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A team of researchers are on their way to a remote island to inspect what they think could be the wreckage of famed aviator Amelia Earhart's plane.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The current dispute between China and Taiwan dates to a civil war between the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, who retreated to the island in 1949 after being defeated by Mao Zedong's communist fighters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, a government agency, says the islands are part of a continuous shelf extending from northern Luzon, the main Philippine island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Officials in the Avannaata municipality on the island nation’s west coast approved the plan, offering fishers 300 Danish kroner, or about $45, per shark heart.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The day dawned clear, but by the time I got the flag set a cold mist had drifted across the island.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, a government agency, says the islands are part of a continuous shelf extending from northern Luzon, the main Philippine island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Over the past year and a half, the Philippines has spotted several Chinese coast guard and research vessels operating near the islands, where there are key undersea cables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In 1972, Okinawa prefecture was returned to Japanese control after United States forces occupied the islands at the end of the Second World War.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

There, scientists say, a marine heatwave in 2024 wiped out an estimated 99.9 percent of the coral that built theP remote Tuvalu islands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Duke said to Sancho, "Sancho, my friend, I, in the name of the great Don Quixote, appoint you governor of one of my islands."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios