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The Most Bizarre Things Presidents Have Ever Said
Grunge
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August 18, 2025
The United States presidency is a leadership position like no other — when presidents speak, the world listens. Many of their utterances have gone down in history, from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Franklin Roosevelt's "four freedoms,"...
Falling ice accelerates glacier retreat in Greenland
TerraDaily
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Falling ice accelerates glacier retreat in Greenland by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Iceberg calving, where massive ice blocks detach from glacier fronts and plunge into the ocean, is a major factor in Greenland's rapid ice...
Trump and Putin – A Red War Criminal meets an Orange Liar
The Daily Blog
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August 18, 2025
‘We didn’t get there’: No Ukraine ceasefire deal confirmed after Trump and Putin talks A Ukrainian politician has labelled the talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin a “failure” after the leaders failed to reach a peace deal. Oleksandr...
'Sharp contrasts': Tourism sees international 'headwinds', domestic travel resilience
Antigo Daily Journal - Wisconsin
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Is the glass half-full or half-empty for travel and tourism this year? International travel to the U.S. faces some “sentimental headwinds” with Canadians, Europeans and other travelers having negative views of President Donald Trump and his...
Letter: First L.A., now D.C. It’s likely that other Democrat-controlled cities will get Trump’s military treatment.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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(Tierney L. Cross | The New York Times) Protesters organized by the group Free D.C. gather near the White House on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, as President Donald Trump announced plans to take over Washington's police department. We are experiencing...
I'm an adventure junkie — this hike to Greenland’s ice sheet pushed me to my limits
Evening Standard
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August 17, 2025
Less of a town, more of an air base, Kangerlussuaq, like many of Greenland’s modern settlements, was developed as a strategic military outpost by the Americans during WWII. A convenient halfway point between North America and Northern Europe, it...
The Evolving Ring Of Global Politics
The Rising Nepal
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International politics has moved beyond realism, rationalism and idealism debate and opened a new possibility for inter-paradigmatic cooperation across many scholarly constructs. The realist model of the maximisation of state security relative to...
Greenland’s Short Summer Sledding Season Begins
Explorersweb
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August 15, 2025
It’s never entirely summer in Greenland, at least not by southern standards, and several ski expeditions are heading onto the Ice Sheet with their sleds. Summer and early fall combine challenging meltwater, fractured terrain, shifting winds, and...
Trump’s mineral megadeal is bypassing US laws
E&E News
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August 18, 2025
The Trump administration is quietly taking steps to circumvent federal laws in its quest to bolster U.S. mineral production. When Trump officials forged a multibillion dollar deal to become the biggest stakeholder in a Las Vegas-based company...
NATO’s Atlantic Supply Lines and the Soviet Submarine Threat
Overt Defense - Michigan
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August 18, 2025
During World War II, the German Kriegsmarine and its submarines posed a major threat to the Allied war effort. Throughout 1942 and early 1943, the Germans saw increasing successes, sinking 108 merchantmen in March 1943 – most of them in convoys....
Greenland lithium pegmatite field significantly expanded by Brunswick Exploration
Global Mining Review
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August 15, 2025
Brunswick Exploration Inc. announces that it has identified the country’s largest spodumene pegmatite trend. The discovery of multiple new spodumene-bearing pegmatites significantly expands the Ivisaartoq lithium pegmatite field, which was...
AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting reality
The Conversation
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August 18, 2025
In July, the United States government made it clear that artificial intelligence (AI) companies wanting to do business with the White House will need to ensure their AI systems are “objective and free from top-down ideological bias”. In an...
New Greenland-Nunavut Fisheries Committee won’t set harvest limits
Northern News Services
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August 15, 2025
'Vital that we protect and preserve the waters and animals so Inuit can continue to sustain our families long into the future,' says NTI president The governments of Greenland and Nunavut held their first joint committee meeting to prioritize...
‘60 Minutes’ runs propaganda for greedy Australian mining company, Trump’s Greenland takeover
Green Left
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August 14, 2025
Mariane Paviasen Jensen, a Greenland MP for the Inuit Ataqatigiit party and prominent environmentalist, has described a 60 Minutes Australia program shown on Channel Nine on August 10 as a “propaganda broadcast” for an Australian mining company...
Charlie Kirk: “I'm still in touch with people from Greenland. I'm trying to be careful because I'm not a government official, so I don't want to get too involved in all that stuff.”
Media Matters For America
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CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): Oh, I believe it's still being worked on, but understand that the Russian situation is not disconnected to the Greenland situation. President Trump's entire foreign policy worldview, the MAGA doctrine, as we've articulated a...
There were 21 more active legal licenses in Kings County in July compared to previous month
NYC Gazette - New York
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August 15, 2025
Abraham Gitelis - 2025 Aicha Elola Brooklyn Defender Services 2025 Alejandro Andre Rosa Guzman - 2025 Alexander John Speir Kings County District Attorney's Office 2025 Alexis Lauren Richer Administration for Children's Services 2025 Alia Jahnel...
Government backing makes rare earths a household name
Townsville Bulletin
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August 13, 2025
Interest in the rare earths space has never been stronger The space has made mainstream headlines this year Australian players are leveraging off a strong push by the US and other governments Interest in the rare earths space has never been...
Mayor’s Charity Golf Tournament supports 15 local organizations through Community Grant Program
Midland Today
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August 13, 2025
The Town of Midland has awarded financial and in-kind support for fifteen local organizations with funding raised from the inaugural Mayor’s Charity Golf Tournament which took place in September 2024. This annual charitable event reinvests in our...
After Trump’s Greenland Gambit, Denmark Bets on Europe
International Policy Digest
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August 15, 2025
In early July, Denmark took the EU’s “top job,” assuming the rotating presidency of the 27-member bloc for the next six months. It inherited a docket as heavy as at any point in recent memory: war in Ukraine and the Middle East, a climate crisis...
Putin will visit Alaska military base that’s been central to American opposition to his country
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Members of the media stand outside Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The U.S. military...