{
  "id": 5642421,
  "title": "Countries vote at UN to back new world map that shows Africa's true size",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/countries-vote-at-un-to-back-new-world-map-that-shows-africas-true",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sky News",
    "slug": "sky-news",
    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/countries-vote-at-un-to-back-new-world-map-that-shows-africas-true-size-13581494"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Over 160 countries have voted at the United Nations to move away from a traditional global map that is nearly 500 years old towards a newer one that more accurately reflects Africa's true size.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Rio Times",
        "title": "South Africa economy tests Ramaphosa before 4 November vote as GNU scrambles to deliver",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/south-africa-economy-tests-ramaphosa-before-4-november-vote-as-gnu",
        "published": "2026-09-04T21:41:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}