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Nuuk Airport Loses International Security Clearance – What It Means for Travelers
Nuuk Airport (GOH) – Greenland’s newly expanded international gateway – has temporarily lost its certification to handle international passengers. The suspension, announced by the Danish Transport Authority, means that all travelers departing...

Greenland’s Energy Stakes Trigger Denmark-U.S. Diplomatic Clash
Denmark has summoned the U.S. envoy after intelligence reports of suspected influence operations in Greenland, a mineral-rich Arctic territory central to offshore oil prospects and critical minerals, Reuters reported on Wednesday, describing the...

Denmark Looks Into Report That U.S. Is Trying to ‘Infiltrate Greenlandic Society’
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an alleged U.S. covert influence campaign in Greenland, U.S. and Israeli plans for postwar Gaza, and China rejecting trilateral nuclear talks with the United States and Russia. ‘Infiltrate...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year – best photos so far
By Victoria Heath The world’s leading wildlife photography competition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, presents a sneak peek of its sixty-first competition, which will be showcased in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, from...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 So Far
Wildlife Photographer of the Year showcases the world’s most breathtaking nature photography. View the top 100 images from the world-renowned competition and discover the stories behind them at the Natural History Museum from 17th October 2025 to...

Denmark summons US envoy over alleged meddling in Greenland – Copenhagen warns: ‘hands off our internal affairs’
Greenland in the spotlight: Denmark summons the US envoy after reports of influence ops in Nuuk, warning against meddling in the Kingdom’s internal affairs. Credit : Michal Balada, Shutterstock Copenhagen has hauled in America’s chargé d’affaires...

A wasp riding a broomstick, march of the penguins and coyotes on the prowl - the most stunning wildlife photos you'll ever see
Picked from more than 60,000 entries, the first images from the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition have been released. These stunning images are among the 'highly commended' photographs, with the winners set to...

Fossil hunters find nervous system of ancient predator in North Greenland
Fossils from Greenland have revealed that mysterious squid-like animals called nectocaridids are not early cephalopods as was previously thought, but ancient – and fearsome – relatives of arrow worms, predatory marine invertebrates that live in...

Denmark decries US ‘interference’ in Greenland
US ambassador summoned amid reports that Trump operatives have been busy on island PUBLISHED : 27 Aug 2025 at 17:45 COPENHAGEN - Denmark summoned the US charge d’affaires Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish...

Denmark summons US diplomat over Greenland 'interference'
Denmark summoned the US charge d'affaires Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory which US President Donald Trump wants to take over. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has...

Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland interference claims
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How sensitive is Greenland’s ice to a warming world?
It sounds like something out of science fiction: In the late 1950s, the US Army carved a tiny “city” into the Greenland ice sheet, 800 miles from the North Pole. It had living facilities, and scientific labs, and working showers, all powered by...

Danish Foreign Minister summons US diplomat over activities in Greenland
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has summoned a US embassy official for talks over concerns that US citizens are conducting influence operations in Denmark-owned Greenland, Reuters reports. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said...

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year: Sneak Peek At 15 Stunning Images
Deadly Lessons, Highly Commended, Behaviour: Mammals. Three young cheetahs proudly show their mother a Günther’s dik-dik they’ve caught. Cheetah cubs spend their first two months hidden in a lair while their mother hunts. At around a year old,...

Weather Tidbits: The Coriolis Force
We’ll be discussing the coriolis force in this edition of Weather Tidbits. The coriolis force is an apparent force that deflects the path of air or an object due to the rotation of the Earth. Let’s imagine we are looking down at the Earth with two...

Greenland: “Not for sale, but open for business”
They’re masters of the waiting game in Greenland. They have to be to survive such a hostile climate. Wild weather frequently disrupts flights or sea journeys on the Arctic island, where there are no roads connecting towns. The Greenlandic language...

After Panama, Canada & Greenland, Trump Now Wants A Piece Of South Korea; Floats ‘Land For America’ In Summit Surprise
How much has the just concluded summit between President Donald Trump and President Lee Jae Myung at Washington led to the making of “the US-ROK (Republic of Korea, official name of South Korea) Alliance into a future-oriented and comprehensive...

Selected from 60,000+ entries, take an exclusive sneak peek at powerful images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 competition
Your exclusive first look at the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is here. Now in its 61st year, this world-renowned competition, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London, has once again brought together the...

No, Colorado’s New Wildlife Overpass Isn’t the World’s Largest. But It
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. On a steamy August morning, standing atop a small hill just west of I-25 between Castle Rock and Monument, Chuck Attardo surveys the enormous bridge he’s...

Guest post: Is climate change making UK droughts worse?
The year 2025 has seen exceptionally dry conditions in many parts of the UK. At the time of writing, a large area of England is officially “in drought” and hosepipe bans are in force for more than 8m households. This follows severe drought...