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  Last update: 00:22 23.04.2019

  00:22 23.04.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  DPRK Confirms Kim Jong Un to Visit Russia for Summit With Putin - Report

  The visit is said to take place "soon," but no details are available.

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  Last update: 22:03 22.04.2019

  22:03 22.04.2019

  Middle East

  Million Dollar Bar Tab: Israeli Supermodel Ordered to Pay Millions in Back Taxes, Faces Criminal Charges

  Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was ordered by an Israeli district court judge Monday to pay taxes on $4.5 million she hid from the country's tax authorities.

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  Last update: 23:56 22.04.2019

  23:56 22.04.2019

  Latin America

  Brazil's Petrobras Reports Oil Spill From Albacora Field Offshore Pipeline

  Brazil's Petrobras oil company reported an oil spill from its offshore oil pipeline in the Albacora field Monday, according to Reuters report.

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  Last update: 00:32 23.04.2019

  00:32 23.04.2019

  Society

  Worker’s Measles-Induced Coma Prompts More Than 250 Vaccinations For El Al Crews

  A recent measles outbreak that debilitated an El Al flight attendant has triggered Israel’s Ministry of Health to release a directive suggesting the airline inoculate their staff in an effort to curb the spread of the viral infection.

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  Last update: 22:17 22.04.2019

  22:17 22.04.2019

  Society

  Suburban Syphilis: Rural US Racked by Rising STD Rates

  Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease once largely contained, is now surging in a new demographic ‒ suburban and rural parts of the US Midwest, where health care funding cuts, a lack of experience among some small town doctors and conservative attitudes about sex are making stopping the disease’s spread difficult.

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  Last update: 15:18 22.04.2019

  15:18 22.04.2019

  Middle East

  Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy Threatens to Close Hormuz Strait - Reports

  The Strait of Hormuz is a key strategic waterway situated between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, with about 20 percent of the world's oil and about a third of all petroleum shipped by sea passing through it.

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  Last update: 19:36 22.04.2019

  19:36 22.04.2019

  Business

  Oil Prices on Rise Amid US Announcement to End Waivers for Iranian Oil Buyers

  The US imposed harsh sanctions on the Iranian energy industry in November 2018 following its withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal in May. However, Washington provided waivers to several states that were actively buying Iranian oil in order for them to be able to diversify their supply sources.

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  Last update: 22:58 22.04.2019

  22:58 22.04.2019

  Society

  ‘Unacceptable': US College Students Caught in Racist Social Media Post (VIDEO)

  A racist video showing multiple students from Ohio University yelling out slurs recently made the rounds on social media, receiving in turn widespread condemnation from fellow classmates and administrators.