How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies
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How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines These policies made Denmark an object of scorn among many progressives elsewhere. Critics described the Social Democrats as monstrous, racist and reactionary, arguing that they had effectively become a right-wing party on this issue. To Frederiksen and her aides, however, a tough immigration…

Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics
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Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the end it took only about 12 hours for President Trump’s first head-to-head confrontation with one of the United States’ closest allies in Latin America, a blowup over Colombia’s rejection of U.S. military flights to return illegal immigrants, to result in a…

Denmark and Other Nations Under Pressure Seek Lobbyists With Trump Ties
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Denmark and Other Nations Under Pressure Seek Lobbyists With Trump Ties

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The government of Denmark has not historically been a big spender on Washington lobbying. But days before President Trump took office for a second time, Denmark’s embassy started shopping for a lobbyist with ties to the new president, who has loudly proclaimed his…

Trump Raises Using Military or Economic Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal
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Trump Raises Using Military or Economic Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out the use of military or economic coercion to force Panama to give up control of the canal that America built more than a century ago and to push Denmark to sell Greenland to…

Trump indicates he may be interested in buying Greenland — again
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Trump indicates he may be interested in buying Greenland — again

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald Trump said he wants the US to own and control Greenland — a desire he made known during his first presidential term — as he announced his pick for US ambassador to Denmark on Sunday. “For purposes of National Security and…

Prominent anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland at Japan’s request | Climate News

Prominent anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland at Japan’s request | Climate News

Environmentalist Paul Watson has been detained until August 15, authorities and his foundation said. Veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson has been apprehended by Greenland police following an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen, is the former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 867 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 867 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 867th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, July 11, 2024: Fighting Russia launched 20 drones and five missiles at Ukraine, killing two people in the Black Sea region of Odesa, damaging port infrastructure and hitting an energy facility in…

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen assaulted by man in Copenhagen square | News

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen assaulted by man in Copenhagen square | News

Police arrest one man and open investigation into incident in Kultorvet square that left prime minister ‘shocked’. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was “hit” by a man in central Copenhagen, her office has said. The 46-year-old was “shocked by the incident” on Friday evening in the capital’s Kultorvet square, the…

Denmark missile launcher fault closes busy shipping strait | Weapons News

Denmark missile launcher fault closes busy shipping strait | Weapons News

Denmark’s National Maritime Authority warns ships not to sail through the Great Belt strait. An activated but faulty missile launcher on a Danish navy vessel has triggered a closure of airspace and shipping traffic in the Great Belt strait, according to the Danish military. Denmark’s armed forces said a technical…

Denmark’s King Frederik X takes the throne after queen steps down | Politics News

Denmark’s King Frederik X takes the throne after queen steps down | Politics News

Denmark’s King Frederik X has ascended the throne, succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe II, who has formally abdicated after 52 years as monarch. Margrethe, 83, stunned the nation on New Year’s Eve when she announced she planned to become the first Danish monarch in nearly 900 years to voluntarily relinquish…