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Amazon begins drone deliveries in Arizona

To be eligible for drone deliveries, the products must weigh five pounds or less

A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Environment

Brazil's Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years

A boy walks on a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, in Manaus, Brazil October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

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Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF

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Amazon's improving retail sales boost Q3 profit, revenue beats estimates

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Amazon launches its first colour Kindle, adds AI features to Scribe

People carry food and water delivered by the civil defense to the isolated villages at the dry Lake Puraquequara during the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950 in San Francisco do Maina in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Environment

Extreme drought isolates Amazon communities in Brazil

A Greenpeace activist steps over sandbanks exposed due to drought at the Solimoes River as they prepare a protest during the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950, near Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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'Who pays?' asks Brazil Greenpeace protest on climate impact in the Amazon

Researcher Miriam Marmontel, from Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development, inspects a dead baby dolphin on Lake Tefe during the worst drought on record that has lowered the water level of the rivers and lakes in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto

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Dolphins dying again in Amazon lake made shallow by drought

Small toy shopping cart is seen in front of displayed Amazon and Flipkart logos in this picture illustration taken, 30 July 2021. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

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Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart's Flipkart breached India antitrust laws, investigation finds

A drone picture shows floating houses and boats which are stranded due to the drought affecting the Rio Negro, the largest left tributary of the Amazon River, at the Cacau Pirera district in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil September 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Climate Change

Amazon river levels fall due to lack of rain, hurting navigation

A 6-axis robotic arm picks up sorting containers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

Global Economy

Amazon advances automation with over 750,000 robots, replacing 100,000 jobs

State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu. File Photo: Collected

Economy

Amazon, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Boeing keen to invest in Bangladesh: State minister

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kell/File Photo

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Amazon rainforest may face tipping point by 2050: Study