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Denmark to boost Arctic defence by $4.26 billion, Greenland government says
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Greenland’s government said on Friday Denmark will spend 27.4 billion Danish crowns ($4.26 billion) to boost its military presence in the Arctic, seeking to fend off criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland’s...
Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $87 million for Greenland’s polar bears
Greenland remains part of the Danish realm, and its people have expressed little interest in Trump’s solicitations. In a statement acknowledging the conversations that are under way, the State Department said that biodiversity funding was being...
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Trump threatens Nigeria with a ‘guns-a-blazing’ response, adding to his target list
Donald Trump has said very little about conditions in Nigeria in recent months, though that changed Friday afternoon. The president, pointing to attacks against the nation’s Christian population, announced via his social media platform that he was...
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Bodycam footage released of Maryland police chief gunning down knife wielding man
RIVERDALE, Md. — Police Body-worn camera footage has been released of a deadly officer involved shooting last month in Riverdale. Officers were at a home on Greenland Street investigating a stabbing that occurred earlier in the day. On scene they...
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New Greenlandic subsea cable worth $468 million added to Denmark’s Arctic defense deal
By Elías Thorsson October 10, 2025 93 Vivian Motzfeldt, Denmark’s Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen (not seen) and members of the coalition present a defense agreement on the Arctic and North Atlantic in the Ministry of Defence in...
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Who Really Owns Greenland?
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Sri Lanka Guardian
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The first Nordic presence in Greenland dates back to Erik the Red, a Norse Viking banished from Iceland for manslaughter, who sought a new future in Greenland around the end of the 10th century. The name “Greenland” referred to the vegetation...
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Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland polar bears
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The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland, and $25 million for snow leopards in Nepal — proposals at odds with a parallel initiative to slash humanitarian and...
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Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland’s polar bears
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Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Polar bears are listed as a vulnerable species by the World Wildlife Fund because of various threats including climate change and the wildlife trade. There are roughly 26,000 worldwide, with about 3,000 thought to be in Greenland. (Bonnie Jo...
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The Unclassifiable Arctic: René-Yves Creston and his Boreal Representations: Ethnology, Art, Marine Studies, and Polar Visuals
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by Isabelle Gapp and guest edited by Sarah Pickman. Now largely forgotten, René-Yves Creston (1898-1964) was a French polymath of the...
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Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50mn for Greenland’s polar bears, $25mn for Nepal's snow leopards
Polar bears are listed as a vulnerable species by the World Wildlife Foundation because of various threats including climate change and the wildlife trade. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) The Trump administration is considering...
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The EU and Greenland need each other, says PM Nielsen
On Wednesday, Jens-Frederik Nielsen addressed Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg, marking a historic moment as the first leader of a Greenlandic government to speak before this body. In his address, Premier Nielsen, who...
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If Greenland wants more visitors, it must fix its airports
When the ribbon on Nuuk’s expanded runway was cut last winter, the message was clear: Greenland is open for business. The reality has been less triumphant. Over the summer, international security screening was abruptly suspended after staff failed...
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NH Apartment Complex Lost in Fire
The New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester A townhouse-style condominium in Newmarket’s Fieldstone Estates went up in flames around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday night, displacing the residents of the four units in the complex. The local fire and rescue...
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Police: Driver arrested after fleeing rollover crash scene on I-95 in New Hampshire
The crash happened early Sunday morning on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire. GREENLAND, New Hampshire — A 26-year-old Rhode Island man was arrested early Sunday morning after police said he fled the scene of a rollover crash on Interstate 95 in...
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Ms. Global: Indigenous Women’s Rights Violated in Greenland, Earthquakes in Afghanistan and Indonesia Affect Women and Children, and More.
The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms....
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Danes and Greenlanders living in fear: Trump may still be planning an invasion
Almost immediately after his election, former US President Donald Trump pushed the idea that Greenland—a mineral-rich, autonomous island belonging to Denmark—should join the United States. Both sides resisted at the time, but the Danish Prime...
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Denmark's prime minister says Greenland still nervous about Trump's takeover threat
Published on 07/10/2025 - 16:30 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump's threat to take over Greenland still hangs over the Arctic island's residents, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Trump sent shockwaves...
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Trump’s ambassador tasked with getting control of Greenland confirmed
By Elías Thorsson October 8, 2025 139 Ken Howery, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Denmark, looks up before testifying at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
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Air Greenland renews Iqaluit-Nuuk flights for next year
Air Greenland will operate the Iqaluit-Nuuk route next year from June 24 until Sept. 30, the airline told Nunavut News on Oct 7. "It has been decided that we will fly to Iqaluit again next year," Paarnaq Hansen-Zeeb, communications manager for Air...
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The World’s Most Beautiful Gamble: Greenland Adventure Comes With No Guarantees
Dodging icebergs in Prince Christian Sound. Image by C.Bowman Enthusiasm in the captain’s voice sounded over the ship’s PA system. “In five minutes, we will turn into Greenland’s Prince Christian Sound, one of the most breathtaking passages in the...
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