A severe drought across Brazil's Amazon rainforest is drastically affecting the lives of residents, especially in towns like Manacapuru, near the state capital of Manaus. Record-low water levels in the upper stretches of the Amazon River, including its tributary the...
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Indigenous Resistance Mounts Against Petrobras’ Amazon Oil Drilling Plans.
Brazil's ambitions to tap into the vast oil reserves off its northern coast face a formidable challenge as Indigenous groups fiercely oppose Petrobras' push to drill in the ecologically fragile Amazon region. Despite environmental concerns and Indigenous rights...
US jury orders Amazon’s AWS to pay $525 million in patent infringement case
In a landmark decision, a federal jury in Illinois ruled that Amazon Web Services (AWS), the leading provider of "cloud" services, should pay $525 million to the technology company Kove for infringing its patent rights in data storage technology. The jury found AWS...