By Howard Bloom In January, eight months ago, Nikki Haley said, ‘The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the one who wins this election.’ Nikki Haley may be right.   The Democratic National Convention that took place at the United Center in Chicago the week of August 19th demonstrated something no
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A Canadian mining company announced on Wednesday, August 21, that their crews unearthed a 2,492-carat diamond stone in Botswana. According to Lucara Diamond Corp, the rock was detected and recovered using X-ray technology, which identifies and preserves “large, high-value diamonds” at its Karowe diamond mine. The discovery is the second-largest diamond ever found on Earth,
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Talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire in Gaza have been “constructive” and will continue over the weekend, the White House has said. National security spokesperson John Kirby said some progress had been made in the Egyptian capital Cairo as he pushed back against reports that the negotiations were close to collapse. There is speculation Hamas
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Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) has released a fresh set of images from the Chandrayaan-3 mission, coinciding with the first anniversary of its successful landing on the Moon. These images, taken by the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, showcase key moments from the mission, including Pragyan’s attempts to imprint India’s national emblem on the
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Happy Friday, book-lovers. Unwind with some Book Riot stuff. Those times are long gone, as my eight-year-old loves to remind me, and so if you’re like me, and want some nostalgic reads or an escape from *waves hands* all of this, grab your favorite snack—bonus points if it’s something that was also around in the
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The Postal Service have shared Sylvan Esso’s new remix of their 2003 Give Up cut “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.” The updated version arrives ahead of the Postal Service’s extended joint tour with Death Cab for Cutie, celebrating the anniversaries of Give Up and Transatlanticism. Check out the reworked track below. “‘The District Sleeps Alone
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A disabled chimpanzee who was orphaned by the illegal bushmeat trade in Africa has been given a new home. The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Wareham, Dorset, has welcomed Chocolat, who has been cared for in Kenya for the past 20 years. The female chimp was an infant when her family were hunted and
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Police in Iceland have declared a state of emergency after a volcano erupted, forcing homes to be evacuated. The eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in southwest Iceland, is the sixth outbreak since December. Iceland’s meteorological office recorded increased seismic activity and earthquakes at the volcanic hill, Sundhnukar, days before the volcano erupted. A large fissure
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