From the article: "...Amazon became the largest U.S. parcel carrier in 2025, surpassing USPS for the first time with 6.7 billion deliveries versus USPS’s 6.6 billion. The shift reflects Amazon’s aggressive logistics expansion, UPS volume cuts, and growing third-party delivery contracts. USPS, facing steep volume declines, is warning Congress it could run out of cash within a year without major reforms. ..."
From the article: "...Royal Mail will increase the price of 1st class stamps to £1.80 and 2nd class stamps to 91p, from April 6. The cost of a 1st class stamp in 2020 was 76p. From April 7th 2026, consumers will have to pay £1.80 (up 10p), which is a 137% increase compared to six years ago. Since 2020, the cost of a 1st class stamp has risen eight times, Citizens Advice has said...."
From the article: "...an investigation by the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which includes POLITICO, has identified a clandestine Berlin-based postal system that exploits the special status of postal parcels to transport all kinds of European goods — including banned electronics components — into President Vladimir Putin’s empire...."
From the article: "...When Postmaster General David Steiner began his tenure at the U.S. Postal Service last July, there was hope that he would steer the beleaguered organization in the right direction...Instead, after a reported $1.3 billion loss in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and a net loss of $9 billion in fiscal 2025, Steiner is turning the Postal Service further down the road to perpetual losses and a taxpayer bailout. By his own admission, it could run out of money in 2027. ..."
From the article: "...SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - A former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for burglarizing a local post office and stealing mail.
U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips sentenced Zachary M. Walker, 39, to 12 months and one day in prison. Walker was also ordered to pay $2,100 in restitution, forfeit an additional $2,100, and serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment. ..."
From the article: "Russian drones struck a Ukrposhta postal vehicle in Sumy Oblast...a postal worker and a local resident — and are receiving medical assistance..."
