Greenland: After being inhabited only by Indigenous peoples for centuries, the Arctic island saw the Vikings in the 10th century and the Danes in 1721, and it attracted US interest back in 1867. Before Donald Trump voiced his interest in this island in the weiterlesen...
NEW ZEALAND: Campers missing after landslide in northern NZ
Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a landslide smashed into a campsite in northern New Zealand on Thursday. Emergency services in New Zealand are working to locate people still missing in a landslide that hit a busy campsite at Mount weiterlesen...
NEW ZEALAND: How NZ can survive – and even thrive – in Trump’s new world of great-power rivalry
By Nicholas Ross Smith, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. In the wake of the US military intervention in Venezuela and Donald Trump’s repeated threats towards Greenland, a wave of pessimism has swept the western world. For countries wedded to a weiterlesen...
AUSTRALIA: 4 shark bites in 48 hours – how what we do on land may shape shark behaviour
By Shokoofeh Shamsi, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst/Australia. Beachgoers in Australia are on high alert following four shark incidents in New South Wales in 48 hours. On Tuesday morning, a surfer was bitten by a shark at Point Plomer, on the state’s mid-north coast. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries to one of his weiterlesen…
SPAIN: PM Sanchez vows to ‘find out the truth’ after high-speed train crash
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promised to “find out the truth” as he spoke at a news conference near the site of the train crash in southern Spain. Regional officials confirmed that at least 40 people have died. What you need to know Spain’s prime minister announces three days of mourning starting at midnight on weiterlesen…
EUROPE: The EU-Mercosur megadeal ‘Not just trade’
As the EU’s share of the global market slips, the Mercosur deal could unlock access to critical raw materials. It’s also indicative of a wider EU economic pivot. It’s a day more than a quarter of a century in the making: On Saturday, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is jetting off to Paraguay weiterlesen…
ARCTIC: How Greenland became a flashpoint in polar politics
Donald Trump has renewed global focus on Greenland and the Arctic. Who controls this polar region, and why are power, security and resources at stake? The Arctic Circle — and the sovereignty of its biggest island, Greenland — is back in the international geopolitical spotlight. “We need Greenland for national security and even international security. And we’re weiterlesen…
GLOBAL ISSUES: 2025 was the third warmest year on record – Australians flee as wildfires rage
Droughts, hurricanes and wildfires are becoming the new normal. Global temperatures have shattered records for more than a decade. After a year in which wildfires razed Los Angeles, a freak cyclone battered Southeast Asia and drought forced Iran to plan a move of its capital city, new data shows 2025 was the third warmest on record. weiterlesen…
AUSTRALIA: Writers’ festival called off amid boycott
Australia: The Adelaide Writers’ Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event’s director and the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, withdrew in response. Organizers canceled the 2026 Adelaide Writers’ Week festival on Tuesday, after some 180 international and Australian authors withdrew from the event in protest of weiterlesen…
