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Amazon.com’s logo is seen at Amazon Japan’s office building in Tokyo, Japan, August 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon


Amazon Acquires Souq.com for $650 Million

Amazon Acquires Souq.com for $650 Million

Jeddah – Negotiations had ended for Amazon to buy Souq.com in a deal worth more than $650 million that will shake up Middle East’s electronic trade by taking 78% of the regional sale. Middle Eastern online retailer Souq.com had been valued at $1 billion in its last...
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France’s President Francois Hollande visits an exhibition during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the energy transition law, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, July 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)


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Armed police officers stand guard inside a security cordon, outside of the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 22, 2017 during an emergency incident.
Britain’s Houses of Parliament were in lockdown on Wednesday after staff said they heard shots fired, triggering a security alert. / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS


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Belgian police arrest a man for attempting to drive into a crowd of shoppers in Antwerp, Belgium. (AFP)


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Firefighters search for the bodies of civilians who were killed after an air strike against ISIS triggered a massive explosion in Mosul, Iraq. (Reuters)