southern

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A large, slow-moving storm system tracked north-northwest across the Philippine Sea toward southern Japan from late May into early June 2026.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

However, spring was extremely dry in parts of southern and eastern England where some areas only got around a quarter to a third of their expected rainfall.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Almost 44 years to the day earlier, Israeli forces had seized the same commanding position overlooking a valley, later turning it into a key base during their two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Statements from Israeli and Lebanese officials suggested the understanding doesn’t extend to southern Lebanon, where fighting continued Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

During the first three decades after the Treaty of Paris was signed, allied Indigenous nations in the Ohio Country and the southern states were involved in several struggles to resist settler encroachment.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz