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Montevideo, February 6th 2026 - 19:40 UTC

Tag: Greenland

  • Monday, January 26th 2026 - 10:15 UTC

    Global opposition to U.S. policy gains momentum after Davos confrontations

    Although there is no single, unified global opposition bloc, the convergence of criticism from diverse regions highlights a trend toward a more multipolar diplomatic environment

    Global opposition to United States foreign and trade policies has intensified in the wake of sharp confrontations at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026, with leaders from Europe, Asia, and Latin America pushing back against unilateral U.S. initiatives, including strategic pressure tactics.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2026 - 09:38 UTC

    Trump says “framework” deal with NATO on Greenland is taking shape and drops tariff threat

    Trump did not clarify whether the “framework” includes any form of US ownership, but told US media the concept could involve mineral-related rights and broader defense priorities

    US President Donald Trump said his administration has agreed with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on a “framework” for a potential understanding covering Greenland and the wider Arctic region, and announced he would pull back a tariff threat aimed at several European allies. Trump offered no operational detail, but framed the talks as a solution that would benefit the United States and NATO as a whole.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2026 - 00:01 UTC

    Why Trump is obsessed with Greenland and why Canada's staying out of it

    “We didn’t manage to change the American position,” said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

    By Gwynne Dyer - After the Danish and Greenland foreign ministers came out of a meeting in Washington on last week convinced that Donald Trump really intended to seize Greenland, things moved very fast.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 18:09 UTC

    Macron warns Davos of a “world without rules” as Trump’s Greenland row intensifies

    Macron said the “endless accumulation” of new US tariffs was “fundamentally unacceptable” and urged Europe to respond more decisively

    French President Emmanuel Macron told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that the world is drifting toward a “world without rules,” where the law of “the strongest” prevails—remarks delivered against the backdrop of a deepening transatlantic dispute over Donald Trump’s push to secure control of Greenland and his fresh tariff threats.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 03:39 UTC

    Trump links Greenland ambitions to Nobel snub ahead of Davos appearance

    The dispute comes as Trump heads into the World Economic Forum in Davos

    US President Donald Trump reignited tensions with European allies on Monday by linking his push for control of Greenland to the Nobel Peace Prize — arguing that, because he did not receive the award, he no longer feels “obliged to think only about peace.” In a message addressed to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre —later circulated to European embassies in Washington— Trump pivoted from the Nobel grievance to Greenland, saying the world would not be safe without “total and absolute” US control of the Arctic island.

  • Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 10:24 UTC

    Trump wants Greenland at any cost

    If buying Greenland does not work, the military option is still on the table

    US President Donald Trump insisted on Friday that his administration needed to take effective control of Greenland because otherwise Moscow or Beijing would do it. “By hook or by crook,” Washington needs to prevent it from falling under the influence of Russia or China, Trump explained to reporters at the White House.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 09:42 UTC

    Record high temperatures hit Greenland and Iceland, Copernicus Observatory warns

    In addition, oceans showed in May the second warmest month in recent history

    Greenland experienced a melting rate 17 times faster than average last month due to record-high temperatures, while Iceland saw temperatures exceed 26°C, the European Copernicus Observatory reported this week.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Trump’s long late and lost attempt to take over Greenland

    In November 2017 Greenland’s premier, Kim Kielsen, led a government delegation to Beijing to seek Chinese investment.

    By Gwynne Dyer - From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad timing. The United States could probably have bought Greenland from Denmark in 1917 (when it did buy the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danes), but he’s a century too late now.

  • Monday, August 7th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Why Antarctic winter ice, the size of Greenland, is missing?

    Winter sea ice in the Antarctic is at a historic low, and scientists are working to understand why an area of ice the size of Greenland is missing. Scientists from British Antarctic Survey have been active in the media offering commentary on this extreme event.

  • Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

    Study shows Greenland ice melting might become irreversible soon

    “There will be significantly more melting in the future,” researchers predict.

    A new study released Monday by the German Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has warned that due to the rising temperatures, the destabilization of icy central-western areas of Greenland has already begun and that melting could then continue in the current global warming scenario.

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