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Amazon to buy smart doorbell startup Ring

On Tuesday representatives from US-based online retailer Amazon.com and smart doorbell company Ring announced the startup company will be acquired by Amazon. Ring builds WiFi-connected video doorbells.

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Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead

The Iranian military announced the wreckage of an Aseman Airlines airplane, which went missing on Sunday morning shortly before it was due to land in Yasuj, had been located at an elevation of about 13,000 feet (4,000 m) in the Zagros Mountains.

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Bus crash in Ocoña District of Peru costs over 40 lives

A bus crash in the Ocoña District in Peru’s southwestern Arequipa Region, claimed at least 44 lives.

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Pixar Studios animator Bud Luckey, designer of Toy Story’s Woody, dies aged 83

On Saturday, William Luckey, also known as Bud Luckey, US animator who designed Pixar animation studio’s Toy Story character Sheriff Woody, died in a hospital in Newton, Connecticut; his son Andy Luckey announced the death via a Facebook post.

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French fashion brand Lacoste announces limited-edition logo change from crocodile to endangered animals

On, Wednesday, French sports clothing brand Lacoste announced producing a limited edition of polo shirts featuring top-ten endangered animal species as the logo, instead of the company’s usual crocodile logo, in a measure to protect those animals, partnering with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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