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Amazon.com on Monday said it would axe another 9,000 roles totaling 27,000 job cuts in recent months, trimming from its long-profitable cloud unit that’s facing new headwinds and making it the latest tech company to announce a second layoff round in the face of a possible recession. In a note …

In a bizarre incident, a man forgot his own wedding after getting drunk the night before. The groom hailing from the Indian state of Bihar was supposed to get married on Monday but he got drunk the night before and woke up on Tuesday, the next day of his wedding. …

A video has surfaced on social media where a girl can be seen being ‘kidnapped’ by two men in India’s Dehli state. In a dramatic video, two persons can be seen dragging a girl and pushing her into their car which is said to be a private cab.   Deputy …

: Indian police have claimed to have arrested a fugitive involved in stealing cigarettes worth Rs3.5 million in Rajasthan. The arrest was made by the Alwar police in Rajasthan. Detailing the arrest, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Vijendar Singh said a complaint was registered by Subhash Chandar, a resident of Nasirabad Road, …

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations of atrocities during its one-year-old invasion of its neighbour. A spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry said the arrest …

More than a quarter-century after college freshman Kristin Smart vanished in what became one of California’s most notorious unsolved crimes, the man ultimately convicted of killing her was sentenced on Friday to serve 25 years to life in prison. The prison term imposed on Kristin Smart’s one-time classmate, Paul Flores, …

: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Saturday, spewing out smoke and ash that blanketed villages near the crater. There were no immediate reports of casualties, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. Images broadcast on local outlet Kompas TV showed ash-covered houses and roads …

A shocking incident comes to light in which a 16-year-old girl was pushed to death from the rooftop of a four-storey apartment allegedly by four youths in India’s Jharkhand state. The mother of the victim has filed an First Information Report (FIR) against four suspected youths including two named accused …

A groom reportedly collapsed on the podium after feeling uneasy with the DJ music’s high decibel blasting at his wedding ritual in India’s Bihar state. As per an Indian media report, the incident occurred when the groom Surendra Kumar and his bride exchanged garlands and performed other rituals on the …

China has a “stunning lead” in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said its study showed that, in …