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The incident caused a traffic jam during the morning commute along a road that runs in front of CIA’s headquarters in ...

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 ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...

In 1958, the CIA launched a covert operation to topple President Sukarno and reshape Indonesia’s future. Instead, the mission unraveled in failure and embarrassment. Bruce Willis Family Makes ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

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For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said parents in Washington, D.C., should not expect to see ICE officers visiting schools when kids go back to school in the nation’s ...