Trump puts 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, and Finland from Feb 1st on. If by June they haven’t “given Greenland to US”, the tariff will be 25% from June 1.

China mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers at least 200 miles long — a show of Beijing’s power at sea, experts say.

Schools in Kyiv will close until February amid blackouts caused by Russian strikes — one of the most severe disruptions yet to daily life in Ukraine.

The director of the C.I.A. met with Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela, reinforcing the idea that “the U.S. considers her the best path to stability”.

The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. Both officials dismissed the inquiry as an attempt to intimidate them.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers traveled to Copenhagen to assure Denmark that they supported its control of Greenland.