#theguardian.com. × Canada and France open Greenland consulates in show of Denmark support. Founding of diplomatic outposts in Nuuk comes after US made efforts to secure control of Arctic island
#Feb.06.2026
#theguardian.com. × Trump’s Greenland threats open old wounds for Inuit across Arctic. Demand by US that it take control of Arctic island is for many a reminder of troubling imperial past
#Feb.02.2026
#theguardian.com. × US is in talks with Cuban leadership, says Trump, after blockade threats. US president announces efforts being made to strike a deal having earlier threatened to stop island importing oil
#Feb.01.2026
#theguardian.com. × Trump commerce secretary Howard Lutnick arranged to visit Epstein island, files show. Newly released documents reveal Lutnick sent email to ‘Jeff’ and floated plan for ‘Sunday evening for dinner’
#Jan.30.2026
#theguardian.com. × Mexico president says Trump tariffs on Cuba’s oil suppliers could trigger humanitarian crisis. Island country only has oil enough to last 15-20 days, and 12-hour blackouts have become commonplace
#Jan.30.2026
#theguardian.com. × China suspends seafood imports from Japan as Taiwan row escalates. Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on island
#Nov.19.2025
#theguardian.com. × Roman Abramovich makes claim of ‘conspiracy’ against Jersey government. Move threatens to throw open parts of secretive legal battle on Channel island about ex-Chelsea owner’s wealth
#Nov.16.2025
#theguardian.com. × Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM. Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future
#Nov.15.2025
#theguardian.com. × World must ‘honour 1.5C’, small island states insist at Cop30 summit – as it happened. The 1.5 temperature limit is not a political slogan, it’s a lifeline, the small island states say, as climate discussions continue in Belém
#Nov.11.2025
#theguardian.com. × JD Vance says US needs control of Greenland to fend off China and Russia. Vice-president criticises Denmark’s treatment of Arctic island and says it should come under US ‘security umbrella’
#Mar.28.2025
#theguardian.com. × Pirate booted out: popcorn mogul’s coup in New York village falls flat. Pirate’s Booty Snacks founder Robert Ehrlich claimed to be tiny Long Island community’s mayor – voters disagreed
#Mar.21.2025
#theguardian.com. × Greenland faces ‘fateful choice’ says island’s PM as it prepares for election. Poll takes place against backdrop of threats by Donald Trump and growing calls for independence
#Mar.10.2025
#theguardian.com. × St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture. Descendants of enslaved Africans and Indigenous people interned on Baliceaux in 18th century hail ‘historic victory’
#Mar.06.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘Served their time’: Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort. David Adeang defends his government’s offer for 30-year resettlement visas to non-citizens in Pacific island nation
#Feb.18.2025
#theguardian.com. × New York mayor considers plan to reopen Ice office at Rikers Island jail. Eric Adams weighs closer involvement with federal agency in sign of beleaguered mayor’s warm alliance with Trump
#Feb.13.2025
#theguardian.com. × ‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom. Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity
#Feb.04.2025
#theguardian.com. × Starmer urges Mauritius to ensure deal that protects Chagos Islands from ‘malign influence’. The prime minister has stressed he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain
#Jan.31.2025
#theguardian.com. × A journey to Greenland: the 51st state? – podcast. What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s interest in their island? Miranda Bryant reports
#Jan.30.2025
#theguardian.com. × Donald Trump says residents of Greenland want to be part of US. President tells reporters he believes US will take control of island, after ‘horrendous’ call with Denmark PM
#Jan.26.2025
#theguardian.com. × Trump Jr expected to visit Greenland on Tuesday amid father’s interest in island. Donald Trump’s son to make ‘private’ visit with no government meetings scheduled, island’s foreign secretary says
#Jan.07.2025
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