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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teachers and librarians are scrambling after the CIA abruptly killed off The World Factbook, its long-running reference about ...