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After Panama Canal, Trump now wants US to buy Greenland: 'Absolute necessity'

After Donald Trump demanded the return of the Panama Canal under the US's control, the President-elect has now said that he wanted to buy and control Greenland, which is a part of the North American continent but is controlled by Denmark. "For purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world, the United States of America feels that the ownership …

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6 days, 7 hours ago

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed after Denmark rejects Japan's extradition request

Raw Story

The prominent anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was released Tuesday from prison in Greenland after Danish officials rejected a request by Japan to extradite him. Watson was arrested in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, in July due to a warrant issued by Japan in 2012, which alleged that Watson had interfered with a Japanese whaling vessel and caused injury to …

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1 week ago

Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Watson, rejecting Japan extradition

CNN

COPENHAGEN, Denmark Reuters — Denmark released anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from detention on Tuesday and said it had rejected a Japanese request to extradite him over criminal charges dating back more than a decade. US-Canadian Watson, 74, founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist group and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, was released in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, police in the autonomous …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Fox News host floats idea Trump could expand America through a land purchase

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A prominent Fox News host has floated that President-elect Donald Trump could be looking …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Why is Canada scrambling to counter Russia, China in the Arctic?

Al Jazeera

Canada has unveiled a new Arctic strategy to counter what it describes as threats from geopolitical rivals. Canada is stepping up its Arctic strategy amid growing geopolitical tensions and the region’s transformation due to climate change. Canada’s new Arctic strategy highlights recent increased Russian activity along the edges of North American airspace. Canada’s Arctic strategy includes several key initiatives it …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Anti-whaling activist Watson stays in detention in Greenland while Danes consider Japanese request

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A court in Greenland again decided Wednesday to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, until Dec. 4, while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request. Its direct-action tactics, including high-seas confrontations with whaling vessels, have drawn support from A-list celebrities and were featured in the reality television series “Whale Wars.” Watson was arrested on July 21 …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Greenland Inuit stopped from addressing Danish Parliament amid native language row

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Greenland urges Denmark to confront its past

The Hindu

Denmark’s forced contraception scandal in Greenland has snowballed since a victim first spoke out five years ago with the territory urging the Danish state to acknowledge the trauma it had caused. The legal investigation “is a necessary step in order to move forward,” Greenland’s Gender Equality Minister in charge of the case, Naaja Nathanielsen, said. Human rights aspect “An investigation …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

A Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist’s custody as Japan seeks his extradition

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A court in Greenland on Wednesday again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan. The court ruled that Canadian-American Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2 while Denmark’s justice ministry considers the request. In a statement, the prosecution noted that Watson has appealed Wednesday’s …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan asks Denmark to extradite activist Paul Watson, accused of obstructing a whaling research ship

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan has asked Denmark to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who has been in custody in Greenland since his arrest last month under a Japanese warrant, officials said Friday. Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian American citizen, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose high seas confrontations with whaling vessels have drawn support from celebrities and …

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10 months, 1 week ago

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark announce first royal tours together since ascending the throne - as they plan to sail historic yacht to Sweden, Norway and Greenland

Daily Mail

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark have announced their first royal tours together since ascending the throne. The yacht has served as the Danish Royal Family's cruise ship since May 1932 and has travelled over 800,000 miles Pictured: King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark wave to crowds outside Christiansborg Palace following Queen Margrethe's abdication Earlier this month, the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Mesmerising landscapes, thrilling wildlife and new airports opening... is Greenland the new Iceland?

Daily Mail

I’m lost, alone and surrounded by hundreds of howling dogs. About 75 per cent of Greenland — the world’s largest island — is covered by ice, but in summer the landscape thaws around the coast, where towns and settlements exist. Ice-breaker: James says that Greenland 'appears every bit as untamed and evocative of the golden age of polar exploration as …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey earthquake | Death toll may increase eight-fold, says WHO

The Hindu

The death toll from Monday's major earthquake in Turkey and Syria is liable to rise significantly above the provisional tally of more than 2,600, the World Health Organization forecast. "There's continued potential of further collapses to happen so we do often see in the order of eight-fold increases on the initial numbers," the WHO's senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Canada and Denmark end their 49-year-old feud over a barren Arctic rock

LA Times

A decades-old dispute between Denmark and Canada over a tiny, barren and uninhabited rock in the Arctic has finally come to an end. A territorial dispute between Denmark and Canada over a barren and uninhabited rock in the Arctic that has led to decades of friendly friction has come to an end, with the two countries agreeing to divide the …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Borgen: The greatest political drama ever

BBC

Borgen: The greatest political drama ever Netflix The Danish TV series Borgen strikes the perfect balance between idealism and cynicism, writes Caryn James; few shows have "depicted politics so authentically". Birgitte Nyborg who became Denmark's first woman prime minster in season one, is now foreign minister, grappling with the fallout of an oil discovery in Greenland, a Danish territory. Netflix …

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2 years, 9 months ago

World’s most remote Michelin restaurant, Koks, moves to Greenland

Hindustan Times

Dining at the Michelin-starred Koks has always been something of an expedition. World’s most remote Michelin restaurant, Koks, moves to Greenland {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Book Overseas Travel Insurance at Affordable Prices Yet even that, apparently, was not epic enough. On Feb. 23 the restaurant’s head chef, Poul Andreas Ziska, flew 1,300 miles to the west to a spot 200 …

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2 years, 9 months ago

World’s most remote Michelin restaurant, Koks, moves to Greenland

Hindustan Times

Dining at the Michelin-starred Koks has always been something of an expedition. World’s most remote Michelin restaurant, Koks, moves to Greenland Yet even that, apparently, was not epic enough. On Feb. 23 the restaurant’s head chef, Poul Andreas Ziska, flew 1,300 miles to the west to a spot 200 miles above the Arctic Circle to begin the work of transplanting …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Expedition discovers island believed to be world’s northernmost

LA Times

A view of the newly discovered Island, off the coast of Greenland, on Saturday. A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark has discovered accidentally during an expedition what they believe is the world’s northernmost island. A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast. “We were …

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3 years, 7 months ago

US confirms it doesn't want to buy Greenland from Denmark after former president Donald Trump's unsolicited proposal

ABC

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed the United States does not seek to buy Greenland, after former president Donald Trump proposed buying the island, sparking a diplomatic fallout. Key points: In 2019, Donald Trump suggested buying Greenland from Denmark Mr Trump cancelled a meeting with the Danish prime minister in the diplomatic spat that followed The US Secretary …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Arctic Warming Three Times Faster Than Earth Since 1971, Warns Report

News 18

The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought, a report warned on Thursday. Arctic sea ice looks set to be an early victims of rising temperatures, with each fraction of a degree making a big difference: the chance of it disappearing entirely in summer is 10 times greater if …

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4 years ago

Denmark apologises to 22 children taken from families in social experiment

The Independent

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4 years, 3 months ago

Greenland: A chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan has broken off the ice shelf

CNN

CNN — A 44-square-mile chunk of ice, about twice the size of Manhattan, has broken off the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf in northeast Greenland in the last two years, leaving scientists fearful over its rapid disintegration. “We should be very concerned about what appears to be progressive disintegration at the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf, because upstream … is …

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After Panama Canal, Trump now wants US to buy Greenland: 'Absolute necessity'

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed after Denmark rejects Japan's extradition request

Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Watson, rejecting Japan extradition

Fox News host floats idea Trump could expand America through a land purchase

Why is Canada scrambling to counter Russia, China in the Arctic?

Anti-whaling activist Watson stays in detention in Greenland while Danes consider Japanese request

Greenland Inuit stopped from addressing Danish Parliament amid native language row

Greenland urges Denmark to confront its past

A Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist’s custody as Japan seeks his extradition

Japan asks Denmark to extradite activist Paul Watson, accused of obstructing a whaling research ship

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark announce first royal tours together since ascending the throne - as they plan to sail historic yacht to Sweden, Norway and Greenland

Mesmerising landscapes, thrilling wildlife and new airports opening... is Greenland the new Iceland?

Turkey earthquake | Death toll may increase eight-fold, says WHO

Canada and Denmark end their 49-year-old feud over a barren Arctic rock

Borgen: The greatest political drama ever

World’s most remote Michelin restaurant, Koks, moves to Greenland

World’s most remote Michelin restaurant, Koks, moves to Greenland

Expedition discovers island believed to be world’s northernmost

US confirms it doesn't want to buy Greenland from Denmark after former president Donald Trump's unsolicited proposal

Arctic Warming Three Times Faster Than Earth Since 1971, Warns Report

Denmark apologises to 22 children taken from families in social experiment

Greenland: A chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan has broken off the ice shelf