On Monday, 20 January 2025, it was announced that the new president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, issued an ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies has extended its partnership with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for another four years, continuing its sponsorship of major football events across the continent.

New research has shaken the foundation of geography, suggesting that the planet might have just six continents, not seven. Even more shocking? North America and Europe might still be connected. This ...

According to a recent report from the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), North Macedonia, which shares borders with Greece, Albania ...

A whole continent which has gone walk-a-bout for nearly 400 years? Granted, it sounds pretty wild, particularly given how much we know about our planet already. However, there's one particular area of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Masked revelers wait for the start of the carnival parade in the village of Vevcani, North Macedonia in the ...

For the first time in history, this map spans five continents and includes nine countries. Bitcoin reserve in US, Brazil in the works El Salvador is the only country so far to have a Bitcoin ...

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Why do we refer to “north” as north? There are several reasons. First, most of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere. The magnetic compass, a crucial navigation tool during ...

Similarly, a recent geological process is causing the African continent to split into two. This rift, identified approximately six years ago, has since been extensively studied to determine its ...

North Macedonia suffers the most deaths from pollution, followed by Serbia. And neighbouring Albania, Bulgaria and Montenegro all have too high scores, according to a recent report from the ...