2 w. ago Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok future as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by SaturdayDonald Trump is preparing to consider a final proposal to decide the future of TikTok before a deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a US ban.The US vice-president, JD Vance, the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, the national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday to discuss the issue, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kimmel on ‘Signalgate’: ‘A perfect storm of incompetence, inexperience, dishonesty and hypocrisy’

Late-night hosts discuss JD Vance’s trip Greenland and official efforts to downplay sending war plans to a journalistLate-night hosts talked the Trump administration’s attempts to deflect from the Signal group chat leak, Mike Waltz’s public Venmo and JD Vance’s unwanted visit to Greenland. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US putting ‘unacceptable’ pressure on Greenland with planned trip by Trump officials, Danish PM says – Europe live

Mette Frederiksen says trip by Usha Vance, Mike Waltz and Chris Wright is ‘clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs or wants’A historic high of nearly three quarters of European citizens think their country benefits from EU membership, amid increasing geopolitical turbulence.According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, 74% of people think their country benefits from EU membership, the best result since this question was first asked in 1983, reflecting an increasingly positive mood since 2010 when the union was in the depths of the eurozone financial crisis. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why does Donald Trump want to buy Greenland? Alarm over visit by US delegation

Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede, says Usha Vance and the US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, have not been invited for meetings

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3 w. ago Greenland PM furious over Usha Vance visit after Trump threatens takeover: ‘Highly aggressive’

Greenland’s prime minister hit out at the visits planned this week for Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz and Second Lady Usha Vance

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3 w. ago Anger in Greenland over Usha Vance and Mike Waltz’s planned visit this week

Greenland’s prime minister says move is ‘demonstration of power’ and accuses US of interfering in its political affairsGreenland’s prime minister, Múte B Egede, has called for the international community to step in after it was announced that Donald Trump’s national security adviser and the US second lady will visit the Arctic island, accusing Washington of “foreign interference”.Mike Waltz and Usha Vance are due to arrive in Greenland this week as part of a delegation that will also include the US energy secretary, Chris Wright. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago More than 1,100 detained in Turkey amid huge demonstrations over mayor’s arrest – Europe live

Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul with unrest likely to continue over treatment of presidential challenger to ErdoğanThe Danish national police force said it has sent extra personnel and sniffer dogs to Greenland as the island steps up security measures ahead of a planned visit this week by second lady Usha Vance, AP reports.Spokesperson René Gyldensten said the extra officers were part of regular steps taken during visits by dignitaries to Greenland, a self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Danish police fly extra forces to Greenland ahead of Second Lady Usha Vance's visit

A spokesman for the Danish national police force says it has sent extra personnel and sniffer dogs to Greenland as the icy island steps up security measures ahead of a planned visit this week by Second Lady Usha Vance

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3 w. ago Greenland slams ‘highly aggressive’ visits by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz after Trump’s takeover threats: Live

Tensions between Greenland and the U.S. are high following President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory

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