China Mineral Resources: In a major boost for its industrial and defense sector, China has discovered a large deposit of rare earth minerals in its southwestern Yunnan province. The discovery was ...

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 ...

Hugh Cameron is Newsweek U.S. news reporter based in London, U.K. with a focus on covering American economic and business news. Hugh joined Newsweek in 2024, having worked at Alliance News Ltd ...

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

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

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 ...

For strategic and resource reasons, Greenland looms large in the imagination of President Donald Trump. But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think. Centuries of ...

You can rsquo;t afford to be late In this incredibly fast-paced, highly-mutable world of ours, a nation is only as good as how well they keep pace with the rest of the world mdash;particularly the top ...

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

What the world wants to do for a living: Fascinating map shows how being a pilot is the globe's number one dream job, while 'YouTuber' and attorney also prove popular ...

Indian agents raised money and helped organize support in 2022 for Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, news outlets reported, citing intelligence officials. By Norimitsu Onishi Reporting ...