Amazon investigates after anti-vaxxer leaflet found hidden in children’s book

Mother alarmed after anti-vaccination propaganda found inside book bought for son, who is about to receive the HPV jab

Concerns have been raised that the anti-vaccination movement is targeting children via Amazon warehouses, after a Hampshire mother found a leaflet condemning the HPV vaccine tucked inside a children’s book she had purchased from the online retailer.

Lucy Boyle bought Ali Sparkes’ Night Speakers along with several other novels as a birthday present for her 12-year-old son at the start of April. He began reading the novel last week, “got a few pages in, turned over the page and there was the leaflet,” she told the Guardian.

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China’s state planning agency seeks to ban bitcoin mining

Cryptocurrency mining added to list of industrial activities Beijing wants to phase out

Related: Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – what digital money really means for our future

China’s state planner wants to eliminate bitcoin mining in the country, according to a draft list of industrial activities the agency is seeking to stop in a sign of growing government pressure on the cryptocurrency sector.

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How the French rose up against a huge Amazon logistics centre

‘We won’t back down’: protesters express concern over pollution and protected species

For Gilles Renevier, a vet from a village south-east of Lyon, fighting Amazon’s plans to build a vast logistics centre in his area was “common sense”.

The US firm was due to begin construction of a huge centre for packing and delivery beside Lyon airport in south-east France this year, but two local associations have lodged legal files to halt the build.

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Elizabeth Warren is right – we must break up Facebook, Google and Amazon | Robert Reich

The titans of the new Gilded Age must be busted and the idea has bipartisan support. It’s time big tech was brought to heel

The presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren announced on Friday she wants to bust up giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon.

America’s first Gilded Age began in the late 19th century with a raft of innovations – railroads, steel production, oil extraction – but culminated in mammoth trusts run by “robber barons” like JP Morgan, John D Rockefeller, and William H “the public be damned” Vanderbilt.

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Amazon cancels plans for New York headquarters after fierce opposition

Tech company says it has ‘decided not to move forward’ with giant campus in Queens

Amazon has cancelled its plans for a new headquarters in New York City following a torrent of local political opposition.

“After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens,” the company said in a statement.

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‘Alexa was very busy’: Amazon reports record profits and strong holiday season

Company had profit of $3.03bn, up from $1.86bn the previous year, as Bezos says Alexa devices helped performance

Amazon, the world’s largest company by market capitalisation, reported improved earnings and profits late on Thursday.

Related: From books to bullets: inside Amazon's push to 'defend' America

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‘We didn’t respond fast enough’: Seattle lawmakers warn New York over Amazon

Council members urge New Yorkers to demand concessions like labor standards before company gains foothold in city

Two lawmakers from Amazon’s hometown in Seattle traveled to New York on Monday to warn the city of potential unintended consequences of the tech company’s planned new headquarters.

Lisa Herbold and Teresa Mosqueda, members of Seattle’s city council, addressed a summit of activist groups fighting Amazon’s plan for a new campus in Long Island City, Queens. They told the New Yorkers that Amazon’s presence in the west coast city had driven up housing costs, that the company had ducked efforts to make them help pay to address the crisis, and that they should resist it.

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