Al Jazeera on MSN1h
Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? Google Maps and contentious geography
Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the US. Additionally, Google Maps will change ...
The Brighterside of News on MSN21h
Scientists discover the formation of Earth’s sixth ocean
In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...
malevus21h
The World as Seen by Europeans Before 1492
The Behaim Globe depicted a narrowed Atlantic Ocean, which, if crossed, would lead directly to Cipango (Japan) and Asia. In ...
The Economist15h
A sophisticated civilisation once flourished in the Amazon basin
The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...
NDTV12h
Middle East
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk was being "falsely smeared" in a row over a gesture he made at Donald Trump's inauguration that critics described as ...