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The reef is home to a small Philippine military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusting World War Two-era ship deliberately grounded there in 1999 to assert Manila's claim to the territory.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“The moves in markets have so far been fairly small compared with the earlier escalations.”

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

While the drug showed efficacy for ovarian and endometrial cancers with no major safety red flags in early-stage studies, there are caveats about small sample sizes and slightly different prior lines of therapy, Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Growth from property taxes has given the county a small new pot of funds, which will be used largely to pay for increased salaries for county workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

At last his patient left and Dr. van Veen took the bottle into his small laboratory.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom