January 17, 2026, 5:40 p.mJan 17, 2026, 5:53 p.m US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs. (archive image)Image: keystone He just can’t help it: US President Donald Trump has imposed new import tariffs of 10 percent against various European countries in the dispute over the future of the Danish island of Greenland. He wrote […]
Continue ReadingJan 17, 2026, 4:58 p.mJan 17, 2026, 4:58 p.m Søren Andersen is commander of the Arctic Command.Image: keystone The military exercise by European NATO states in Greenland will continue for several months. “What we are currently doing is planning a longer-lasting exercise, continuously throughout 2026 and perhaps into 2027,” said the head of the Arctic […]
Continue ReadingJan 17, 2026, 3:54 p.mJan 17, 2026, 3:54 p.m Yoweri Museveni is 81 and has been President of Uganda for 40 years. (Archive image, April 2025)Image: www.imago-images.de In Uganda, the incumbent Yoweri Museveni won the presidential election with a large majority, according to the state electoral commission. Accordingly, the 81-year-old head of state received 71 […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 17, 2026, 2:20 p.mJan 17, 2026, 3:08 p.m Thousands of people demonstrated at midday in Copenhagen and other Danish cities against US President Donald Trump’s Greenland plans. «The message from Copenhagen is loud and clear. Greenland is not a commodity,” said Mayor Sisse Marie Welling, according to Danish media. Hundreds of people demonstrated in […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 17, 2026, 1:35 p.mJan 17, 2026, 6:11 p.m The former President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, will be awarded the Charlemagne Prize 2026 for his historic contributions to European unification. The Charlemagne Prize Directorate explained its decision by honoring the former Italian head of government as a personality “who achieved great things […]
Continue ReadingJan 17, 2026, 12:06 p.m01/18/2026, 09:45 Ahead of planned demonstrations against the US government in Denmark and Greenland, several US parliamentarians have reiterated their support for the resistance against Donald Trump. “Greenland is part of Denmark, and Denmark is a NATO ally,” said Democratic Senator Chris Coons during a press conference in the Danish capital. […]
Continue ReadingJan 16, 2026, 9:18 p.mJan 16, 2026, 9:18 p.m In the conflict over US ownership of Greenland, former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warns against underestimating the USA. “We have to take seriously the fact that the United States declares that it wants to take control of Greenland,” said Stoltenberg in an interview with “Spiegel”. […]
Continue ReadingJan 16, 2026, 7:06 p.mJan 16, 2026, 7:06 p.m After threats from Washington against Cuba and the US attack on its ally Venezuela, the socialist government in Havana is fighting. The Cuban leadership will not negotiate with the US government under pressure and will not make political concessions, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said at a rally. […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 16, 2026, 2:33 p.mJanuary 16, 2026, 2:33 p.m In Norway, the person behind a terrorist attack outside a bar popular with the LGBTQ community has been sentenced to a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. The man denied the crimes from the beginning. (symbol image)Image: keystone The judges at the Oslo district court […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 16, 2026, 10:49January 16, 2026, 10:49 German special forces at Hanover and Stuttgart airports prevented the departure of two men from northern Hesse to Syria who are accused of preparing a serious act of violence that would endanger the state. The two German nationals “with connections to the Islamist scene” are now in custody […]
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