Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory’s new government, she said on Saturday, amid US interest in taking control of the Arctic island. “I look forward to continuing the close and trusting cooperation between Greenland and Denmark,” Frederiksen said in a statement. During a visit…
The United States will not get Greenland, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday in a post on Facebook in response to Donald Trump’s statements he wants to take control of the vast Arctic country. “President Trump says that the United States is getting Greenland. Let me be clear: The United States won’t get that….
Private Mediterranean islands are rather rare, but Punta Pennata, a sliver of land in the Gulf of Naples with the crumbling walls of an old Roman villa tucked amid its overgrown flora, has been on the market for several months. Located about 20 miles from downtown Naples, the narrow island with its abrupt cliffs sits…
The green-eyed TV star with the beauty mark on her cheek shows up at a school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan every Wednesday. For an hour, Ms. Tina, as the students and teachers call her, devotes herself to a pair of 7-year-olds who are struggling with reading. They’ll go through whatever books the…
Rhode Island braces for impact of Trump’s proposed education cuts on schools and students. (AP Photo) The proposed education cuts from the Trump administration are poised to significantly impact public schools in Rhode Island, according to local officials and education advocates. With a reduction of federal funding, the state’s schools could face larger class sizes,…
Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for nearly 50 years led scores of volunteers to Great Gull Island, a postage-stamp islet in Long Island Sound, where they endured dive-bombing birds and fierce ocean storms to help revitalize it as one of the world’s largest nesting sites for common and roseate terns, died on Feb. 5…
February is a slow time on the Greek island of Santorini, which draws more than three million visitors annually. But after another week of near-constant earthquakes, the island has taken on an unusual quiet. At least 13,000 of the island’s 15,500 residents, unnerved by the frequent shaking, have left in the past week. The streets…
The ‘world’s biggest iceberg’, “A23a iceberg“, which is more than twice the size of London, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, raising concerns among scientists that it could disrupt the feeding patterns of young penguins and seals.The massive ice block is slowly moving from Antarctica and could collide with South Georgia, a vital wildlife breeding…
A mysterious airstrip being built on a remote island in Yemen is nearing completion, satellite photos analysed by The Associated Press show, one of several built in a nation mired in a stalemated war threatening to reignite. The airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island, which rises out of the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the…
A rare and mysterious feature has recently appeared in the Caspian Sea. The temporary “ghost island” formed and then disappeared nearly as quickly. This landmass appeared after an eruption by the Kumani Bank mud volcano off Azerbaijan’s coast. This rare event was captured by NASA satellites, revealing the unpredictable nature of mud volcanoes to create…