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There’s a push towards lab-grown diamonds, 7 million carats were produced last year, but mined diamond production was still far greater at 111 million. The world’s biggest jeweller recently announced it would only sell lab-grown diamonds. Mass market brand Pandora switched for ethical reasons and also because the price is about …

Hawaii police are defending their use of pandemic relief funds for a robotic “police dog” made by Boston Dynamics which scans homeless people’s eyes to see if they have a fever. “If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog …

Protests have erupted again in a number of Europe’s major cities. The source is the rollout of Covid passports, which protesters claim creates two tiers of citizens – those who have been vaccinated (good) and those who have not (bad). Some protesters in Italy have gone as far to wear …

The 1-0 win, secured via a late VAR-awarded penalty by Jessica Fleming 16 minutes from time, represented the first occasion on which Canada had beaten the USWNT in 20 years. Despite dominating swathes of the game, the USA failed to find the net for the third time in their five matches in Tokyo. Rapinoe was visibly …

The claims made by the British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and the US State Secretary Antony Blinken against Iran are “contradictory” and “false,” Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said on Monday. He denounced the accusations made by the western officials as “incitement to violence” and said that Tehran strongly …

In another hawkish move against Iran, US President Joe Biden seeks not to fulfil his campaign promise, but instead to slap on additional sanctions and to tighten existing ones. The step makes it clear that the intentions of the new administration are the same as the old. In March 2018, …

Super-heavyweight Hubbard’s much-debated debut at the Olympics ended in immediate failure on Monday, with the 43-year-old, who transitioned to become a woman in 2012, failing with snatch attempts at 120kg and 125kg. The clean and jerk part of the competition is yet to come, although registering no weight in the …

“The reason for our current situation is that the decision [to withdraw international troops] was taken abruptly,” Ashraf Ghani told the country’s parliament on Monday. Presenting his security plan, Ghani expressed hope that the situation on the ground will be “under control within six months.” The president also cited corruption …

Among a tranche of leaked UK government documents related to covert actions in the Balkans is a fascinating secret study, conducted by professional services firm WYG and pollster Ipsos, which discusses methods of countering negative perceptions of Whitehall among the region’s constituent countries, and the type of propaganda that should …

The footage, allegedly recorded during the anti-Covid-19 lockdown protests in Berlin on Sunday, showed the woman attempting to walk past an officer before he grabbed onto her neck with both hands and threw her forcefully to the ground. Fellow protesters could be seen in the video admonishing the officer and …