The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

A total of 14 airports and 26 seaports in Japan are designated for "specified use" by the country's Self-Defense Forces and ...

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Flummoxed by the various tariffs on countries and industries, or even the difference among the types of tariffs, or even the ...

The Internet, the interconnected world-wide network of computers that includes websites, apps and devices, has become such an ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

India adds 7 new natural sites to UNESCO’s Tentative World Heritage List, raising the total to 69 and boosting global recognition of its heritage.

Google is integrating its Gemini artificial intelligence platform into Chrome, the world's most popular browser. This step ...

Roth was standing at the edge of a cave in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Inside, he knew, was a geocache: a container that was stashed ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...