Update README.md with the latest version-to-release; remove outdate…

…d links to Travis and Gitter.

README.md

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 # Welcome to Spine Event Engine
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/SpineEventEngine/core-java.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/SpineEventEngine/core-java)  
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-[![Gitter chat](https://badges.gitter.im/SpineEventEngine.png)](https://gitter.im/SpineEventEngine)
 
 [Spine Event Engine][spine-site] is a Java framework for building Event Sourcing and CQRS
 applications that are accessed by clients built with JavaScript, Java Nano (Android), Dart, and Java.
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 The project is under active ongoing development. 
 You are welcome to experiment and [provide your feedback][email-developers].
 
-The latest stable version is [1.8.2][latest-release].  
+The latest stable version is [1.9.0][latest-release].  
 
 ## Quick start and examples
 
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 If you need to use API with one of these annotations, please [contact us][email-developers].
 
 [email-developers]: mailto:developers@spine.io
-[latest-release]: https://github.com/SpineEventEngine/core-java/releases/tag/v1.8.2
+[latest-release]: https://github.com/SpineEventEngine/core-java/releases/tag/v1.9.0
 [spine-site]: https://spine.io/
 [quick-start]: https://spine.io/docs/quick-start
 [spine-examples]: https://github.com/spine-examples