Amazon axes charity program amid wider cost-cutting moves
AmazonSmile will shut down by Feb. 20 because it had “not grown to create the impact” the retailer had hoped.
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Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest level in 16 weeks despite attempts by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy and bring down inflation.
Germany is pressed on tanks for Ukraine as Kyiv airs frustration
Western allies conferred Thursday on how best to support Ukraine nearly 11 months into Russia’s invasion.
Shooter stood over mom holding baby, killed both and 4 others in central California
A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her baby and shot and killed them in an attack that left six dead in Goshen, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Wholesale inflation in US slowed further in December to 6.2%
Wholesale prices in the United States rose 6.2% in December from a year earlier, a sixth straight slowdown and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures will continue to cool.
Microsoft lays off 10,000 as job cuts continue in tech sector
Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions.
China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
China’s population has begun to decline nine to 10 years earlier than Chinese officials predicted and the United Nation projected.
Greta Thunberg carried away by police at German mine protest
The well-known climate activist were at the edge of an open coal pit mine where they demonstrated against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for the mine’s...
Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from site of Nepal airplane crash that killed at least 69
It’s still not clear what caused the crash, which took place less than a minute’s flight from the airport on a mild day with little wind.
Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95
She achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies.
