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Washington Post's Rejoinder For BJP Leader Who Targeted Jeff Bezos

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Sunday January 19, 2020

A BJP leader's swipe at Jeff Bezos, cold-shouldered by the government during his India visit earlier this week, has triggered a sharp retort.

Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post Slammed by Government Over Editorial Policies

Reuters | Friday January 17, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party on Friday slammed editorial policies of billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, even as his e-commerce firm Amazon announced plans to create a million jobs in the country by 2025.

Jeff Bezos' Reaction To "Snub" In India - Letter Promising Jobs And More

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday January 17, 2020

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, on a three-day visit to India, promised to create an additional 10 lakh jobs across the country by 2025 amid strained ties with the government over regulations and the coverage of The Washington Post, a newspaper he owns.

Government Snubs Jeff Bezos; Was Refused Appointment With PM, Say Sources

India News | Reported by Sanket Upadhyay, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 17, 2020

Jeff Bezos has left India after a three-day visit that did not feature any meeting with ministers or top government functionaries. There was talk about the Amazon CEO meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but requests for an appointment had been turned down a month ago, government sources told NDTV.

Watch: Rare Video Shows Seabird Using A Tool To Scratch An Itch

World News | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Tuesday December 31, 2019

Five years ago, on a remote island in Wales, University of Oxford scientist Annette Fayet spied a puffin doing something she had never seen before. The bird, floating on the seawater beneath a cliff, held a stick in its beak. It began to scratch its back with the stick - the puffin, as Fayet watched, was using a tool.

Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry

Tony Romm, The Washington Post | Tuesday December 31, 2019

Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis.

Former Nissan Head Carlos Ghosn, Facing Trial In Japan, Has Flown To Lebanon

World News | Ania Nussbaum, Kae Inoue, The Washington Post | Tuesday December 31, 2019

Carlos Ghosn, the executive whose shocking arrest in Japan ended a more than two-decade run overseeing two of the world's largest automakers, left the country where he's awaited trial and is now in Lebanon, according to people familiar with the matter.

Woman Who Died At 105 Left Behind $10 Million For Community Colleges

World News | Marisa Iati, The Washington Post | Sunday December 29, 2019

Money was scarce when Eva Gordon graduated from her Oregon high school, and attending college was not an option. But her fortune, amassed over decades of investing what little money she could scrape from her paychecks, will enable students at 17 community colleges to fulfill the dream that she had to forgo.

"Help Me": McDonald's Staff Rush To Protect Woman Threatened By Boyfriend

World News | Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post | Sunday December 29, 2019

The woman's boyfriend had threatened to kill her, police say.

Trump Retweets, Then Deletes, Post Naming 'Whistleblower' In Impeachment

World News | Colby Itkowitz, The Washington Post | Sunday December 29, 2019

President Donald Trump retweeted and then deleted a post naming the alleged whistleblower who filed the complaint that became the catalyst for the congressional inquiry that resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives.

Is Betelgeuse, One of the Sky's Brightest Stars, on the Brink of a Supernova?

Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Saturday December 28, 2019

Since the start of December, the star Betelgeuse - the gleaming right shoulder of the constellation Orion - has been rapidly growing dim.

This Tiny Island Nation of 11,000 People Is Cashing in Thanks to Its .tv TLD

Alexander Lee, The Washington Post | Saturday December 28, 2019

Tuvalu is a chain of coral atolls and reef islands with a population of about 11,000. Before gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1978, Tuvalu was part of Britain's Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate.

He Survived One Of The Deadliest Diseases Known To Medicine. His Story

World News | Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post | Saturday December 28, 2019

When they wheeled Preston Gorman into a light spring breeze outside the National Institutes of Health nearly five years ago, he was, medically speaking, among the most fortunate people on the planet.

Temperature Tumbles To Minus 60 Degrees In Alaska

World News | Matthew Cappucci, The Washington Post | Saturday December 28, 2019

Bettles, Alaska hasn't climbed above 0 degrees in nearly 10 days. Sunday's high temperature was minus-47.

On Land, Australia's Rising Heat Is 'Apocalyptic'. In Ocean, It's Worse.

World News | Darryl Fears, The Washington Post | Saturday December 28, 2019

Even before the ocean caught fever and reached temperatures no one had ever seen, Australia's ancient giant kelp was cooked.