Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with various feuds.

Different countries have different names for the same body of water all over the world. What American maps call the Gulf of California, Mexico calls the Sea of Cortez. The United Nations Group of ...

Apple Maps, Google Maps and Google Earth ... of water that are called different things by different countries, a good example would be the Gulf of California,” Anderson said.

It also underpinned spectacular growth in most countries over the past two centuries. While economic development has created tremendous inequality between and within countries, people almost ...

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of ...

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What do you wonder? By The Learning Network A new collection of graphs, maps and charts organized by topic and type from our “What’s Going On in This Graph?” feature. By The Learning ...

Trump has been highly critical of other Nato member states in recent weeks over their levels of defence spending as he pressures Western countries to do more to pay for their own security. Ahead of ...

The public blowup could propel President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to escalate the fight in Ukraine instead of agreeing to peace. By Anton TroianovskiNataliya Vasilyeva and Paul Sonne After ...

Anti-Israel protesters took over Barnard College, demanding the reinstatement of students expelled for disrupting a Columbia University lecture. They allegedly assaulted a staff member, leading to ...