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Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs After Accidental Email Announcement
Amazon confirmed it will cut 16,000 jobs globally, a decision revealed hours after an email detailing the redundancies was mistakenly sent to staff, according to the BBC. The email, intended to inform employees in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica about the layoffs, was quickly retracted after being shared in error on Tuesday.
The job reductions are part of an effort to "remove bureaucracy" and "strengthen the company," according to Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon. Galetti stated on Wednesday that the company was not planning further broad reductions.
The accidental email and subsequent confirmation follow earlier reports of potential job cuts at the technology giant, as companies across the sector adjust to changing economic conditions. The layoffs will affect various divisions within Amazon.
In other news, a senior politician in India, Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state, died in a plane crash along with four other people on Wednesday, Sky News reported. The private plane crashed in an open field in western India while traveling from Mumbai to Pawar's home city, Baramati. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Pawar following the incident. The cause of the crash is currently unknown.
Meanwhile, in Sicily, a landslide triggered by heavy rain forced the evacuation of 1,500 people from the town of Niscemi, Sky News reported. The landslide caused the edge of the town to collapse, leaving homes teetering on a cliff edge. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Niscemi on Wednesday, describing the affected houses as "uninhabitable."
In the United States, President Donald Trump distanced himself from remarks made by senior members of his administration regarding Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis, according to Sky News. Trump's adviser, Stephen Miller, had called Pretti a "would-be assassin," a characterization Trump disagreed with. The shooting occurred weeks after another ICE officer killed 37-year-old Renee Good in the same city.
Finally, Keir Starmer stated that U.S. intelligence agencies disagree with President Trump's opposition to the Chagos deal, according to The Guardian. Starmer underlined that the U.S. administration had previously supported the deal as it bolstered their defenses. Downing Street sources indicated that the agreement is a done deal and will not be overturned by the U.S. president's change of heart.
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