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Mineral-rich Greenland says it doesn’t want to become a great mining nation. Here’s why
Greenland’s minister for business and mineral resources Naaja Nathanielsen speaks during an interview with AFP in her office in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images Greenland has little interest in harnessing its massive resource potential to become a top mining country. The world’s largest island has been thrust […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, BioNTech, DraftKings, Steel Dynamics and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle company dropped 3% after sales in May in declined in several European markets. Reuters reported that Tesla suffered weaker sales in Sweden, France, Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands, but improved in Norway, boosted by the revamped Model Y. Advertising […]
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Why Europe is pivoting back to nuclear — one of its most divisive energy sources
The Cofrentes nuclear power plant, on 17 October, 2024 in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty Images A European-wide shift to nuclear power appears to be gathering momentum as countries hedge their bets in pursuit of more energy independence. In just the last few weeks, Denmark announced plans to […]
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Denmark’s economy boomed on drug exports — Trump’s tariffs threat won’t be what slows it down
Vials move along a conveyor at the Novo Nordisk A/S production facilities in Hillerod, Denmark, on Monday, June 12, 2023. The success of Novo’s bestsellers Ozempic and Wegovy, drugs that help people lose significant amounts of weight, has created something of a gold rush in the pharma industry with about 40 companies developing products that […]
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Maersk, a bellwether for global trade, cuts container market outlook on U.S.-China tariff tensions
The Maersk Alfirk, left, and Colorado Express container ships docked at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected first-quarter operating profit but warned that the current level of U.S.-China trade tariffs could restrict […]
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Baby boomers and first-time travelers are shunning Europe’s summer hotspots in favor of ‘coolcations’
Baby boomers and first-time travelers appear to be driving a so-called “coolcations” trend, shunning Europe’s peak summer hotspots in favor of cooler climes — such as the Nordic and Baltic countries. Extreme summer heat, combined with cost and overcrowding concerns, are affecting where people choose to go on vacation. For some, the appeal of booking […]
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Danish shoppers boycott U.S. products as Greenland — and trade — tensions escalate
Passers-by walk along Nyhavn, the harbour with its colourful little houses popular with tourists. Picture Alliance | Getty Images COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Incensed by President Donald Trump’s posturing over Greenland and sweeping trade tariffs, Danish shoppers are turning their backs on American products in a show of national protest. The small European nation and longtime […]
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Europe’s pharma industry braces for tariffs as carve-out hopes fade
SEIZED OZEMPIC, WEGOVY AND OTHER WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS AT JFK AIRPORT’S INTERNATIONAL MAIL FACILITY. CNBC COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Europe’s pharmaceutical sector is bracing for the potential impact of U.S. tariffs as hopes of an industry-wide exemption by U.S. President Donald Trump fade. The pharmaceutical industry has until now been exempt from trade levies, but Trump […]
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Battle over Greenland heats up with Denmark’s PM set to visit just days after JD Vance
Protesters gather in front of the U.S. consulate during a demonstration, under the slogan, “Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people”, in Nuuk, Greenland, March 15, 2025. Christian Klindt Soelbeck | Via Reuters The battle over Greenland is set to intensify this week as Denmark’s prime minister travels to the Arctic island just days after U.S. […]
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Russia’s Putin says it would be a ‘profound mistake’ to dismiss Trump’s push for Greenland
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a video-linked ceremony to launch the Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered submarine Perm, in the Arctic Circle port city of Murmansk on March 27, 2025. Sergei Karpukhin | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin warned it would be […]
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