northern

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At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

J. André Lavoie moved to northern Italy five years ago, and bought a hotel in Pontebba, which he has been renovating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"My mother died," he said, adding that his father and two siblings remain in Senegal, while an older brother lives in northern Spain.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

She has decried revelations of the recent participation of CIA officials in a raid on a drug lab in northern Chihuahua state, saying it was a breach of sovereignty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Despite the storm and the treacherous waters, Kontos, a skilled mariner, managed to guide his two boats to shelter in Antikythera’s only harbor, a small cove on its northern coast called Potamos.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler