Pacific island nations are no exception. The politics and economies of these island nations have been dealt a serious blow, from the effective dismantling of the United States Agency for International ...

Recent AI-driven satellite studies show a significant increase in floating algae, highlighting shifts in ocean ecosystems and ...

Nations worldwide maintain territories for strategic and military purposes, often remnants of colonial empires.

Trump posted a digitally altered photograph amid tension with NATO members over his plan to acquire Greenland.

One indicator of a healthy democracy is frameworks that enable political participation — the level of citizen engagement such as in voting and participation in civil society. Yet as Tonga’s parliament ...

From the latest skyscraper in a Chinese megalopolis to a six‑foot‑tall yurt in Inner Mongolia, researchers at the Technical University of Munich claim they have created a map of all buildings ...

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1525 map is the first ever printed in a bible, but there’s just one problem: it was printed backwards. The document nonetheless stands as a transition point between the ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map. Reading time 3 minutes The world has a lot of buildings. Now you can see them ...

Tonga's King Tupou VI visits China Beijing is vying with West for influence across Pacific The Pacific Island nation is heavily indebted to China Tonga also receives millions each year in Australian, ...

What do social climbers and gossipmongers have in common? My mother would tell me that both are morally suspect. This moral umbrage is etched into lessons from fairy tales and scripture that we ...

It’s easy to take maps for granted. After all, most of us have a pretty good map in our pockets at all times, ready to show us how to get anywhere on the globe. But to make a map useful, you have to ...

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 ...