The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and ...

The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it.

After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies ...

After going online in 1997 on CIA.gov, the Factbook quickly became a popular reference site for journalists, trivia ...

The US Central Intelligence Agency is ending one of its popular services, The World Factbook. Over the decades, this ...

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook “has sunset” without providing ...

The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.

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A statement on the CIA's website does not give a reason for the decision, simply stating that the publication has "sunset" while encouraging readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to ...