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Iconic New York figure was likely “major player” in murderous pirate’s 1695 heist, historian says

An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers. James Bailey, who five years ago made headlines after unearthing ancient coins believed to be…

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King Charles faces renewed calls for slavery apology, reparations on Caribbean tour: “Pay us what you owe us”

Britain’s King Charles III continued his nine-day tour of the Caribbean Thursday under mounting pressure to issue a formal apology for the U.K. royal family’s historic role in the transatlantic slave trade and to support calls for reparations. Charles was to visit Guyana on Thursday before traveling to Antigua and Barbuda for a meeting of…

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Oxford University museum to return remains of 39 people taken during British colonial rule in India

An Oxford University museum has agreed to return the remains of 39 people who were taken during Britain’s colonial rule in India. The university’s Pitt Rivers Museum told Agence France-Presse on Monday that it is preparing to repatriate the remains of 39 people taken from the Naga community in northeast India. The decision came after…

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Gun-running ship sunk by Israeli military in 1948 located intact 1,650 feet underwater

Israel announced on Monday it had recovered the wreckage of the Altalena, an arms-smuggling boat whose sinking by the Israeli military just after the state’s founding in 1948 exposed divisions that persist today. The Altalena had set sail from France loaded with weapons packed for the Irgun, the militant Zionist force that conducted attacks against…

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