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

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

With summer vacation nearly upon us, people and families planning to travel out of the country soon are encouraged to check the U.S. Department of State Travel Advisories map to see travel advisory ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

A striking map shows Australia’s new place in the world after Anthony Albanese made the call to join nearly 150 countries in recognising Palestinian statehood.