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Yemen conflict has put six million people at risk of severe food insecurity
2015-06-19 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
A new joint-study by two United Nations (UN) organisations has revealed that close to six million people are at risk of moving towards severe hunger and will need emergency food and life-saving assistance as a result of the ongoing conflict.
Here's how many people work for Amazon in Baltimore
2015-06-18 21:40:18| IT Services - Topix.net
Seattle-based Amazon now employs more than 1,500 people at its new Baltimore operations on Broening Highway, said company spokesman Aaron Toso . That's a rapid startup for a fulfillment center that only began opening in March after launching its local hiring push just weeks before .
Two billion people are running out water
2015-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Forget about peak oilwe should be worrying about peak water: Groundwater basins that supply 2 billion people are being rapidly depleted, according to a new study. Worse: No one knows how long those reserves will last. A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine, examined the worlds 37 largest aquifers between 2003 and 2013 and found that one-third of them were stressed, meaning more water was being removed than replenished, according to one of two studies published...
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Amazon said to consider paying people for deliveries
2015-06-17 02:38:06| Air Courier - Topix.net
In its ceaseless quest to speed delivery, Amazon.com Inc. wants to turn the U.S. into a nation of couriers. The Seattle retailer is developing a mobile application that would, in some cases, pay ordinary people in some cases, rather than carriers such as United Parcel Service Inc., to drop off packages en route to other destinations, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Amazon said to consider paying people for deliveries
2015-06-17 02:10:21| Trucking - Topix.net
In its ceaseless quest to speed delivery, Amazon.com Inc. wants to turn the U.S. into a nation of couriers. The Seattle retailer is developing a mobile application that would, in some cases, pay ordinary people in some cases, rather than carriers such as United Parcel Service Inc., to drop off packages en route to other destinations, according to people familiar with the matter.
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