Legendary rock band Pink Floyd is releasing a new single "Hey Hey Rise Up" on Friday in support of the people of Ukraine, the band said in a statement on Thursday.

It's the first new music from the band since 1994, and all proceeds will go to Ukrainian humanitarian relief, the statement added. The song is performed by guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason, with bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboard, according to the statement.  

The song features vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk from the Ukrainian band Boombox. The band used audio of Khlyvnyuk singing in central Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, where he performed "a rousing Ukrainian protest song written during the first world war which has been taken up across the world over the past month in protest" against the Read More »

Major jewellers to cease buying Russian-origin diamonds after increased scrutiny | Russia | The Guardian

I have an idea.  Let’s stop buying diamonds until a solution comes into being which ensures proper pay for those who labor in mines, and quality health care for them and their families; the money made from sales remains in the mining area, and is used for improving the infrastructure, education, and residents’ lives; and form funds for reclaiming exhausted mines and their environment as best as possible.

If your future spouse insists on a diamond ring, find someone else.  Find someone more empathic, compassionate, and better informed.  You’ll save yourself possible decades of grief, not to mention the suffering of any children you may have had with them.