#theguardian.com. #Mar.28.2025 JD Vance says US needs control of Greenland to fend off China and Russia. Vice-president criticises Denmark’s treatment of Arctic island and says it should come under US ‘security umbrella’
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#spiegel.de. #Mar.13.2025 Exploiting the Arctic?: "What Trump Wants to Do with Greenland Is a Mystery to Me". U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult,
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#theguardian.com. #Mar.10.2025 Greenland faces ‘fateful choice’ says island’s PM as it prepares for election. Poll takes place against backdrop of threats by Donald Trump and growing calls for independence
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#theguardian.com. #Mar.06.2025 St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture. Descendants of enslaved Africans and Indigenous people interned on Baliceaux in 18th century hail ‘historic victory’
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#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.18.2025 Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.. Trump’s transactional style is unnerving many in Taiwan, who fear it will encourage Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his ambitions to take control of the island.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.04.2025 ‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom. Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity
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#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 Starmer urges Mauritius to ensure deal that protects Chagos Islands from ‘malign influence’. The prime minister has stressed he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain
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#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.07.2025 As Trump eyes Greenland, Danish king makes it bigger on his coat of arms. Denmark’s royal household said the new insignia “strengthens the prominence” of the Commonwealth, including Greenland, as Donald Trump again proposes buying the island.
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#theguardian.com. #Jan.07.2025 Trump Jr expected to visit Greenland on Tuesday amid father’s interest in island. Donald Trump’s son to make ‘private’ visit with no government meetings scheduled, island’s foreign secretary says
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