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  Last update: 20:24 19.05.2019

  20:24 19.05.2019

  Viral

  Instagram Model Vandalises Statue for Fame, Gets Roasted Online Instead

  Along with facing severe backlash from outraged social media users, the Instagram-model-turned vandal has also reportedly been dropped from an advertising campaign for a Polish online bank.

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  Last update: 19:29 19.05.2019

  19:29 19.05.2019

  Tech

  Mystery No Longer: ESA Gravitational Wave Hunter Unravels Secrets of Space Dust

  The data supplied by the spacecraft after enduring numerous impacts from passing space dust grains has allowed scientists to determine where this dust is actually coming from.

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  Last update: 21:17 19.05.2019

  21:17 19.05.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Burial Urns or Giants' Drinking Goblets? Huge Ancient Jars Puzzle Archaeologists

  Archaeologists hope that the study of the sites where these enigmatic stone jars were discovered might help shed light on how exactly they were used by their ancient creators.

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  Last update: 18:31 19.05.2019

  18:31 19.05.2019

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  James Charles Praises PewDiePie for His Support in Online Tati Westbrook Row

  After taking a closer look at the ensuing scandal, PewDiePie wondered why so many of Charles’ social media subscribers simply unfollowed him in the wake of Tati’s accusations instead of questioning her motives first.

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  Last update: 22:01 19.05.2019

  22:01 19.05.2019

  US

  'P for Palestine': Children's Book Evokes Claims of Anti-Semitism in the US

  While the book’s critics blasted it for alleged anti-Semitism and its definition of Intifada, their opponents argued that the former act racist toward Palestinians.

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  Last update: 16:59 19.05.2019

  16:59 19.05.2019

  Middle East

  Rabbi Claims Recent Earthquake in Israel Is Sign of Coming DOOMSDAY

  Hebrew numerology hints that the tremor felt in Israel this week marked the birth pang of the Messiah, the rabbi alleges after analysing some of the details of the quake, including its magnitude and the location of its epicentre.

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  Last update: 17:43 19.05.2019

  17:43 19.05.2019

  US

  Israeli NSO Group Linked To WhatsApp Spyware Attack Hit With Amnesty Lawsuit

  Earlier this week, Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced it had rushed to patch up a security hole in its messaging service, which it believed had been exploited by the Israeli-owned NSO Group.

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  Last update: 16:30 19.05.2019

  16:30 19.05.2019

  Tech

  Mars Was Once A Blue “Water World” Planet Like Earth, Professor Claims

  The red planet is considered by the collaborating authors as the likeliest place for life to have evolved, as they claim in their book, called Planets, coming out next week.