The Perils of Isolationism
By Condoleezza Rice The World Still Needs America—and America Still Needs the World In times of uncertainty, people reach for historical analogies. After 9/11, George W. Bush administration officials invoked Pearl Harbor as a standard comparison in processing the intelligence failure that led to the attack. Secretary of State Colin Powell referred to Imperial Japan’s […]
World’s Second Largest Diamond Found in Botswana Mine
By Michelle Graff The giant gem came from Karowe, the same mine that yielded the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona and the 1,758-carat Sewelô diamond. Letlhakane, Botswana—Lucara Diamond Corp. injected some excitement into an otherwise quiet and downbeat news cycle for the diamond industry on Wednesday. The diamond mining company announced the recovery of an “exceptional” […]