The surprising true sizes of countries around the world. Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado Border Patrol commander returns to Chicago as agents deploy pepper balls ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

The call is a demand for Africans to be represented on their own terms, rather than through cartographic traditions that have long diminished their scale and significance. The African Union has ...

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

Summer rainfall totals have set the stage for exceptional color this season, officials said. (Photo Provided) CHARLESTON — With autumn approaching, the West Virginia Department of Tourism has unveiled ...