The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

While these changes are largely symbolic, they’ve prompted mapmakers and educators to reconsider established labels. Florida ...

Countries across the world are competing to turn their countries into AI hubs, while balancing the need for some restrictions on the technology. The UK is the third-largest AI market in the world ...

There will be "another solid year of global economic growth in 2025," but that different countries will see different rates of growth, according to a Goldman Sachs forecast. The investment bank's ...

The mysterious disappearance of an elderly woman who vanished without trace after her husband turned his back for a few moments, was solved two years later thanks to Google Maps. Marcel Taret was ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to promote “world peace” in a New Year ... despite a decade of growing friction with Western countries, exemplified by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Researchers reveal countries with the largest penises. Credit: Dainis Graveris / CC BY 2.0 Global research has revealed notable differences in average penis sizes, with data gathered from nearly 90 ...

which the map below shows. The tragic aviation accidents worldwide this year have sparked discussions on improving aviation safety, and in some countries, like South Korea, the crashes have ...

Two Afghan women and an 18-month-old boy warm themselves while waiting for alms along the Kabul-Pul-e-Alam highway in eastern Afghanistan [File: Kathy Gannon/AP] In a world where crises compete ...