World’s second largest diamond found in Botswana X-ray technology used to find the 2,492-carat stone in the African country’s Karowe Diamond Mine.

A 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, says the Canadian mining company that found the stone. The diamond was discovered in the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana using X-ray technology, Lucara Diamond Corp said in a statement on Thursday. Keep reading ‘Diamonds are in my…

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Biden weak in debate cited travel fatigue

US President Joe Biden blamed travel fatigue for his weak debate last week. He told reporters that he was tired from several trips around the world before the election debates and therefore did not look ‘very smart’. “I didn’t listen to my officials…and then almost fell asleep on stage,” he said. Eighty-one-year-old Mr. Biden completed…

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How much American influence is left over Israel?

President Biden suspended an approved shipment of heavy weapons to Israel to prevent bloodshed in Gaza’s Rafah. How dare Benjamin Netanyahu continues to defy the American president? Shakil Anwar writes about how much influence America has on Israel . President Biden continues to increase pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza. Two days after announcing the…

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Americans forgot to win the war

For the past 50 years, the United States has become accustomed to losing wars. We were forced to leave Saigon in 1975, bearing the burden of humiliation. From Beirut in 1984, from Mogadishu in 1993, and from Iraq in 2021—we were forced to withdraw our troops bearing the same burden of humiliation.  In this US…

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