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  1. The Economist23 min

    Leader of the package: Amazon turns 30

    Rosie Bloor, Guy Scriven, Lena Shipper, Josh Spencer

    At its 30th anniversary, Amazon surpassed a $2 trillion market cap while facing intensified antitrust litigation from the US Federal Trade Commission over its dominant retail and cloud positions. Simultaneously, India's National Testing Agency suspended its head and ordered retests for millions after a medical entrance exam scandal revealed massive cheating that exposed deep social mobility gaps. In a separate economic shift, China's durian imports from Southeast Asia tripled to $7 billion, transforming the fruit into a luxury commodity while raising geopolitical concerns regarding trade dependency.