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09.03 / 08:07

markets UPS Universities Pride country Greenland's Inuits rediscover their national pride

Ujammiugaq Engell, like many Greenlanders, flaunts her rediscovered cultural identity, which US President Donald Trump's expansionist ambitions have only spurred further. «I'm a whole lot of person. I carry my Greenlandic and Danish sides with pride,» said the smiling 30-some-year-old, the daughter of a mixed Danish and Greenlandic couple. After moving to Copenhagen for university, she returned to live in Nuuk, the capital of the vast Arctic island, where she now works as a museum curator.

09.03 / 06:23

markets UPS Election Universities country Greenland's road to independence, explained

Danish constitution with legislation already in place outlining how to make it happen. All of Greenland's main political parties back independence, so debate has largely centred on when — not if — to cut ties with Denmark. The roadmap is already laid out.

08.03 / 12:35

Hollywood Remark Instagram President Experts social fun Godfather of geopolitics? Viral meme casts China as Don Corleone amid Donald Trump’s wild expansion claims to Canada, Panama and Greenland

viral meme that hilariously blends Hollywood and global politics. Taking inspiration from The Godfather, the meme reimagines China as Don Corleone, with Canada, Greenland, and Panama stepping into the role of the desperate undertaker Bonasera—seeking favors they once shunned. The meme brilliantly uses the legendary movie dialogue to poke fun at the current geopolitical scenario, where former U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked controversy with his bold statements about bringing Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal under American control.

07.03 / 10:51

markets UPS Trade country rock International Why Canada should join the EU

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As international conflicts go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the “whisky wars" that pitted Canada against Denmark for four decades. Flaring up in 1984, the unlikely spat involved a one-square-kilometre island in the middle of an icy Arctic channel marking the border between Greenland (now a self-ruling part of Denmark) and the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

06.03 / 06:59

UPS economy Trade President War isolate Relationships China is secretly worried Trump will win on trade

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Soon after Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, Xi Jinping asked his aides to urgently analyze the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. His concern, according to people who consult with senior Chinese officials, was that as President Trump gears up for a showdown with Beijing, China could get isolated like Moscow during that era.

04.03 / 06:01

markets UPS ICE President Fishing travelers mountaineering Greenland has the makings of a mining boom. So where is everyone?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A small group of directors from an Australian company traveled to the southern tip of Greenland recently, where they have been planning to extract rare-earth minerals from one of the world’s richest deposits for more than two decades. They didn’t get as far as they had planned.

02.03 / 12:39

security Election Trade President country Two small adversaries of Russia and China are swapping notes to survive

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TAIPEI—In an era of brutal great-power politics, how do lesser powers get by? For this embattled Pacific island, a lifeline comes from landlocked Slavs half a world away. Taiwan and the Czech Republic, living in the shadow of China and Russia, have found common cause when small powers worry about being trampled by bigger rivals.

24.02 / 06:15

markets UPS War country rights Three years into war in Ukraine, Donald Trump ushers in new world for Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin of Russia took the stage in Sochi, Russia, last fall, two days after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, and spoke of the dawn of a new world order. «In a sense,» Putin said, «the moment of truth is coming.» It may have already arrived.

22.02 / 14:31

markets Action President country Department Courts rights Donald Trump moves with light speed and brute force in shaking the core of what America has been

Donald Trump is moving with light speed and brute force to break the existing order and reshape America at home and abroad. He likes the ring of calling himself king.

22.02 / 07:55

markets COST security War social peace Debt has always been the ruin of great powers. Is the US next?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Is that the heady scent of hubris, wafting through the winter air of Washington, D.C.? So bold has President Trump been in the first month of his second term that nervous Europeans wonder if the American republic is now unabashedly an empire. Trump renames seas.

21.02 / 02:21

markets Waters ICE Glacier Universities mountaineering Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world's mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s.

20.02 / 14:55

markets security President War reports International How Trump has flipped American foreign policy

Trump made headlines with his wild foreign policy moves such as by laying a claim to Panama Canal, planning to buy Greenland and offering Canada to become the 51st US state. However, with one wild jerk, he has flipped America's foreign policy: in less than 10 days, he has managed to completely sideline friends Europe and Ukraine to embrace foe Russia.

04.02 / 01:03

UPS security Trade President War reports EU leaders scramble to avoid friction with the US under Trump and avoid a 'stupid tariff war'

European Union leaders are grappling with how to respond to the United States as it appears determined to start a trade war or even seize part of their territory

28.01 / 19:37

markets security Strategy President PAM stars reports Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland, but wait, Britain has a 108-year-old “right-to-buy” clause that puts it in poll position to acquire the island if Denmark decides to sell

26.01 / 05:33

markets Digital Strategy Experts PAM stage reports Donald Trump says he believes US will get Greenland

25.01 / 19:35

markets Digital Strategy President Experts PAM Forget 100 days; Donald Trump's first 100 hours speak volumes; the president moves at warp speed and signs an avalanche of executive orders; here's what all he did

Donald Trump's executive order signing is just happening every passing hour now at the White House, and he is signing everything from declaring national emergencies to releasing of classified files around assassinated former US Presidents. At this rate, he would be setting a major record for signing a record number of executive orders in the first week of Presidency.

23.01 / 23:55

COST Provident BLOCK economy Opinion Labrador rights Opinion: Hey, Greenland! Join us, not the United States

By Erin Weir

22.01 / 22:29

COST security President country consequences reports politician ‘Mr. Trump, f— off’: Danish politician lashes out over Greenland proposal

Donald Trump this week over his pitch to make Greenland part of the United States.“Dear President Trump, listen very carefully,” Vistisen said on Tuesday in European Parliament. “Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It’s an integrated part of our country.

20.01 / 12:49

Election President Justice performer reports Courts Updates Donald Trump Oath Ceremony LIVE Updates: President-elect vows to end 'American decline'

Donald Trump Oath Ceremony LIVE Updates: Donald Trump will take over as the President of the United States on Monday following an indoor ceremony. The Republican leader made a unprecedented return to the White House during the recent elections — overcoming impeachments, criminal indictments and two assassination attempts.

20.01 / 10:23

markets Racing Election President War country Trump 2.0: A maverick returns to world centre stage

Trump presidency will entail — both for itself and America.

20.01 / 08:01

markets UPS Action economy Trade President country Trump’s second presidency signals the end of the Washington Consensus

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The second US presidency of Donald Trump will be the most consequential for any president after World War II. This assessment, shared by many analysts, is best articulated by conservative columnist David Brooks.

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