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Amazon Sued for Selling Charcoal Made on Land Taken by Cuba
Amazon was hit with a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming its online sales of Cuban charcoal violate federal law because the retail giant is profiting off property seized by the country’s communist government in the 1950s.
Read moreDefamation Dismissed
A federal judge dismissed Coral Ridge Ministries Media dba James Kennedy Ministries’ defamation complaint against Amazon.com and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which designated it a hate group because it calls homosexuality “vile” and “shameful,” among other things.
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Amazon Rainforest Fires Take Center Stage at House Hearing
The thousands of fires that have been engulfing the Amazon Basin since last month are largely a cause of Brazilian policy failure and climate change, witnesses told a House panel Tuesday.
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A federal class action accuses Amazon.com of selling “banned, unsafe, mislabeled and/or recalled products on its website,” including at least 2,000 listings for toys and medications that lack warnings about health risks to children.
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Respiratory Illnesses Rise in Brazil as Amazon Fires Rage
Lingering smoke in the Amazon is causing concern among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly — have increased as fires in the region rage.
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Brazil Choked by Smoke From Fires Consuming Amazonia
Equipped with hoses connected to rubber backpacks, Brazilian firefighters in the Amazon on Monday raced in a truck along dirt roads toward plumes of smoke after a spotter in a military helicopter directed them to a fast-spreading fire.
Read moreBrazil Military Begins Operations to Fight Amazon Fires
Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry.
Read moreAudible Captioning Feature Drives Publishers to Court
Seven of the world’s top literary publishers brought a federal copyright complaint Friday in response to an announcement by Amazon-owned Audible of its plan to roll out a new caption service with its e-books.
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Bolsonaro Defiant as Amazon Rainforest Burns
Amid global concern about raging fires in the Amazon, Brazil’s government complained Thursday that it is being targeted in smear campaign by critics who say President Jair Bolsonaro is not doing enough to curb widespread deforestation.
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Record Number of Fires Scorching Amazon Rainforest
Brazil’s Amazon rainforests – the so-called lungs of planet Earth – are being scorched by fire and a new report shows the infernos raging there have hit an all-time high.
Read moreAmazon Says French Clients to Bear Cost of France’s New Digital Tax
Amazon plans to pass on the costs of France’s new digital tax on internet giants to the businesses that use its Marketplace platform for finding customers, instead of taking the hit itself, the U.S. online retailer said Thursday.
Read moreTop EU Court Backs Amazon on Murky Contact Info
Amazon need not comply with a German law requiring retailers to make its phone number clearly available to customers, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday.
Read moreUK Health Service to Use Amazon Alexa to Give Medical Advice
Britain’s health care service is teaming up with Amazon’s digital voice assistant to help answer medical queries with advice from the service’s official website. Critics, however, warn about risks to data privacy.
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Hoverboard Fire Lawsuit Against Amazon Can Move Forward
A Tennessee family can press its lawsuit against online retailer Amazon over a hoverboard fire that destroyed their home, an appeals court has ruled, saying the company was aware of complaints about the devices catching fire and exploding.
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Amazon, Microsoft Wage War Over the Pentagon’s ‘War Cloud’
Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud” computing system. But Amazon’s early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be slipping away.
Read moreAmazon Back on the Hook for Dog Owner Blinded by Leash
Overturning a ruling likening Amazon to a digital classified-ad section, the Third Circuit on Wednesday revived a lawsuit aiming to hold the tech giant liable for a retractable dog leash that left a woman blind in one eye.
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Judge Orders Arbitration in Delivery Drivers’ Spat With Amazon
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A proposed nationwide class of delivery drivers cannot evade arbitration to sue Amazon in court for
Read morePanel Rules Hate Crimes Law Covers Amazon Attack
Expanding the reach of a 2009 law, the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that the attack of a gay man at an Amazon shipping facility qualifies as a federal hate crime.
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