WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S.-based Amazon Inc. says it has agreed to pay Toys R Us $51 million to settle a longstanding breach-of-contract lawsuit.
BAGUA, Peru, June 6 (UPI) -- Protests and rioting in Peru's remote Amazon region have killed at least 30 people, local officials and residents say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Environmentalists say the refusal of the U.S. Senate to rewrite the nation's mining regulations is putting the Colorado River at risk of pollution.
BRASILIA, Brazil, June 17 (UPI) -- A group of Brazilian scientists recently said they have scientifically proven that South America's Amazon River is officially the world's longest river. While the Amazon has previously been proven to have the highest volume of water of any river, the anno
BRASILIA, Brazil, June 1 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Thursday will oversee construction of a natural gas pipeline in the Amazon region.
CARHUAZ, Peru, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A Vancouver-based mining exploration company is going for gold and diamonds in Peru in a region proven to be of great potential.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- New research suggests deforestation of the Amazon River basin was underestimated by at least 60 percent, said a report published in the U.S. journal Science.
SEATTLE, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Seattle-based Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. is taking steps toward launching a digital-music service.
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 8 (UPI) -- The destruction of the Amazon rain forest may be one of the world's major sources of air pollution, a published report said Wednesday.
SAO PAULO, June 27 (UPI) -- New satellite information shows an increase in Amazon rainforest destruction, it was reported Friday.
