The concepts of continents have confused people from their very beginning. Today I try to see if I can do any better at ...

People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the label should only include the waters under US jurisdiction, not the entire gulf.

Today’s updates to the cartographic world view respond to treaties and armistices, but most importantly, they represent ...

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

A charming Arizona town in the west was designated as the world's first International Dark Sky City, meaning it offers beautiful views of the Milky Way.

Users will see both names on Google Maps in the rest of the world. Google Maps applies name changes when they have been updated in official government sources. AP “We have a long-standing ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan ...

The new name will reportedly be visible to Google Maps users in America, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps ...

The change will be visible in the US, with both names appearing to Google Maps users outside of the ... The body of water is now labeled “Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)” in other countries.

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...