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Attacks on other Russian cities overnight caused damage to other infrastructure, including an oil-storage facility near the southwestern city of Krasnodar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
At the end of April several Albanian scam centres were dismantled, including the one Jon worked in, following an investigation by police in the southwestern French city of Pau.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The heatwave that began early last week across southwestern Europe is consistent with what we would expect in a changing, hotter climate.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
That outbreak took place in Epuyén, a village in southwestern Argentina that’s close to the border with Chile, where the Andes virus is also endemic.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
In contrast, the Mediterranean zone of Chile offered only two of those species, California and southern Africa just one each, and southwestern Australia none at all.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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