{
  "id": 5627308,
  "title": "UN moves away from map that makes Africa look small",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/un-moves-away-from-map-that-makes-africa-look-small",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T18:03:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news-cbc",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/united-nations-mercator-map-projection-africa-9.7332900"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map toward one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to counter perceptions that the continent is peripheral.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}