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Sydney, Jan 29 (IANS): Australian researchers have created a new detailed map of Antarctica's ice-free land that they say will help protect the continent's biodiversity. The team, led by researchers ...

Google is set to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its maps app. It's in response to Donald Trump's order that the body of water be renamed on official US maps and ...

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