Amazon to lay off more than 18,000 staff, including in Europe
The online retail giant Amazon has announced plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing the “uncertain economy” and the fact it hired rapidly during the Covid pandemic.
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Fifty thousand faithful pay final respects to ex-pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis, global leader of the Catholic church, presided over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in the presence of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square in Rome.
France to send armoured vehicles to war-torn Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron has pledged to provide Ukraine with light armoured vehicles to help in the war against Russia. The Elysée made the announcement following a phone call between the French President and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky late W…
World’s Catholics focus on funeral of former pope Benedict
Pope Francis will lead the funeral later today, Thursday, in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square before Benedict’s remains are placed in the vaults beneath the basilica. He will be buried in the tomb which held pope John Paul II’s remains until 2011.
Oshkosh Defense Receives $103 Million JLTV Order For Deliveries To Five International Partners
Oshkosh Defense [OSK] has received a $103 million order to deliver Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVS) to Romania, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Brazil and Montenegro, the company said Tuesday. Work on the latest JLTV order, which the U.S. Army officia…
Iran protests cartoons of Khamenei in French satirical weekly
Iran warned France on Wednesday it would respond after “insulting” cartoons depicting Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Former Russian official sends Macron shrapnel that injured him
A former top Russian official injured in Ukraine said Wednesday he had sent the shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that he claimed struck him to President Emmanuel Macron.
Boeing Receives $497.1 Million To Deliver 12 CH-47F Chinooks To Egypt, Two For U.S. Army
Boeing [BA] has received a $497.1 million deal to deliver 12 CH-47F Block I Chinook helicopters to Egypt and two of the heavy-lift aircraft for the U.S. Army, the company said Tuesday. The CH-47s for Egypt are part of a potential $2.6 billion foreign m…
China calls Covid curbs on travellers ‘unacceptable’, threatens retaliation
China has described the extension of international restrictions on travellers from its territory as “unacceptable” as countries including France, Japan, India and the United States impose Covid controls on visitors from the world’s most populous nation.
Stockholm takes up EU presidency in the shadow of Sweden’s shift to the right
Sweden took over the EU’s rotating presidency for six months on 1 January 2023. The authorities have promised to uphold fundamental European values. But this may prove difficult with the far-right, anti-European, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats party …