All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

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In the leafy Singapore suburb of Tanglin, over the road from the British High Commission and the US embassy, and a block away from the Botanic Gardens, Interpol’s innovation centre is where law ...

Mapungubwe developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was abandoned in the 14th century. What survives are ... at the crossing of the north/south and east/west routes in ...

Some call it “dark tourism”. American wit and travel author PJ O’Rourke dubbed it “holidays in hell”. Visiting places of ...

The Trump administration used an 18th-century law that allows the government ... without due process of law.” The 14th Amendment contains a similar clause. Courts have long held that anyone ...

There's an intercontinental array of possible successors to Pope Francis, with the initial strong contenders coming from Asia, Africa ... French pope since the 14th century and the youngest ...

She has a PhD in Victorian domestic murder and an obsessive interest in the weirder elements of nineteenth-century life ... winners will be announced on May 14th before being published online ...

Epiphana Lubangula, 53, a Tanzania native who works as a nurse in Italy, said, “We are here from the West to the East ... From the 4th to the 14th century, the Lateran was the main seat ...

Or, for the first time in history, the next pontiff could be from Africa or Asia ... he would be the first French pontiff since the 14th century. One drawback for Aveline is that he understands ...