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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.

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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: 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: 21:47 22.04.2019

  21:47 22.04.2019

  US

  Chelsea Manning to Stay in Jail as Appeal for Bail Fails in US Court

  Manning was arrested in March after she refused to testify in an investigation into the alleged role of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange in breaching a government network and stealing classified documents, which were later published by the whistle-blower’s website.

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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: 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: 12:36 22.04.2019

  12:36 22.04.2019

  World

  US Senator Offers Turkey Choice Between S-400 Deal and Sanctions - Reports

  Over recent years, allegations have been circulating in the press that the US may withdraw its nuclear-capable weapons from the Incirlik air base and transfer them to Greece. The Greek government has, however, dismissed the claims.

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  Last update: 19:36 22.04.2019

  19:36 22.04.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Crocodile Surfaces With Missing Snorkelers’ LEG in Jaws After Biting His CROTCH

  A 30-year-old Indonesian man was attacked by a crocodile immediately after he dove to the bottom of a river to inspect a spiral pipe mining pump machine earlier this month.