The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 percent of the planet's land area and six percent of its total surface area.

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... including the UK. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ...

An exact date for when the polar blast will hit the UK with heavy snowfall and -1C temperatures has been revealed, with the ...

The earth's ocean floors are covered in over a million kilometres of internet cables. At least eight cables have been cut in ...

The weather warning is in place between 6pm today and 12pm tomorrow and includes Merseyside. The Met Office said: "Areas of ...

About 1,200 people were killed in numerous air raids on Hull during World War Two A new map that plots every German air raid on the UK during World War Two has been released online. A researcher ...

Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. A remote island in the Indian Ocean ...

A weather map shows the areas that have fallen under a tornado warning as Brits brace for an onslaught of hail and lightning ...

China has released a Dad’s Army-style animated map of a future takeover of Taiwan, while surrounding its islands with ...

Film fans in Glasgow Parkhead, Bedford, Loughborough, Yate and Swindon will soon see the doors of their local Cineworld close ...

“Leaf-peeping is one of the most accessible tourism things that you can do,” said Teddy Willey, the general manager of the ...