USA US judge rules Amazon won't have to restore Parler web service Favoured by Trump supporters, Parler was removed from the Google and Apple app stores and kicked off Amazon's its web-hosting service following violence at the US Capitol. 22/01/2021
Places Indigenous photographer captures tribe fighting for the rainforest A set of photos show the Guajajara people working hard to protect the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. 11/12/2020
Italy Blank book on why Matteo Salvini deserves respect becomes a bestseller The €6.99 paperback was first released in February 2019 but made it top of the Amazon bestseller list in Italy on December 4. 09/12/2020
no comment Anti-Amazon protesters demonstrate in front of Paris Finance Ministry Activists in Paris dropped off fake packages bearing the logo of Jeff Bezos' company in front of the Finance Ministry in Paris to "symbolise the government's collusion with Amazon". 04/12/2020
no comment Protesters air Amazon gripes outside Jeff Bezos' NYC apartment block They sought to highlight that Amazon had profited during the pandemic and that, at the same time, workers were unhappy over pay and protections. 03/12/2020
France France resumes tax on tech giants, seeks deal with US The tax brought about €400 million to the French budget last year, but the government agreed to suspend it in 2020, in exchange for an American promise to drop the tariff threat pending talks on an international deal on taxing online companies. 26/11/2020
Life Why Nemonte Nenquimo has become the voice of the Indigenous population Nenquimo has been named one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People of 2020. 01/11/2020
USA Amazon's satellite constellation plan to boost internet reach approved The company plans to create a 3,200-strong satellite constellation to deliver internet to underserved communities. It will compete with Elon Musk's Starlink. 31/07/2020
Life Amazon’s delivery planes could soon be powered by recycled cooking fat Sustainable fuel could cut Amazon Air's carbon emissions by up to 22 per cent. 13/07/2020
Places The power of the Amazon Rainforest’s thousands of unique plants From capturing carbon emissions to medical breakthroughs, the Amazon could save us - if we can stop it from burning. 02/07/2020
Life Musk and Bezos feud goes electric with Amazon's answer to Tesla With 14.7 billion tonnes of goods delivered every year in Europe, could electric, driverless vans be the future? 05/05/2020
View Amazon’s ambivalence is helping support for Russian forces and their proxies in Ukraine ǀ View 24/04/2020
