Message erroneously said affected employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been informed

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Amazon has told workers of a fresh round of global job cuts in an email that appears to have been sent in error.

Workers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) received a meeting invitation from a top executive on Tuesday for the following day – subsequently cancelled – that also contained a draft email.

The message erroneously said the affected employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been told they had lost their jobs.