The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security. But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.For President Trump, the sheer size of Greenland’s territory holds part of the appeal; it is about three time
European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.The flag of Greenland flying outside the Danish Parliament on Friday.
The British prime minister said his country “must stand up for its values” after President Trump threatened a new tariff war over acquiring the island.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Downing Street, London on Monday.
Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback.A protest on Saturday in Nuuk, Greenland, against President Trump’s campaign to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory.
China’s population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis.Despite sweeping efforts to boost births, China’s population has shrunk and aged for a fourth straight year as deaths again outnumbered births.
Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.China is still grappling with a property market crash that began four years ago, after many years of overbuilding.
One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.Signage for the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi this month.
The collision, caused by the derailment of one of the trains, was the deadliest in Spain since at least 2013.A person affected by a deadly train derailment is transferred for treatment to the Caseta Municipal in Adamuz, Spain, on Sunday.
Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.Federal agents hold down a protester outside the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis on Jan. 11.
Just before President Trump took office, Border Patrol agents led by Gregory Bovino arrested immigrants in Kern County using the same playbook later seen in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Then a federal judge ordered them to stop.
As federal agents swarm the Twin Cities, their presence has also grown in medical centers. Health care workers are pushing back.Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis on Sunday.
In the third part of a monthlong series, Pete Wells and experts say a healthier diet begins with understanding what drives your eating, and slowing down.
Musicians, theater groups and others from overseas are facing visa challenges and rising costs, posing a looming crisis for the performing arts sector.Tinariwen canceled an American tour when the Trump administration announced travel restrictions on 19 countries, including Mali, where most of its me
The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.The search of the home of a Washington Post reporter last week may be another turning point in arguments over press freedom.
Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing relationship with the most mysterious continent.One of the dog teams of the Byrd Expedition resting in the foothills near the Axel Heiberg Glacier on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica in
U.S. authorities have accused Hezbollah of complicity in drug trafficking and money laundering schemes in Venezuela.Hezbollah fighters at the Lebanon-Syria border in 2017.
An anonymous negative ad campaign has been aimed at New Jersey’s departing attorney general. “It’s a warning to others,” one political scientist said.Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin of New Jersey is leaving office but nonetheless is being targeted by campaign-style mailers.
In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor suggests that when Kamala Harris’s team vetted him to be her running mate, aides focused on Israel to an extent he found offensive.A new memoir by Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania goes into detail about his experience being vetted to be former Vice Presi
Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.
The world’s largest asset manager has been enlisted to help build Ukraine’s recovery plan. Some fear it is part of a Trump administration effort to steer the effort toward American business interests.Mezhova, in eastern Ukraine, in December. Ukrainian officials have likened their country’s recovery
The traditional rhetoric of the World Economic Forum centered on global integration, climate change and international cooperation. Not anymore.Attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last year.
The World Economic Forum, which takes place in Switzerland, aims to meet at least some of the goals its leaders set for the rest of the world.The town of Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. Over the years, the event’s organizers have been working to reduce the envi
The 3.3 percent rate for 2026 would match last year’s pace. Booming investment in artificial intelligence is buttressing global output.An exhibit at a conference held by Nvidia, which makes chips that power artificial intelligence. Surging investment in technology is poised this year to offset the h
It’s unclear whether the United States can keep its designation as a country that officially eliminated the disease.
