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Li Jingwei drew a map of his childhood village from memory and shared it online. Photo :BBC
Offbeat

Chinese man reunites with mother after 30 years of abduction through map drawn from memory

On 24 December he shared a hand-drawn map to the video sharing app, Douyin, which police matched to a small village and a woman whose son had disappeared

A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
World+Biz

‘Deep displeasure’: India sends a stinker to WHO’s Tedros over incorrect map

A flightradar24.com handout photo received on December 27, 2020 shows the flight track for a D-ENIG plane that traced a syringe on the maps in Germany to celebrate the arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine. The flight between Friedrichshafen and Ulm took place on December 23, 2020. Mandatory credit FLIGHTRADAR24.COM/via REUTERS
World+Biz

German pilot makes point with syringe in the sky

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Latest map of 2B Milky Way stars likely to reveal Galaxy’s deepest secrets

Farmers wave flags and shout slogans during a protest rally demanding loan waivers and the transfer of forest lands to villagers who have farmed there for decades, in Mumbai, India, November 22, 2018/ Reuters
South Asia

India's rural poor may lose out as drones map village land

A woman looks at a computer screen in Guadalajara, Mexico October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017. Reuters/Daniel Becerril
World+Biz

'Visible women': Feminist mappers bridge data gap in urban design

Vehicles drive through a road in Jordan Valley, the eastern-most part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that borders Jordan June 26, 2019/ Reuters
World+Biz

Israel drawing up map for West Bank annexations: Netanyahu