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Greenland’s new prime minister has declared the United States will not get his homeland as Donald Trump continues to chest beat and insist the Arctic island needs to come under Washington’s control.Democrats Party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen took to social media on Sunday to fire back at mounting pressure on Greenland from the Trump administration.”President Trump says that the United States is getting Greenland. Let me be clear: The United States won’t get that. We do not belong to anyone else. We determine our own future,” Nielsen said on Facebook.”We must not react with fear. We must respond with calm, dignity…

When the earth started rocking beneath her home in Bangkok on Friday, Kanittha Thepasak thought she was simply dizzy. Then she heard an odd creaking sound, saw a lamp moving and threw aside a curtain to find cars swaying like boats at sea.The streets were filled with people who had rushed outside, staring up at the apartment buildings, glass office towers and unfinished construction all around them. Now Ms. Kanittha can barely imagine returning to the office where she spends most of her days. It’s on the 29th floor.“I’m freaked out, I’m worried,” she said. “Thai people have no basic…

A few months ago, Wisconsin Democrats were raising plenty of money for this year’s pivotal State Supreme Court election, but they were struggling to persuade their voters to pay much attention.Wisconsin Republicans had momentum from helping President Trump win their state in November but were on track to be outspent as usual by the more organized Democrats.Then along came Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who is both helping direct White House policy and running an outside political operation that has swiftly become the primary vehicle to power pro-Trump candidates.Months after he spent more than $250 million to return Mr.…

Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest fires across the Pacific Northwest set off by bomb-laden Japanese balloons, and who was believed to be the oldest surviving U.S. paratrooper, died on March 15 in Los Angeles. He was 108. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by a representative of his family.Mr. Harris was a member of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickles (the word was deliberately misspelled) after their unit designation and the three buffalo nickels that formed their insignia.He had enlisted in the Army…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith took to the airwaves on Saturday for her bi-weekly radio program ‘Your Province, Your Premier’ that airs on Corus Radio, a division of Corus Entertainment. During the one-hour program, Smith took questions and calls from Albertans across the province. Topics ranged from her recent trip to Florida  where she sat down with right-wing podcaster Ben Shapiro at a private fundraising event to interprovincial trade and the growing number of measles cases.Smith defended her Florida trip, saying that talking to American influencers and supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump is the best way to get her message…

An armed resistance movement against Myanmar’s military-run government has criticised the junta for conducting air strikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed some 1700 people.The toll from Myanmar’s earthquake continued to rise on Sunday, as foreign rescue teams and aid rushed into the impoverished country, where hospitals were overwhelmed and some communities scrambled to mount rescue efforts with limited resources.The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar’s strongest in a century, jolted the war-torn Southeast Asian nation on Friday, leaving around 1700 people dead, 3400 injured and more than 300 missing as of Sunday, the…

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will not enforce the arrest warrant, issued for war crimes in Gaza.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit Hungary this week, despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued over alleged war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu’s trip, announced on Sunday by his office, comes at the invitation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The visit, scheduled from Wednesday to Sunday, comes as Orban has dismissed the warrant when it was announced in November. Orban, a right-wing nationalist leader often at odds with the European Union over democratic norms, has made…

Federal worker unions have sought over the past two months to lead the resistance to President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency, filing lawsuits, organizing protests and signing up new members by the thousands.This week, Mr. Trump struck back with a potentially crippling blow.In a sweeping executive order denouncing the unions as “hostile” to his agenda, the president cited national security concerns to remove some one million civil servants across more than a dozen agencies from the reach of organized labor, eliminating the unions’ power to represent those workers at the bargaining table or in court.A lawsuit accompanying the…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldThe Trump administration is revoking a number of permits and licences that enable western oil companies to do business in Venezuela, as it ratchets up economic and diplomatic pressure on President Nicolás Maduro.  Italian oil major Eni said on Sunday it had been notified by US authorities that it was no longer allowed to be repaid for gas that it produces in Venezuela through oil supplies given to it by PDVSA, the state oil company. The Italian energy company said…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Four of China’s biggest banks will raise a combined Rmb520bn ($72bn) through share sales to investors including the Ministry of Finance, as Beijing seeks to shore up its vast banking sector against pressing economic woes.Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Postal Savings Bank of China and China Construction Bank said they would raise Rmb165bn, Rmb120bn, Rmb130bn and Rmb105bn respectively in stock exchange filings on Sunday.The Ministry of Finance will be a major investor in the capital raise by the four…