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Good cash after dangerous: 4 charged in cold-call diamond sale scheme prosecutors say was a blinding rip-off

It was a pitch designed to dazzle: flip a small funding in pink diamonds into massive bucks by getting forward of a serious purchaser making an attempt to nook the market.

However prosecutors say it was little greater than a boiler room scheme that satisfied traders to maintain sending cash to purchase stones which will by no means have existed within the first place.

4 Canadian diamond sellers have been charged with allegedly operating a strong-arm, cold-call rip-off that cheated dozens of US traders out of tens of hundreds of {dollars} every with guarantees of massive returns on treasured stones.

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Cyn Returns With New Single ‘Where Do All The Diamonds Go?’

Cyn is back with a buoyant new single “Where Do All The Diamonds Go?,” out now via Unsub Records. The poignant track, which was produced by Teddy Geiger (Niall Horan, Shawn Mendes), finds Cyn with a baby on the way and embracing a new version of herself—but intrusive thoughts keep bringing her back to an abandoned ring that lies tucked away in a drawer.

“This song is obviously about rings and a few intrusive thoughts surrounding them…but more importantly, this song is about how some things have to perish to make way for seeds of meant-to-be with no choice but

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Best Deals From Black Diamond’s Almost Free Sale 2023

Black Diamond has just launched their Almost Free Sale, which has some incredible bargains (some items are up to 80 per cent off) for climbers looking for new gear. We sorted through their extensive list of products to bring you what we believe are some of their best deals.

So, what’s out of the way, here are the best deals from Black Diamond’s 2023 Almost Free Sale.

Best for climbers seeking low weight, ventilation and a low-profile fit.

Vapor Helmets (2022)

Vapor Helmets (2022)

An innovative helmet that combines low weight, excellent protection and ventilation.

The original Vapor helmet set new standards for

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Forget Nigeria. Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz is the biggest superstar in Africa

With his album titled ‘African Giant’ and the most Grammy wins, Burna Boy is a clear frontrunner. Some will invoke the name of Wizkid and his collaborations with both Drake and Beyonce.

Others will still mention Davido, whose 2020 album ‘A Better Time’ – if we’re being frank – was a lot better than Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’, which went on to win that year’s Best Global Music Album award at the Grammys .

But there’s another name that screams out for recognition: Diamond Platnumz.

Enter stage left

Tanzanian-born Naseeb Abdul Juma, better known by his stage name Diamond

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This Collapsed Star Is Slowly Transforming Into a Massive Cosmic Diamond

We all want a diamond that shines as bright as a star. But what about a gemstone that actually is a star?

Astronomers have discovered a rare white dwarf star undergoing a—very—slow process that would theoretically create a dense cosmic diamond at its core. According to a yet-to-be-peer-review study posted on the preprint database arXiv, the star (dubbed HD 190412 C) is primarily made up of carbon and metallic oxygen and located about 104 light years away from Earth.

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When some celestial bodies approach the end of their lives, they become what is known as a

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Athletics Diamond League – 2023 Bislett Games Oslo: How to watch Karsten Warholm, Wayde Van Niekerk, and Erriyon Knighton

The athletics’ 2023 Diamond League season resumes in Oslo with a deep field led by four reigning world record holders: Karsten Warholm (400m hurdles), Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis (pole vaults), Wayde Van Niekerk (400m), and triple jumpers Yulimar Rojas.

Throughout history, the Bislett Stadium has been a haven for world records.

With such a deep field consisting of Olympic and world champions across various track and field events, there’s a chance that several world records could be rewritten, as previously seen in the series and at this venue.

The last man to set a world record at the meeting was Warholm

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone finishes in second place in the first 400m flat race in 5 years

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has put the women’s 400m field on alert: she’s here to challenge the best.

On Friday evening (9 June) at the Paris DiamondLeague athletics meet, the American 400m hurdles world record holder sent a loud message, starting fast out of the blocks in her first flat lap race in nearly five years.

However, the Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulinothe world and Olympic silver medallist, caught McLaughlin-Levrone down the final bend before pulling ahead on the straight to take victory in a meeting record 49.12.

“I felt great during the race. I had a kind of bad start, but

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Ontario’s first diamond mine in the final stages of closing up

Active closure is expected to be done this summer, though the site will be monitored until at least 2039

Before the Victor Mine even had permission to operate, De Beers was working on its closure plan.

Today, Ontario’s first diamond mine — located in a remote area of ​​the James Bay lowlands west of Attawapiskat First Nation — fewer than 100 people remain on-site. That’s far less than the 500 employees and contractors who were there during the height of the mine’s operations, said De Beers head of corporate affairs Erik Madsen.

Madsen was the guest speaker at the Timmins

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