‘Stop the threats’ Denmark tells US after new Trump remarks

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the Trump administration’s latest comments about annexing Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory under Denmark. After US President Donald Trump said in an interview with The Atlantic published on Sunday that more countries could expect military intervention and that the US “absolutely needs Greenland,” Frederiksen responded in particularly forthright terms. Trump […]

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Trump says US ‘needs’ Greenland as Denmark PM urges president to stop threats

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Denmark‘s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to cease threats over Greenland, after he reiterated his desire to acquire it in The Atlantic magazine. […]

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Latvia police board vessel after Baltic Sea cable breach

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An undersea telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea was damaged on Friday, with Latvian investigators boarding a ship on Sunday in connection with the incident, the country’s state police […]

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