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The letter President Donald Trump sent to Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre — first published by PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin and widely reprinted — contains a blunt opening linking Trump’s ...
A patchwork of criminal laws governs sex with animals (bestiality/zoophilia): many countries have enacted explicit bans, others rely on animal-cruelty or pornography statutes, and a few jurisdictions ...
Congress has moved aggressively to constrain any unilateral U.S. military seizure of Greenland, but its votes are mixed: lawmakers introduced multiple bills and resolutions expressly to bar force or r...
Germany has publicly discussed and begun planning a stepped-up NATO role in Greenland and the Arctic, and German naval activity tied to NATO patrols in northern waters has been reported — but definiti...
Pituffik Space Base — long known as Thule Air Base — is the United States’ sole remaining military installation in Greenland, maintained under a 1951 defence agreement with Denmark and operated as a S...
Claims that “Swedes are getting dumber” rest on a shaky mix of partial data, contested international rankings, and long‑running research on a so‑called reverse Flynn effect in Scandinavia; serious aca...
If one NATO member attacks another, the alliance’s core legal instrument—Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty—creates a collective-defence obligation, but it does not automatically prescribe how All...
Laws on sex with animals vary widely: several European countries criminalize bestiality with prison terms of up to two years or more, while a handful of states/countries historically permitted it (sou...
A small clutch of firms — both local operators and foreign juniors — currently hold Greenland mining permits or run active projects, notably Amaroq Minerals (Nalunaq), Lumina Sustainable Materials (Wh...
Reporting is mixed: several outlets initially listed Canada among NATO partners sending personnel to Denmark’s Greenland exercise, Operation Arctic Endurance, but official Canadian defence spokespeopl...
Recent reporting and peer‑reviewed studies show high rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people, especially youth: surveys report past‑year attempt rates arou...
Multiple news reports—many tracing to a Daily Mail story—say Donald Trump instructed senior special-operations commanders to prepare “contingency” or invasion plans for Greenland, but there is no defi...
The Senate has moved to legally bar U.S. military and diplomatic funds from being used to blockade, occupy, annex or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of any NATO member — legislat...
Only one NATO member — Germany — has publicly announced a specific, finalized small contingent and a narrow timeline for deployment to Greenland: a 13-strong Bundeswehr reconnaissance team to Nuuk, ar...
repeatedly from the 19th century to today: and his circle explored Greenland after purchase; ’s diplomats proposed a land-exchange in the early 20th century; made a formal postwar bid in 1946; and pla...
No — there is no evidence that as a bloc “dumped” Treasuries; isolated sales by specific investors occurred (notably a Danish pension fund), while data and analysts show Europe overall has been a net ...
No — the widely reported document was a private message sent to ’s prime minister, , not a letter addressed to ; it was, however, circulated widely and triggered a storm of reaction from Danish and ot...
There is no evidence in the reporting provided that exposed around 800 agents to the ian regime; contemporary accounts instead describe Mossad providing intelligence to Denmark that helped foil an all...
Denmark’s ban on full-face veils (burqa and niqab) was passed in 2018 and penalises coverings that conceal the face in public; critics say it violates freedom of religion and expression and disproport...
Greenlanders overwhelmingly reject becoming part of the United States and their government has publicly stated it “cannot under any circumstances accept” a U.S. takeover, instead affirming membership ...