The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma is preparing to award its black community a $105m (£73.8m) reparations package to address the harms caused by the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the largest and most violent racial attacks in US history.
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A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more prisoners of war.
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Ukraine Drones Strike Russian Bomber Bases in Major Deep Attack
Ukraine reportedly launched its largest long-range drone attack since the full-scale invasion began, targeting Russian military airbases thousands of miles inside Russia on Sunday. The […]
Trump’s Tariffs Set to Return as July Deadline Nears
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