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# Amazon

This month
January 2023
# Davos
Varadkar says Ireland will be affected by Microsoft job losses
Varadkar is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
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Updated Jan 19th 2023, 1:43 PM
# Brazil
Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last month in office
Under Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose by 75.5% from the previous decade.
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Jan 6th 2023, 8:26 PM
# tech jobs
Amazon to cut more than 18,000 jobs globally
In September the company shipping items from a new fulfilment centre in Dublin which employs 500 people.
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Jan 5th 2023, 7:46 AM
Last year
2022
# deforestation
Amazon loses a tenth of its vegetation in four decades, report says
From 1985 to 2021, the deforested area surged from 490,000 square kilometres to 1,250,000 square kilometres.
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Dec 2nd 2022, 10:39 PM
# Neighbours
TV soap Neighbours set for revival on Amazon streaming services
Production on the revitalised drama is set to start in early 2023.
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Nov 17th 2022, 3:10 PM
# Morning Memo
Newsletter: What's behind the global tech sector job cuts?
Political leaders here are attempting to sound reassuring amid global cuts.
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Nov 17th 2022, 11:22 AM
# Layoffs
Amazon begins mass layoffs among its corporate workforce
No job cuts are expected in Ireland.
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Nov 17th 2022, 6:51 AM
# Amazon Rainforest
'Brazil is back': President-elect Lula vows to fight deforestation at COP27
Lula has offered to host UN climate talks in the Amazon region in 2025.
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Nov 16th 2022, 10:14 PM
# Amazon
No job cuts expected at Amazon Ireland despite reports of lay-offs, Varadkar says
The tech giant is set to axe up to 10,000 workers from its global operation.
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Nov 16th 2022, 7:26 PM
# Job Losses
Tech firm Intercom to cut workforce by almost 13%, leaving 39 jobs in Ireland at risk
The New York Times is reporting that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people starting as soon as this week.
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Updated Nov 14th 2022, 9:13 PM
# deforestation
Brazil sets new Amazon deforestation record for October ahead of government change
Under outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation increased 75% compared to the previous decade.
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Nov 11th 2022, 8:20 PM
# Brazil
More fires in Brazil's Amazon so far this year than all of 2021, new figures show
Satellite monitoring has detected 75,592 fires from 1 January to 18 September this year.
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Sep 19th 2022, 10:39 PM
# fulfilment centre
Amazon announces launch of new Dublin fulfilment centre
The centre will employ 500 people.
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Sep 2nd 2022, 1:06 PM
# Amazon
Amazon opens first Irish fulfilment centre in Dublin
Recruitment for the site is currently underway.
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Aug 4th 2022, 12:51 PM
# alexa
Amazon’s Alexa could mimic the voices of dead relatives
The capability was unveiled at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas.
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Jun 23rd 2022, 6:33 PM
# Brazil
‘Exhaustive’ search fails to find Amazon murder victims' boat as tests begin on bodies
Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.
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Jun 17th 2022, 7:02 AM
# Amazon
Second man arrested in case of missing British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert
The suspect, Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, is a brother of the man so far considered by police as the main suspect in the case.
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Jun 15th 2022, 7:13 AM
# Amazon
Conflicting reports on developments in search for British journalist and Brazilian expert
Brazilian Federal Police said the latest development was the discovery of personal items belonging to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.
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Updated Jun 13th 2022, 5:00 PM
# Brazil
Brazil police questioning suspect over disappearance of Amazon explorers
Local Indigenous activists said the pair received threats last week for their work in the remote region.
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Updated Jun 8th 2022, 9:15 PM
# Brazil
British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert missing in remote part of Amazon
Two people have been arrested in connection with their disappearance.
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Jun 7th 2022, 12:57 PM
# Data Centres
Amazon secures green light for data centre in Meath despite opposition
An Bord Pleanála granted permission to Amazon to allow construction of the new data centre
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Apr 22nd 2022, 5:34 PM
# Amazon
Amazon workers vote to unionise in New York, in a US first
“We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there we were signing people up,” one union organiser said.
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Apr 1st 2022, 9:21 PM
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Amazon rainforest reaching ‘tipping point’ faster than expected, research shows
A new paper said three-quarters of the Amazon is showing dwindling resilience against droughts and other adverse weather events.
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Mar 7th 2022, 4:47 PM
# the good information project
'We have to think hard about prioritisation': The environmental impact of Ireland's data centres
With around 70 data centres in Ireland and more to come, tech companies are now using a massively outsized amount of energy.
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Feb 27th 2022, 7:30 AM
# Brazil
Area more than six times the size of Manhattan destroyed in Brazilian Amazon in January
Deforestation levels in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new record for January.
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Feb 2nd 2022, 10:08 PM
# Jeff Bezos
Rotterdam to dismantle historic bridge to allow Jeff Bezos superyacht to pass
The decision has angered some in the Netherlands.
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Feb 2nd 2022, 9:39 PM
# Ecuador
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuador's Amazon
Neither the government nor OCP Ecuador have quantified the extent of the spill.
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Jan 31st 2022, 9:29 PM
All time
# warehouse collapse
US inspectors launch probe into Amazon warehouse collapse that left six dead during tornado
The regulators will look into whether or not workplace safety rules were followed by Amazon at the site.
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Dec 14th 2021, 9:16 AM
# Frozen Out
Amazon server outage hits thousands of Disney+ and Netflix customers
The e-commerce giant said it has “identified the root cause and are actively working towards recovery.”
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Dec 8th 2021, 7:42 AM
# Brazil
Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon up 22% in a year, highest level in 15 years
13,235 square kilometres of forest was lost from August 2020 to July 2021.
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Nov 19th 2021, 8:09 AM
# card declined
Amazon to stop accepting UK Visa credit cards due to post-Brexit 'high fees'
The online retail giant said it has made the decision due to ‘the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions’.
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Nov 17th 2021, 10:02 AM
# Amazon
Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit new record in October
An area more than half the size of the city of Rio de Janeiro of Amazon’s lush rainforest was cleared.
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Nov 12th 2021, 9:40 PM
# Not Rocket Science
Musk and Bezos make separate grand gestures over global hunger
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has also offered millions to tackle desertification
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Nov 1st 2021, 9:10 PM
# Workplace Relations
Irish trade unions voice concern over Amazon worker surveillance and alleged union-busting
“Our employees have the choice of whether or not to join a union,” an Amazon spokesperson said.
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Sep 11th 2021, 6:00 AM
# Baldonnell
Amazon to create 500 jobs at new Irish warehouse
The facility is due to open next spring and will be the first of its kind in Ireland.
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Sep 9th 2021, 8:59 AM
# Working Conditions
Bezos attracts criticism for thanking Amazon workers after space flight
The company is facing increasing pressure to improve working conditions.
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Jul 21st 2021, 9:46 AM
Voices
Opinion: As we gradually return to normal, we need to stop the creeping Amazon-ification of our economy
Everyone should have the right to a living wage, job security and decent work conditions, writes Victor Duggan.
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Jul 20th 2021, 2:13 PM
# final frontier
Amazon's Jeff Bezos just launched himself to the edge of space
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made the voyage on 11 July, narrowly beating Bezos.
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Jul 20th 2021, 1:41 PM
# Teamsters
Major US union project aims to organise Amazon workers
“Amazon workers face dehumanizing, unsafe and low-pay jobs, with high turnover and no voice at work.”
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Jun 24th 2021, 10:30 PM
# Scotland
Millions of new smart TVs, laptops and other items in Amazon warehouse marked 'destroy'
A probe found that items earmarked for destruction at a Scottish warehouse.
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Jun 21st 2021, 2:57 PM
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