World Apr 4, 2021
In Greenland, young people have long struggled with high rates of sexual abuse, violence, suicide and alcohol addiction.
World | FOCUS Mar 4, 2021
Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse
by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Eric Onstad
As Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers recede, two Australia-based mining companies are racing for approval to dig into deposits of rare earth metals.
World / Science & Health Nov 18, 2020
Greenland's largest glaciers likely to melt faster than feared, study says
The three largest glaciers in Greenland — which hold enough frozen water to lift global sea levels some 1.3 meters — could melt faster than even the worst-case warming predictions, research published Tuesday showed. Until 2000, the main driver of sea level rise was melting ...
World | FOCUS Oct 21, 2020
As the Arctic's attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole
by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
Shrinking sea ice in the remote region has fast-tracked a race among global powers for control over resources and waterways.
World / Science & Health Aug 15, 2020
As climate change bites, Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return
Greenland's ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests. Scientists studied data on 234 glaciers across the Arctic territory spanning 34 years through 2018 ...
Editorials Aug 22, 2019
While it has become clear that Trump cannot be constrained in his utterances, it is nevertheless extraordinary that this is how the world's greatest power conducts its diplomacy.
World | ANALYSIS Aug 22, 2019
Trump's snub of Denmark over Greenland shows disregard for a model U.S. ally
by Marc Champion, Nick Rigillo and Morten Buttler
President Donald Trump is coming to Europe. And not for the first time, he has embarrassed a U.S. ally and reached out to Russia's Vladimir Putin before even boarding a plane. Trump's abrupt decision to cancel a state visit to Denmark planned for Sept. 2 ...
World / Politics Aug 16, 2019
Trump has privately — but possibly not seriously — talked about America buying Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump has privately discussed with aides and advisers the idea of the United States purchasing the island of Greenland as a way to expand U.S. territory, two sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday. The notion of purchasing the autonomous Danish ...
World Jul 27, 2019
U.K. breaks temperature record with new high of 38.7, provisional data show
A British record high temperature of 38.7 (101.6 F) may have been reached on Thursday, provisional data from the U.K. Met Office showed on Friday. Soaring temperatures broke records in Germany, France and the Netherlands on Thursday as a heat wave gripped Europe for the ...
Asia Pacific May 3, 2019
Deepening Chinese activities in the Arctic region could also pave the way for a strengthened military presence, including the deployment of submarines to act as deterrents against nuclear attack, the Pentagon said in a report released on Thursday. The assessment is included in the U.S. ...
Business Sep 11, 2018
Greenland picks Denmark as airport project partner over Beijing, easing U.S. qualms
Greenland on Monday picked Denmark as partner in a planned upgrade of two airports as it sought to defuse a diplomatic row over how the infrastructure projects, of strategic interest to both Washington and Beijing, should be financed. The Arctic island is a self-ruling part ...