eastern

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Were they part of a larger web of hominin species living across eastern Africa?

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Africa's top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

One caused a fire at a disused oil storage site in eastern Latvia.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

During La Niña, the sea surface temperatures of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean cool — the opposite of the El Niño trend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

For the first time in his life, they weren’t just a distant darkness on the eastern horizon.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver