## Amazon plans to cut 30,000 corporate jobs in response to pandemic overhiring

Authored by theguardian.com

Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree.

The cuts come months after the retail giant’s CEO warned white-collar employees their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence.

While the layoffs would represent a small portions of Amazon’s sprawling global workforce of 1.55 million employees, they would hit about 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees.

Shares in the firm, which is scheduled to report quarterly earnings later this week, rose 1.2% on Monday.

Other giants of the internet have likewise backtracked on the major hiring undertaken during the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent years, Amazon has been trimming smaller numbers of jobs across multiple divisions, including devices, communications, podcasting and others.

Fortune reported that as many as 15% of the firm’s HR roles could be hit, citing multiple sources familiar with Amazon’s plans. »

### Key Sudan city falls to paramilitary group following 18-month siege

Authored by news.sky.com

Al Fashir is currently in a telecommunications blackout, an ominous sign that has marked previous takeovers by the paramilitary group.

United Nations experts accused the RSF of killing 10,000 to 15,000 people in ethnically motivated attacks in the city of Al Geneina in West Darfur.

They were later accused of killing hundreds more months later in rampant ethnic violence as they captured the city. »

### “He Ate Up to 100 Magnets” Doctors Stunned After 13-Year-Old Loses Part of His Bowel

Authored by womenzmag.com

The incident was so severe that doctors had to remove part of his bowel to save his life.

When he arrived, he told doctors he had eaten the magnets about a week earlier.

For one New Zealand family, a set of tiny magnets turned into a medical emergency no one saw coming. »

### Don't expect Vermintide 3 any time soon, as Fatshark plans to keep supporting the existing game: 'Vermintide will keep on going'

Authored by pcgamer.com

We had to patch the game to allow him to play more, because the number just couldn't go up.

In good news for those hardcore 'Tide heads, Fatshark plans to continue support for Vermintide 2, which has already grown so much it barely resembles the game we reviewed seven years ago.

On the 10th anniversary of Vermintide, Fatshark revealed its roadmap of plans for Darktide and Vermintide 2. »

### Man accused of stabbing 2 teens with metal fork on flight from Chicago to Germany

Authored by nbcnews.com

A Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany was diverted to Boston after a man stabbed two teenage passengers with a metal fork, authorities said Monday.

Usiripalli was arrested after the plane landed at Boston's Logan International Airport, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

He then slapped a female passenger, according to the statement, and tried to slap a member of the flight crew. »

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