southern

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Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

He also said that the Israeli military would "continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The 18-year-old Veiga was stuck playing for a small club in his home state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil when he discovered one of these apps, from Swiss company Footbao.

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

“Hundreds of years ago, Paris was a walled city, and this was the southern entrance,” he said.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti