For generations, schools, media outlets and decision-makers have relied on a familiar world map. It has become a global standard, seen everywhere from classroom posters to government buildings. But ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

The iOS 26 update doesn't make it easy to add custom ringtones, but with a few tools and some patience, you can still do it for free. Apple loads iPhones with dozens of tones out of the box. They ...

Malta has submitted an application to UNESCO to include Valletta's historic fortifications, along with the Cottonera Lines, Santa Margherita Lines, Mdina, and the Cittadella in Gozo, on the World ...

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Amazon Games has announced Season 10: Nighthaven for New World: Aeternum, and it’s shaping up to be the biggest content drop the game has seen yet. Coming October 13th as a free update, this season ...

Tara Davis-Woodhall and Valarie Allman added their first world outdoor titles on Sunday to their Olympic gold medals. Davis-Woodhall won the long jump in Tokyo with her first of six jumps — 7.08 ...

A single-family home under construction along Cedar Grove Way in west Lawrence is shown on July 7, 2025. The City of Lawrence will add two new programs that aim to streamline the building inspection ...

IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

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Aug. 29 (UPI) --Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed legislation for a new congressional map in the state in an attempt to add five GOP seats in the U.S. House for the 2026 midterm ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...