islands

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Prior to the rise in cases seen during the 2010s, the parasite had been documented on remote islands in northwestern Alaska.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

It is their plight, and the dramatic stories of those who do make it, that Pope Leo will highlight during his visit to the Spanish islands which begins on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"So Megalosaurus, Cetiosaurus and other dinosaurs would have been living on these little islands."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Indonesia's national disaster agency, meanwhile, instructed officials in the North Sulawesi capital, Manado, northern Gorontalo province and the Sangihe islands "to immediately direct their residents to evacuate in an orderly manner to higher ground".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Black men arrive with Columbus as sailors, and other Africans come as soldiers with the Spanish explorers who later conquer and colonize the Caribbean islands and the Americas.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis