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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing with big tech companies October 28, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee is discussing reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images/AFP

Big Tech delivers strong profits amid COVID, political scrutiny
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: Ben Ratner takes a photo of the new iPhone after being the first customer to walk out of the Apple Fifth Avenue store on October 23, 2020 in New York City. The new Apple iPhone 12 was released today. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP

Big week for Big Tech as earnings, hearings loom
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 9, 2010, Bollywood film actor Amitabh Bachchan launches 'Bachchan Bol-Bachchan Speak' his vogging or vocal blogging service in Mumbai. - Bachchan will be the first Indian celebrity to lend his voice to Amazon's Alexa digital assistant starting next year, as the Silicon Valley giant expands its presence in the massive market. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

Namaste Alexa: Amazon signs up Bollywood superstar Bachchan
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos (left) topped Forbes' list of richest Americans for the third year in a row, while US President Donald Trump's ranking dropped. --Reuters

Bezos tops Forbes list of richest Americans
Smoke rises from an illegal fire in Amazon rainforest reserve, north of Sinop in Mato Grosso state, on August 11, 2020. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

Amazon fires 'a lie': Brazil's Bolsonaro
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 25, 2020 shows an aerial view of health personnel of a medical emergency response service carrying Brazilian Eladio Lopes, 79, -infected with the new coronavirus- on a stretcher to be transferred on an ambulance boat from the community of Portel to a hospital in Breves, on Marajo island, Para state, Brazil. - With fires, intensive agriculture, illegal mining and oil extraction, the Amazon, a crucial territory for the health of the planet, has faced multiple dangers for decades. In recent months, the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the ills of the largest tropical forest in the world. (Photo by TARSO SARRAF / AFP)

Coronavirus leaves Amazon more vulnerable than ever
Smoke rises from the fires ravaging the Amazon basin in August. Brazilian authorities released data revealing the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in a decade — partly due to a recent surge in wildfires throughout the region. – AFP

Amazon deforestation is linked to lower corn yields in Brazil
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As earnings loom, Big Tech to highlight pandemic efforts
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Bezos launches $10bn fund to combat climate change
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KUWAIT: Officials and citizens carry the body of Kuwaiti firefighter Abdullah Al-Farsi before he was laid to rest at Sulaibikhat Cemetery on Nov 23, 2024. — KUNA
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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest march against the sectarian attacks in Kurram district in Parachinar, the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Lahore on November 22, 2024. - AFP
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