The U.S. ranks 18 on a map compiled by Newsweek with data showing the best and worst Organization for Economic cooperation ...

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

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

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

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

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to ...

Given its distortions, why has the Mercator projection continued to dominate classrooms, atlases and even digital maps for centuries?

Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions depicted on maps communicate social meaning. They subtly but powerfully educate ...

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...