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- Trump says “framework” deal with NATO on Greenland is taking shape and drops tariff threat
on January 22, 2026US President Donald Trump said his administration has agreed with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on a “framework” for a potential understanding covering Greenland and the wider Arctic region, and announced he would pull back a tariff threat aimed at several European allies. Trump offered no operational detail, but framed the talks as a solution that […]
- Falklands Sports Council launches competition to design Glasgow Games Baton
on January 22, 2026The run-up to the Commonwealth Games has officially begun in the Falkland Islands, with plans for a King’s Baton Relay revealed by the National Sports Council. In previous years, one baton has travelled around the whole Commonwealth but this time each nation has received their own blank baton.
- Why Trump is obsessed with Greenland and why Canada's staying out of it
on January 22, 2026By Gwynne Dyer - After the Danish and Greenland foreign ministers came out of a meeting in Washington on last week convinced that Donald Trump really intended to seize Greenland, things moved very fast.
- Trump is buying eleven icebreakers from Finland for Arctic Ocean patrolling
on January 22, 2026"We are buying the best icebreakers in the world, and Finland is known for producing them," US president Donald Trump said, as part of his campaign to take over Greenland and his concern as the Arctic Ocean becomes more navigable and with more trade routes.
- Falklands: Legislative Assembly sets out early priorities after December election
on January 21, 2026The Falkland Islands’ Legislative Assembly said it has begun its “early work” for the new term and will focus in coming weeks on finalising the 2026/27 budget, reviewing the capital programme and addressing stalled projects, according to an official statement issued on January 21.
- White House confirms upcoming Washington visit by Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez
on January 21, 2026Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez is expected to travel to Washington “soon,” a White House official told EFE on Wednesday, without providing dates or an agenda. The planned trip comes as the administration of US President Donald Trump seeks to entrench a transition framework in Caracas following the US operation that captured and removed […]
- European Parliament puts EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold, seeks top court legal opinion
on January 21, 2026The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to freeze its approval track for the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and request a legal opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether the deal is compatible with EU treaties. The motion passed by a razor-thin margin —334 in favour, 324 against, with 11 abstentions— injecting new […]
- UK investment in Antarctica underlines role as a leading polar research nation
on January 21, 2026A major new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) facility at Rothera Research Station is being presented as evidence of the UK’s standing in polar research. The £100 million Discovery Building—together with a new services network at Rothera—has been formally opened by BAS Director Professor Dame Jane Francis, completing what BAS describes as the largest UK […]
- Why the Chagos Islands are strategically vital to US and UK military operations
on January 21, 2026The Chagos Archipelago is of major military significance as it hosts the strategically located Diego Garcia base.
- US/UK controversy as Trump describes handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a ‘great stupidity’
on January 21, 2026The UK Ministry of Defense has said, “it will never compromise on our national security,” after US president Donald Trump condemned London’s “great stupidity” for handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Under the agreement UK is allowed to keep control of the Diego Garcia military base while agreeing to hand the islands to Mauritius.