The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country’s president showed off the diamond to the world at a viewing ceremony on Thursday, August 22. The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the…
Police have apprehended three individuals in connection with a daring highway robbery in Kibwezi, Makueni County of Kenya. The suspects, who include a police officer, are accused of hijacking a lorry carrying 522 bags of rice on its way from Mombasa to Nairobi. The arrests followed an intensive investigation by the Kibwezi Directorate…
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Tuesday, August 20, against former Haitian President Michel Martelly for his involvement in drug trafficking, including cocaine, destined for the United States. Martelly, who served as president of Haiti from 2011 to 2016 and was previously a popular musician, has been accused of abusing his political influence…
Rapper Blac Youngsta can finally put a lingering legal issue behind him after a Dallas court dismissed his gun case this week. The case, which stemmed from a 2020 arrest, involved a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. According to documents obtained by TMZ, the case has now been officially…
The Kremlin has accused the West and the U.S.-led NATO alliance of helping to plan Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk region, an allegation the US has denied. The shock invasion, the biggest into Russia by a foreign power since World War Two, began on August 6 when thousands of Ukrainian troops crossed Russia’s…
Kamala Harris’s campaign said Thursday, August 15 that she would debate her Republican rival Donald Trump twice, while their running mates would do so once, after weeks of not giving a clear cut answer on the issue of presidential debates. Trump and Kamala’s camps had already agreed to one presidential debate on September 10 and…
It seems there’s some tension brewing between Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. The “From Dusk Till Dawn” co-stars might not be collaborating anytime soon after Clooney publicly expressed his frustration with the famed director.In a candid interview with GQ’s September issue, Clooney addressed a recent comment Tarantino made, where the director questioned…
Austrian billionaire and renowned entrepreneur Richard Lugner has passed away at the age of 91. Lugner, known for hosting numerous celebrities at the prestigious Vienna Opera Ball, died on Monday, August 12, at his villa in Vienna. His passing was confirmed by Agence France-Presse. Lugner’s eventful life included welcoming high-profile guests like Kim Kardashian, Jane…
Former US President, Donald Trump plans to sue the Justice Department for $100 million in punitive damages over the execution of a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022, accusing US Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray of having engaged in “malicious political prosecution aimed at affecting an electoral outcome to…
CNN host and Washington Post writer, Fareed Zakaria has said the Kamala Harris presidential campaign is deliberately empty of substance and high on feelings and the Vice President and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are winning by leading a highly emotion-based, “vibes”-heavy campaign against Donald Trump. “Voters choose from the gut and…
