You’ve probably seen it a thousand times: a map on the wall, north at the top, south down below. It feels so natural that we barely think about it. But the truth is that this wasn’t inevitable. For ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ukraine has made significant advances into Russian territory in recent days, reportedly capturing the village of ...

Ukraine and the US are to hold crunch peace talks in Saudi Arabia from Tuesday following a tense few weeks in which relations between Kyiv and Washington looked more fraught than ever. US officials ...

On November 15, as Russian forces were advancing on the outskirts of the town of Myrnohrad in eastern Ukraine, retail investors placed risky bets in real time on the battle using Polymarket, a ...

The war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year. Over the past few months, Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control, mostly in the east of Ukraine, and have continued their ...

A staff member at the Institute for the Study of War was reportedly fired after Polymarket settled related contracts using the edited map. A staff member at a U.S.-based think tank was reportedly ...