To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants – something that, as president of the US, he now says he will take “one way or the other.” It’s Greenland, an ...

Cartography has always shaped worldview and geopolitics, and often for the worse. So it does in the era of Donald Trump.

Greenland's mineral riches are an increasing focus of the U.S. and, as the vice president recently warned, America's rivals.

Hong Kong company CK Hutchison's $22.8 billion deal to sell dozens of ports was originally to be inked on April 2.

Tariff hikes announced by U.S. President Donald Trump have provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and calls for further ...

While all-party discussions take place over the colony’s future the territory’s economic and social crisis could erupt again.

Place names affect how people perceive, experience and emotionally connect to their surroundings in both conscious and subconscious ways. Psychologists, sociologists and geographers have explored how ...

MSNBC's Steve Kornacki is known for his excited 'data dumps,' breaking down elections and sports coverage for years. Is he ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is taking the fight over Medicaid cuts deep into Republican territory, visiting ...

Wisconsin voters go to the polls Tuesday for the state’s Supreme Court election, which is drawing national attention as ...