38 h. ago Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to his music and withdraws it from Amazon over Trump

The singer-songwriter has donated access to his music archive to ‘ease the unwarranted stress and threats’ Greenlanders have experienced from the US governmentNeil Young has donated a year’s worth of access to his music and documentary archive to the people of Greenland after the territory’s future became the subject of a fraught dispute with the US.“I hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,” Young wrote in a statement on his website, Neil Young Archives, which offers comprehensive access to the 80-year-old songwriter’s recorded and live catalogues and other output. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago ‘Enemy of Europe’? How Trump’s push for Greenland spooked far

Leaders and voters who formerly applauded US president’s aims have been growing increasingly uneasy Donald Trump’s attempted Greenland grab has driven a wedge between the US president and some of his ideological allies in Europe, as previously unstinting enthusiasm and admiration collides with one of the far right’s key tenets: national sovereignty.Trump’s subsequent disparaging remark that Nato allies’ troops “stayed a little off the frontlines” while fighting with US forces in Afghanistan has only deepened the divide, piquing far-right patriotic sentiments and prompting an avalanche of criticism. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago What Trump is forgetting: American nations have a long history of open borders | Daniel Mendiola

The US cites the ‘wisdom’ of historical immigration policy. But nation states in the Americas have spent more time with open borders than closedLate last year, Donald Trump’s White House published a new National Security Strategy (NSS) outlining its vision for the world. At the time, the plan raised alarm for dismissing European alliances (now largely confirmed after Trump threatened Nato allies over Greenland), previewing interventions in Latin America (also largely confirmed by recent military action in Venezuela), and aligning closely with the priorities of the Kremlin.The document also demonizes immigrants. In one widely cited passage, it even claims that “unchecked migration” has gotten so out of control that Europe is facing imminent “civilizational erasure”. On these grounds, the plan makes ending “The Era of Mass Migration” a top priority for the US. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Donald Trump's Greenland row 'will make it easier for Putin to take Ukraine,' mouthpiece says

The US President's obsession with nicking Greenland is seen by some in Russia as him being inspired by Mad Vlad to expand his country's territory - and there is a belief the row could help Putin achieve his aims too

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59 h. ago UK and US ‘working together’ on Diego Garcia arrangements, No 10 says

It came after the Government postponed a parliamentary debate on its Chagos Islands deal.

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63 h. ago Reform mayoral candidate replicates Donald Trump’s controversial Greenland penguin image

The White House post sparked further concerns about Donald Trump’s ambitions in Greenland

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64 h. ago ‘Embarrassed’ v ‘force to be reckoned with’: Americans on Trump’s foreign interventions

From capturing Maduro to proposing a take over of Greenland – people respond to the president’s rhetoricAs Donald Trump continues to call for the US to take control of Greenland, not long after the US captured the deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, we asked people in the US what they thought about Trump’s foreign intervention and rhetoric. Here are some of their responses. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Reform’s mayoral candidate replicates Donald Trump’s controversial Greenland penguin image

The White House post sparked further concerns about Donald Trump’s ambitions in Greenland

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3 d. ago King Charles facing terrible Donald Trump dilemma but there's a huge twist

The King’s upcoming trip the US up in the air over Trump’s latest Greenland claims, and while Charles may not want to head Stateside, the decision is out of his hands

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on Europe’s payments problem: sovereignty starts at the till | Editorial

Donald Trump’s leverage over Visa and Mastercard highlights a blind spot in Europe’s ‘independence’ strategy. Emulating India’s response might helpWhen the centre-left French politician Aurore Lalucq posted a warning last Wednesday that Donald Trump could cut off Europe from international payment systems, the clip went viral. To many, her message made sense. After all, if Mr Trump was prepared to test allies’ boundaries over Greenland, it is not far-fetched to imagine Visa and Mastercard becoming used against a recalcitrant Europe.The US can turn off payment systems it controls. Russia learned this first-hand after sanctions were rightly applied for its invasion of Ukraine. As up to 60% of Russian retail transactions depended on Visa and Mastercard for authorisation, the ban left many ordinary people stranded without access to funds and unable to buy goods. Under Mr Trump, America’s goal is to “help Europe correct its current trajectory”. Given such talk, Ms Lalucq, who chairs the&n...

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3 d. ago Why 'TACO Trump' (who Always Chickens Out) could be the death of the dollar: ALEX BRUMMER

Donald Trump's retreat over Greenland may have come too late to reverse growing global disenchantment with the American dollar.

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3 d. ago Wars to watch: What next for the world in Trump’s second year in office?

As Trump steps back from the brink regarding military action in Greenland, chief international correspondent Bel Trew takes a look at where in the world he might set his sights during his second year in office

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4 d. ago Trump ramps up threats of war with another country after Greenland crisis

As Donald Trump continues his wave of threats to several nations, Cuba is next on the list — giving a warning to Havana to do a deal with him "before its too late"

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4 d. ago Trump’s brutal attempt at a new world order shows cooperation is more important than ever

Massive cuts to aid have rocked the world of international development, writes Tabitha Ha. As the future of global health hangs in the balance, community voices must be front and centre

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4 d. ago "Hands off Greenland, Trump" rally outside the U.S. Embassy in London

"Hands off Greenland, Trump" rally outside the U.S. Embassy in London  Reuters Connect

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4 d. ago The EU finally used an economic threat against Trump. But the markets forced his climbdown | Rosa Balfour

While the threat of retaliatory measures to stop the annexation of Greenland worked, it remains to be seen if Europe has the unity to follow throughThe past couple of weeks have seen the most spectacular crisis escalation in the transatlantic relationship, over the US threat to annex Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark. It risked becoming a major conflict among the members of Nato, the most powerful security alliance in world history – until now.On Wednesday, after a meeting with Nato’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, the US president, Donald Trump, backtracked on his threats to slap tariffs on countries that got in the way of his annexation project. As European leaders huddled together over dinner for a post-crisis debrief in Brussels on 22 January, they congratulated themselves on their unity and appreciated the intervention of Rutte, or “Daddy diplomacy”. If these really were the conclusions of the latest debacle in transatlantic relations, they are missing important ...

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4 d. ago UK must take Donald Trump at his word – and seek shelter in Europe

Donald Trump is a crass individual for whom Greenland is interchangeable with Iceland, historical truth is an irrelevance and personal vanity is his guiding influence

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4 d. ago A distraction, a threat: how Ukrainians have viewed the Greenland crisis

There are fears that Europe is exhausted with the war, worries about Trump’s logic but some hope of a silver lining In the Benedikt cafe in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, one wall is covered by a giant map with countries and territories cut out of lacquered wooden pieces, with Greenland at its apex.The waiter has not been following news of the Greenland crisis and Donald Trump’s desire to annex the Danish territory. But the echoes of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin’s imperial land grab of the waiter’s own country are clear to him. “They’re crazy. The pair of them.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Fox News host Jesse Watters under fire after bizarrely claiming the US owns the MOON

Watters was on the panel of The Five when they were discussing President Donald Trump's attempt to acquire Greenland.

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5 d. ago Top football official says its ‘time to consider’ World Cup boycott over Trump Greenland demands

‘As organisations and society, we’re forgetting how to set taboos and boundaries, and how to defend values,’ a German football federation executive said

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