Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  France, Brazil's biggest military threat over the next 20 years and an Amazon invasion?

  

  France is expected to be Brazil's biggest military threat over the next 20 years and could invade the Amazon in 2035, according to a secret report published by Brazilian media on Friday. Although the French embassy jokingly “saluted” its “limitless imagination”, the military document is aimed at redefining the country's foreign policy strategy and could add yet another chapter to its troubled relations with France.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30.5% in 2019; below the historic average

  

  The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30.5% in 2019 from the previous year, according to data released by space research agency INPE. The agency said the number of fires detected in the Amazon region was 89,178 in 2019 compared with 68,345 fires in 2018.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  US stock markets at record highs on gains by tech giants

  

  The tech-rich Nasdaq finished above 9,000 for the first time on Thursday, powering to its 10th straight record on gains by Amazon and other tech giants. The Nasdaq surged 69.51 points (0.78 percent) to finish the post-holiday session at 9,022.39.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 13:59 UTC

  Brazilian president under fire due to the Amazon situation

  

  Brazil’s Amazonian reserve has always been a cause for contention between indigenous activists and the Brazillian government. Covering the majority of northwestern Brazil and extending into Columbia, Peru and a whole host of South American nations, the Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest famed for its biodiversity and natural beauty.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian police arrest volunteer firefighters; civic leaders claim it's a campaign to blame NGOs for Amazon fires

  

  Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four volunteer firefighters accused of intentionally setting fires in the Amazon rainforest, but civic leaders said the arrests amounted to government harassment of environmental groups.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Indonesia rainforest fires more toxic and extended than blazes in the Amazon, EU claims

  

  Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon dioxide than the blazes in the Amazon this year, according to the European Union's atmosphere observation program.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 08:00 UTC

  Record deforestation in the Amazon rainforest confirms official Brazilian data

  

  Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Amazon native peoples call on EU parliament to protect their communities in Brazil

  

  The European Union should consider sanctions for companies that source materials from protected Brazilian forest reservations and native lands, an indigenous community representative said.

• Monday, November 4th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Outrage in Brazil at the killing of an indigenous “guardian of the forest”

  

  Activists expressed outrage on Sunday at the killing of an indigenous “guardian of the forest” in Brazil's Amazon and called on the government to thwart illegal loggers in the region. Paulo Paulino Guajajara and another tribesman, Laercio Guajajara, were ambushed by loggers late Friday as they patrolled the Arariboia territory in the northeastern state of Maranhao.