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Official portrait of Princess Isabella.

Danish princess reveals 18th birthday portrait. One detail sets it apart

The daughter of Australian-born Queen Mary and King Frederik X has caused a stir online after posing for a strikingly modern photograph that breaks with royal protocol.

  • James Rothwell

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A Swedish teenager was hiding out in Australia after his parents tried to prevent him from falling in with gangs - but he allegedly spent his time recruiting hitmen from a home in Sydney’s west.

Teen accused of hiring hitmen revealed as Swede living in Sydney’s west

A 15-year-old boy accused of recruiting hitmen for the Scandinavian underworld was living with family in Sydney.

  • Perry Duffin
At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.
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Danish PM addresses US on Greenland

At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,

‘You cannot annex another country’: Danish PM makes direct appeal to US after Rubio meeting

Mette Frederiksen was addressing the media in Greenland with the territory’s incoming leader when she suddenly switched to speaking in English.

  • Rob Harris
US Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at the US military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.

Vance attacks Denmark in ‘aggressive’ visit to Greenland

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland and has not ruled out the possibility of using military force to do so.

  • Benedict Smith
Anti-American protests in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland last week.

‘What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland?’

Greenland’s PM is furious that Donald Trump is sending Mike Waltz and J.D. Vance’s wife to the island, which he has vowed to take over “one way or the other”.

  • Maya Tekeli, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maggie Haberman
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A woman arranges campaign posters in Nuuk, Greenland.

The ‘orange guy’ wants Greenland – but what do Greenlanders want?

Voters brushed snow from their coats before finding a seat in the packed community hall. Then, with the world’s media watching, a man in a black and grey jumper stepped forward to the mic.

  • Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen, Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman

‘This is not a joke’: Could the US buy Greenland?

Trump is again floating the idea of acquiring Greenland. Could he? And what do Greenlanders think?

  • Angus Holland
Folkehuset Absalon is a repurposed church turned community hall.

In one of Europe’s most expensive cities, here’s how to get a great value meal

In a city awash with Michelin-starred restaurants, a traditional form of dining is breaking down barriers between tourists and locals.

  • Natasha Bazika

Greenlanders should join Trump’s America. They’d be richer and safer

The Greenlanders could be among the richest people on the globe if they allowed “The Great Developer” to take control of the island.

  • Christopher Pyne

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