North America spans five time zones and is unique among continents for its diverse climate types. Named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, it is often referred to as the "New World." Of the ...

SAO PAULO – South America is being ravaged by fire ... seen from space stretching diagonally across the continent from Colombia in the north-west to Uruguay in the south-east.

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A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018 Waldseemüller used the Latin version of Vespucci's name, Americus Vespucius ...

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South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a ...

Roughly 9 million sq km (3.5 million sq miles) of South America have been covered in smoke at times, more than half of the continent, she said. Sao Paulo, the most populous city in the Western ...