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How Russia-Ukraine war served as a wake-up call for Surat’s diamond industry

Last week, around 350 of the thousands of workers at Laxmi Diamonds, a cutting and polishing factory in Surat’s Varachha, called a protest demanding a salary hike and pay vacation.

Owned by the Gajera brothers, the factory had declared a summer vacation from May 5 to May 28. But the workers were called back, and the factory resumed functioning on May 22. Hundreds, however, took to the streets on Thursday as they sought pay for the vacation period and a hike.

The protesters called off the stir and joined work on Friday only after the Diamond Workers Union Gujarat’s Surat

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Texas woman claims to be Chicago child Diamond Bradley who vanished 20 years ago

A Texas woman has claimed in a surfaced video that she is a missing Chicago toddler that disappeared over two decades ago.

Diamond Bradley was 3 years old when she and her 10-year-old sister, Tionda, were reported missing to the Chicago Police on July 6, 2001 while their mother was working.

When the girls’ mother, Tracey Bradley returned home, she was met with silence and a note apparently written by young Tionda, saying the two were going out to the store and a playground.

Chicago police held “an extensive search of the area and surrounding neighborhood met with negative results”

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Why is Camilla being crowned queen? King Charles’ wife’s role at the coronation, explained

King Charles III’s big coronation day will also be cementing Queen Consort Camilla’s role as a senior member of the British royal family.

Camilla – born Camilla Rosemary Shand – has had many changes to her title since the beginning of her relationship with Charles, from Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and the Duchess of Cornwall, to her latest as queen consort.

It has been nearly 90 years since Britain’s last queen consort – Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother – was crowned. While the term may be unfamiliar, it has a long tradition.

Here’s what the title

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Irina Shayk Partied in Sweatpants and a Massive Diamond Choker After the Met Gala

Irina Shayk shook off several layers of designer clothes to party after the Met Gala—but she kept her strings of diamonds.

The supermodel was seen arriving at an after-party in the most luxe model-off-duty look: sweatpants, heeled boots, and bold diamond jewelry. Shayk traded the Yohji Yamamoto gown she wore on the carpet for comfy gray sweats and a ribbed white tank without a bra underneath. She also carried a maroon bomber jacket.

Shayk added some edge to the casual loungewear look with bedazzled gold boot heels with mustard yellow shoes, and elevated it with her diamond jewelry—which included plenty

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David Lee Roth “Sang So Bad … It Was Embarrassing”

The post Sammy Hagar: David Lee Roth “Sang So Bad … It Was Embarrassing” appeared first on Consequence.

Sammy Hagar has once again taken a position at former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth, bashing Diamond Dave’s singing abilities and egocentric personality in a new interview.

During an appearance on Steve-O’s “Wild Ride!” podcast, Hagar praised his counterpart’s charisma as a “showman,” but said it comes at the expense of Roth’s singing ability and dedication to the craft.

“Hey, listen, I’m a showman too,” Hagar said [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “But that’s his gig. He doesn’t care about singing. If

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US Alleges $160 Million in Art, Diamonds Used to Finance Terror

(Bloomberg) — A Lebanese man and eight associates were charged in New York with violating US sanctions by using about $160 million in artworks and diamonds to help finance the terrorist organization Hezbollah.

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Nazem Ahmad, who the US claims is a diamond smuggler and art collector, was charged in a nine-count indictment filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Tuesday. He isn’t in custody, the government said.

Ahmad was sanctioned by the US in December 2019, prohibiting him from engaging in transactions with anyone in the US, the government said. Still, he and his co-conspirators used

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India may be hurt as G7 tries to dent Russia’s diamond exports

The seemingly unending face-off between the West and Russia triggered by the Ukraine conflict will soon impact Indian diamond houses. Sources told The Economic Times that the G7 countries are mulling harsher sanctions on diamonds originating from Russia, a majority of which are cut and polished in India before being exported to the West.

Rough stones sourced from Russia come to factories in Surat, where they are polished and then sent to luxury stores and dealers in Paris, New York and Tokyo. Indian diamond cut and polish 90 per cent of all stones mined in the world, the ET report

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‘A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical,’ Announces North American Tour

Neil Diamond - Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage

Neil Diamond – Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage

A multi-year North American tour of A Beautiful NoiseThe Neil Diamond Musical is set to begin in 2024. The tour will begin at Rhode Island’s Providence Performing Arts Center in the fall of 2024. A full list of cities will be announced soon.

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The bio-musical, which tells the story of a Grammy-winning artist Neil Diamondopened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater on December 4, 2022. It features a book by Anthony McCarten and a score consisting of songs from Diamond’s catalog.

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