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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jan 23, 2026
Trump touts ‘total access’ Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up
News of a framework deal came as the U.S. president backed off tariff threats and ruled out taking Greenland by force.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte (not shown) on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
Trump backs down on Europe tariffs over Greenland, saying deal framework reached
The U.S. president has suggested a deal is in sight to end a dispute over the Danish territory that risked the deepest rupture in transatlantic relations in decades.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media, alongside Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, ahead of boarding Air Force One to depart for Washington, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Trump, sharing leaked texts and AI mock-ups, vows ‘no going back’ on Greenland
Trump’s ambition to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from Denmark has threatened to blow apart alliances that underpin Western security.
"We have to have it,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters late Monday night, referring to Greenland. The U.S. leader earlier linked his claims on the Danish territory to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in a letter he sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Trump plans Greenland talks in Davos, dominating agenda at global summit
“We have to have it,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters late Monday night, referring to the Danish territory.
Protesters with Greenland flags gather outside the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen on Jan. 14.
WORLD
Jan 20, 2026
Greenland risks sucking out all the oxygen at Davos, Stubb says
Finland’s president said the first step in resolving the issue of attention being diverted from Russia’s war in Ukraine is to de-escalate rhetoric around Greenland.
U.S. President Donald Trump
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2026
Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub
The U.S. president linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the peace prize in a letter he sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
Danish soldiers disembark at the port in Nuuk, Greenland, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2026
EU eyes tariffs on $108 billion of U.S. goods over new Trump threat
The EU is also weighing additional countermeasures beyond the tariffs but will first try to find a diplomatic solution, according to people familiar with the discussions.
U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announce a U.S.-EU trade deal after a meeting at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2026
Trump’s Greenland tariffs have blown up the EU ‘appeasement’ plan
At some point, said one senior EU diplomat, Europe may have to decide that a relationship with the U.S. is lost for now and the costs outweigh the benefits.
People take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the population of Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, to protest Saturday against the U.S. president’s plans to take the territory
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 19, 2026
Markets jolted, euro softens as Trump vows tariffs on Europe over Greenland
The U.S. president said he would impose an additional 10% import tariff from Feb. 1 on goods from several countries.
People take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the population of Nuuk, Greenland, to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to take the Danish territory, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
Trump’s Greenland pressure blitz reopens tariff wounds in Europe
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a 10% tariff, rising to 25% in June, on eight European nations was a brazen escalation and insult to close U.S. allies.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 18, 2026
EU set to halt U.S. trade deal over Trump’s new tariff threat
The trade agreement, struck last summer, has already been partially implemented but still needs a nod from parliament.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen welcomes Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Sara Jacobs at Eigtved's Warehouse in Copenhagen on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2026
Trump floats tariffs over Greenland as Denmark woos Congress
Trump has sought to use his sweeping tariff agenda to pressure other nations to make economic concessions and align themselves with his foreign policy priorities.
A Danish military patrol vessel sails near Nuuk's old harbor in Greenland on Thursday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 16, 2026
Trump’s Greenland push prompts NATO scramble for Arctic security ideas — and survival
The U.S. president has insisted nothing less than ownership of Greenland will do, leading many European officials to conclude he is motivated by a desire to expand U.S. territory.
Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen pose at Denmark's embassy in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2026
Trump reiterates desire for Greenland following high-stakes meeting
The remarks, which came after a meeting between U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials, indicate there are still fundamental differences between how each sees the island’s future.
Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen make a statement about the current situation at a news conference in the Hall of Mirrors at the Prime Minister's Office in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2026
Greenland says it chooses Denmark and rules out joining U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump is demanding to take control of Greenland, either through economic means or military force.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks during a news conference in Zagreb, Croatia, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2026
NATO and Greenland vow to boost Arctic security after Trump threats
The U.S. president has insisted that Greenland needs to be brought under U.S. control, arguing that the Danish autonomous territory is crucial for national security.
Members of the Danish armed forces practice looking for potential threats during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2026
U.K. and Germany discuss NATO forces in Greenland to calm U.S. threat
Heightened rhetoric from the Trump administration on possibly using military force to control Greenland has forced European leaders to quickly cobble together a strategy.
The Nuuk Cathedral, built in 1849, in Nuuk, Greenland, in January last year.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2026
‘American? No!’ says Greenland after latest Trump threat
European capitals have been scrambling to come up with a coordinated response after the White House said last week that Trump wanted to buy Greenland.
The Greenlandic flag flies on the roof of Tivoli Castle in Copenhagen. U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to purchase Greenland rapidly encounters imponderables such as how a meaningful price tag could even be established.
WORLD
Jan 9, 2026
Can the U.S. put a price tag on Greenland?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to purchase Greenland rapidly encounters imponderables such as how a meaningful price tag could even be established.
A Danish flag flutters next to a statue of Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary who revitalized Danish-Norwegian ties to the island, in Nuuk, Greenland.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2026
The Greenland alarm is sounding — Europe needs to hear it
Greenland has a landmass three times the size of Texas under which there are thought to be large quantities of untapped rare earths, among other minerals that Trump wants.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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