Amazon reports better-than-expected earnings despite tumult of Trump tariffs

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Company exceeds expectations for third quarter in a row as chief executive Andy Jassy admits uncertainty over tariffs

Amazon reported strong first-quarter earnings for the 2025 fiscal year on Thursday after the New York stock exchange closed – results that will be seen in the context of consumer resilience in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff wars.

Amazon reported $1.59 in earnings-per-share (EPS) and revenue of $155.67bn. Analysts had estimated that the company’s EPS would come in at $1.36 on revenue of $155bn. In particular focus: Amazon’s advertising business, which grew 19% in the first quarter of 2025, handily exceeding analyst expectations as well. The company has exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for the previous two quarters.

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India children fall ill ‘after dead snake found in school meal’ – BBC

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  1. India children fall ill 'after dead snake found in school meal'  BBC
  2. Indian human rights officials investigate reports hundreds of schoolchildren fell sick from meals that contained dead snake  CNN
  3. India probes reports of dead snake in school lunch poisoning kids  NBC News
  4. More than 100 children fall sick after dead snake reportedly found in school lunch in India  CBS News
  5. Over 100 Children Ill After Dead Snake Found Inside a School Meal, Authorities Say  People.com
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India will include caste details in its next census – AP News

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  1. India will include caste details in its next census  AP News
  2. ‘With authentic figures, we can have proper allocations’  Hindustan Times
  3. "Country Going To Pay... ": When Rajiv Gandhi Opposed 1990 Reservation Move  NDTV
  4. India to include citizens' castes in its delayed population census  Reuters
  5. On caste census, the BJP was rattled into action by Congress’s demand  The Indian Express
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After the blast: Yemenis face airstrikes, hunger, and international indifference – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. After the blast: Yemenis face airstrikes, hunger, and international indifference  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Yemen’s Houthis claim dozens killed in alleged US airstrike on prison holding African migrants  CNN
  3. U.S. Military Says Its Air Campaign Has Hit More Than 800 Targets in Yemen  The New York Times
  4. Animated maps show US-led attacks on Yemen  Al Jazeera
  5. Yemeni People in State of “Terror” After 1,000+ U.S. Airstrikes Kill Hundreds: Helen Lackner  Democracy Now!
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Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week

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Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.

It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive re-entry, according to space debris-tracking experts.

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Dozens of homeless people living in national forest evicted by US Forest Service

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Service closing area in Oregon for wildfire prevention plan months after Trump order to increase timber production

Dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted on Thursday by the US Forest Service, as it closed the area for a wildfire prevention project that will involve removing smaller trees, clearing debris and setting controlled burns over thousands of acres.

The project has been on the books for years, and the decision to remove the encampment in the Deschutes national forest comes two months after the Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal agencies to increase timber production and forest management projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk. It wasn’t immediately clear if the evictions were a result of that order, but homeless advocates seized on the timing on Thursday, as US Forest Service officers blocked the access road.

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