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Australia will place six people from a cruise ship struck with the rat-borne hantavirus in a purpose-built quarantine facility north of Perth for at least three weeks, the government said Monday.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Produce costs were already heading north when the Strait of Hormuz’s closure in March sent a shock through energy markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

He had then gone to Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank, where he is now trapped.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

The Hondius, now carrying close to 150 passengers, started out in Argentina on April 1 and was sailing north on a 33-day journey.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Seth, Abu, and Tseko had come from far away like me—Seth from the western shore of the lake, Abu from the north, and Tseko from Ningo, a town on the coast, west of my home.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo