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Rubio says Greenland is part of Denmark 'for now' as Trump revives Canada 'state' rhetoric

June 04, 2026 7:12 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress Greenland is part of Denmark 'for now', as Trump revived Canada '51st state' rhetoric, alarming NATO allies.

US in high-level talks to open new bases as its sovereign territory in Greenland

May 12, 2026 11:31 am

The US wishes to open three new bases in the semi-autonomous southern part Denmark as they strive to resolve a diplomatic crisis that erupted after President Donald Trump threatened to seize Greenland by force.

US moves to expand military footprint in Greenland, reviving Arctic tensions: Reports

April 01, 2026 10:22 pm

Washington is pressing ahead with plans to secure three new military sites in Greenland, drawing on a decades-old treaty — but not everyone on the island is welcoming the soldiers.

Trump’s latest tantrum shows US-Europe alliance is teetering on the brink

April 01, 2026 12:04 pm

By and large, European capitals are determined to avoid being drawn into the conflict, reflecting a sentiment earlier articulated by Kaja Kallas, who stated that ‘this is not Europe’s war’

The forgotten Danish colony in India: How Tranquebar became Denmark’s foothold in Tamil Nadu

February 17, 2026 6:04 pm

An expedition meant to challenge the Portuguese in Sri Lanka instead left behind a Protestant church, a Tamil printing press, and a marginal empire in Tranquebar.

After Trump's Greenland takeover threats, Marco Rubio delivers a surprising message to NATO allies in Munich

February 14, 2026 8:12 pm

Rubio's message comes barely a month after Washington's European allies were at their wits’ end over US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take over Greenland, casting a shadow over NATO.

Marco Rubio says US wants regime change in Cuba, admits Iran would be ‘far more complex’ than Venezuela

January 29, 2026 12:04 am

Rubio, who appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was also asked about the future US involvement in Venezuela, a potential strike on Iran, and more.

World Economic Forum at Davos did just enough on Greenland to matter

January 28, 2026 10:10 am

It did not ‘solve’ anything — there was no treaty, no joint communiqué, no new institutional machinery. But it helped steer a fast-moving transatlantic quarrel away from its combustible edges.

Russia monitoring US' Golden Dome plan, Trump's Greenland push, says Kremlin

January 25, 2026 5:44 pm

In a statement to Russian state television, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov questioned the shield’s objective and posed questions which aimed at the nature of threats which the dome would deter.

Greenland's capital Nuuk sees city-wide power outage due to accident

January 25, 2026 11:48 am

The outage comes days after Greenlandic authorities updated emergency preparedness guidelines earlier this week.

GREENLAND PHOTOS

Picturesque postcards from Greenland

September 16, 2021 7:51 pm

Here are some breathtaking images from Greenland

Europe, US melt under heat wave as Greenland sees massive ice melt

August 05, 2019 7:53 am

Temperature records that had stood for decades or even just hours fell minute by minute in July and Europeans and tourists alike jumped into fountains, lakes, rivers or the sea to escape a suffocating heat wave rising up from the Sahara.

Greenland residents grapple with global warming

January 15, 2019 7:31 am

As scientists study the threats posed by a warming climate, some of the immediate effects of climate change have been a double-edged sword for some in and around Tasiilaq.

In Greenland, a glacier's collapse shows climate impact

September 21, 2018 6:53 am

The March mission was part of NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project, a five-year, $30 million effort aimed at improving sea level rise projections by understanding how warming oceans are melting ice sheets from below - the most ambitious research on the subject to date

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