Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump ...

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 ...

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

The annual clock of the seasons – winter, spring, summer, autumn – is often taken as a given. But our new study in Nature, ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar at the State Department, with both ...

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.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

The 2025 Little League World Series will be in Williamsport, Pennsylvania from August 13-24 with 20 teams vying for the title.

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

In July, the United States government made it clear that artificial intelligence (AI) companies wanting to do business with ...

Reimagining Maps: Africa's Push to Redraw the World The African Union is advocating for the adoption of a new map projection that accurately represents Africa's size. The Mercator map distorts the ...