Why a remote part of Greenland is named after a leafy Glasgow suburb

Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) was born in Glasgow. He entered the service of the Northern Lighthouse Board, having studied civil engineering at the Andersonian Institution and Glasgow University. (Image: Glasgow City Archives) For almost half a...

NDSC Information Team Leader responds to media

Acting President and State Security and Peace Commission Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar paid official working visits to the Russia Federation at the invitation of Mr Vladimir Putin, President of the...

Mysterious Signature in Greenland's Ice Might Not Be From Space After All

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. A sharp spike in platinum concentrations, discovered in an ice core (a cylinder of ice drilled out of ice sheets and glaciers) and...

Denmark Greenland Apology

Chairman of the Naalakkersuisut Jens-Frederik Nielsen, centre left, welcomes Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, centre right, and her husband, Bo Tengberg, right, as they land at Nuuk airport in Greenland, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.

Amid threats of annexation, could Canada and Greenland grow closer?

Miilu Gehlert has just spent hours captaining a water taxi deep into the Nuuk Fjord, a winding waterway that lies just north of Greenland's capital. But it's far from the most difficult task he's had to navigate. "We were out for four days and...

Vladimir Putin masses nuclear fleet just miles from Nato border in 'preparation for war'

Vladimir Putin has amassed a nuclear fleet just miles from the Nato border in "preparation for war". Norway's defence minister has issued a stark warning about Moscow's military preparations near the Nato territory, revealing that Russia is...

See scientists at work in Greenland during luxury cruise

The Henriot Champagne flutes clinked softly in the Inuri observation lounge as Le Commandant Charcot carved through North-East Greenland’s sea ice – a frozen wilderness so remote and forbidding that only Russia’s nuclear icebreakers dare venture...

Stop the World: Greenland’s strategic weight surges amid US, China, Russia jostling

Greenland, an often-overlooked expanse of ice and rock, is fast becoming a focal point of strategic competition between the United States, China and Russia. Speaking on ASPI’s Stop the World, Elizabeth Buchanan—an Arctic specialist and author of a...

Denmark, Greenland and Iceland's Reactions To Trump

Les på norsk. The Danish Armed Forces recently carried out the major Arctic Light 2025 exercise in Greenland, together with forces from France, Germany, Sweden, and Norway. Ulrik Pram Gad, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for...

DC Comics January 2026 Full Solicits And Solicitations

Posted in: Batman, Comics, Crisis, DC Comics, Justice League, Superman | Tagged: supergirl, wonder woman Here are the full DC Comics January 2026 solicits and solicitations... updating as we go. And it starts with DC's Supergirl Next Door...

PMG-Certified Scandinavian Paper Money Rarities Highlight Stack’s Bowers’ Oct. 28 Sale

An extremely rare Danish West Indies note from the 18th century that has been certified by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) and is pedigreed to the L. E. Bruun Collection is turning heads in an ongoing Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction. It is just one of...

Iceland announces an unfortunate first: mosquitoes

Iceland lost the distinction this month of being one of the last places in the world without a confirmed sighting of wild mosquitoes. And their presence was discovered only because of a rope in a garden doused in sugary red wine. A bug enthusiast...

Jason Statham Returns in Shelter: The Action Icon’s Explosive 2026 Lineup Revealed

Jason Statham has built his career on relentless action, raw charisma, and a commitment to authentic stunt work. In 2026, that legacy continues with Shelter, a high-intensity thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh, known for Angel Has Fallen and...

Trump will run in 2028 to finish what he started, says Steve Bannon

It’s early afternoon on a sunny autumn day in Washington DC and Steve Bannon is putting the world to rights. In the ground floor of his Capitol Hill home, a stone’s throw from the Supreme Court, the torchbearer of the Make America Great Again...

Why Have Mosquitoes Appeared in Iceland for the First Time?

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Iceland is no longer mosquito-free, after three mosquitoes—two females and one male—found in a garden of private residence in the Kjósarhreppur (Kjs) area between October 16 and 18, 2025. The discovery was revealed by a local...

China strikes at West’s softest rare-earths spot

The world may be underestimating the difficulty of loosening China's stranglehold on critical minerals. Mining stocks in Australia surged this week following a landmark deal between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump,...

When twin volcanoes shook the world: How a 15th-century double eruption rewrote climate history

When twin volcanoes shook the world: How a 15th-century double eruption rewrote climate history In the late 1450s, Earth’s climate was violently reshaped by forces far beyond human control. For centuries, historians and scientists have pointed to...

Atlas Ocean Voyages adds 27 new Arctic ports for 2027 season

Atlas Ocean Voyages unveiled its 2027 Arctic Expeditions programme, featuring 27 new ports of call across Iceland, Greenland, the Canadian Arctic and Svalbard. These include Pond Inlet and Kimmirut in Nunavut, Churchill and Coats Island in Hudson...

Brand USA Launches 'America The Beautiful' Amid Decline In Inbound Tourism

The U.S. has seen a decline in inbound international travel this year under the new presidential administration. According to the U.S. Travel Fall 2025 report by the U.S. Travel Association, international visits to the U.S. are projected at 67.9...

JD Vance Gets Booed Everywhere He Goes & It’s Surely Destroying His Self-Esteem

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are times when it appears that Vice President JD Vance has thinner skin than President Donald Trump, and given Trump's fragile ego, that's saying something. Vance's insecurity was...