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

Countries across the world are suspending parcel shipments to the U.S. over uncertainty over the Trump administration's ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its significance.

The new COVID-19 strainalso known as XFG—is a "variant under monitoring" by the World Health Organization (WHO).

New weather maps show where and when two heavy rainstorms are set to bring a deluge to the entire UK, hitting the country ...

Weather maps reveal two enormous rainstorms that are about to hit the entire country. After a Bank Holiday weekend of ...