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Head of State

King Frederik X

Head of Government

Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede.

People attend an anti-Trump protest over US action in Venezuela near the US embassy in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

US-Venezuela conflict

US senate rejects Trump’s Venezuela threats with war powers vote

The US president slammed the 5 Republicans who joined Democratic lawmakers to advance the resolution.

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France

France’s Macron slams US over Venezuela, Greenland actions

2 hours agovideocam

US-Venezuela conflict

Opinion | US invasion of Venezuela no guarantee of hemispheric dominance

6 hours agovideocam

Donald Trump

Trump plots to buy Greenland, as Nato ally Denmark seethes

The US president has repeatedly refused to rule out using force to seize the Arctic island, but his team says the first option is diplomacy.

8 Jan 2026 - 5:20AMvideocam

A Danish navy vessel patrols the waters off Nuuk, Greenland, in March 2025. Photo: AFP

China-EU relations

Will Trump’s threats to Greenland help bring China and Europe closer together?

The US president has said control of the Danish territory is a national security issue, causing increased alarm among Copenhagen’s allies.

8 Jan 2026 - 12:51AMvideocam

China-EU relations

Explainer | Trump says Greenland is ‘surrounded’ by Chinese ships. What’s the real story?

China has engaged with Greenland in areas ranging from oil and minerals to tourism. But its footprint is far smaller than Trump claims.

7 Jan 2026 - 11:12PMvideocam

Nato

Use of US military to acquire Greenland ‘always an option’, White House says

Trump’s preferred option might be to buy Greenland from Denmark, but the White House says military action is being considered.

7 Jan 2026 - 5:40PM

Danish troops train with Swedish, Norwegian, German and French peers in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, in September 2025. Photo: Retuers

US-Venezuela conflict

Not just oil: is Trump’s Venezuela takeover also about critical minerals?

Venezuela, Greenland and Colombia all have large deposits of rare earths and other minerals needed by US technology and defence companies.

6 Jan 2026 - 6:15PMvideocam

Donald Trump

‘End of Nato’: Denmark warns US against taking Greenland by force

Denmark’s prime minister says a ‘military attack’ would destroy the transatlantic alliance, while Greenland’s leader urges against panic.

6 Jan 2026 - 1:01PM

US-Venezuela conflict

Trump doubles down on Greenland after US intervention in Venezuela

US president’s comments on Greenland and a ‘SOON’ social media post by the wife of a top aide spur anxieties in the Arctic.

5 Jan 2026 - 2:57PM

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One. Photo: AFP

From our archives

On This Day | ‘No mission impossible’: first Hongkonger to reach North, South Poles – SCMP archive

Twenty years ago on January 5, 2006, 52-year-old Chung Kin-man returned to Hong Kong after becoming the first person from the city to trek to both poles.

5 Jan 2026 - 1:00PM

Hong Kong climber Chung Kin-man poses with the national flag after reaching the South Pole. The adventurer arrived back home on January 5, 2006 after completing the so-called “7+2” challenge – becoming the first Hongkonger and one of the first Chinese people to have reached the north and south poles and the highest peaks on seven continents. Photo: SCMP

Denmark

Denmark to buy US patrol planes despite rift over Greenland

Denmark finalises a deal for three P-8A aircraft amid diplomatic tensions over Trump’s bid for Arctic island.

30 Dec 2025 - 1:01PM

Donald Trump

Does the US want to conquer Greenland? Trump’s new envoy weighs in

Jeff Landry appears at odds with the US president’s past suggestions of taking over the Arctic territory from Denmark.

24 Dec 2025 - 1:13PM

Nordic nations

‘Respect our integrity’: Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland envoy

Denmark warns US to respect its borders after Trump names Jeff Landry envoy to Greenland, asserting the mineral-rich island is not for sale.

22 Dec 2025 - 6:59PMvideocam

Protesters gather outside the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland in March. Photo: Christian Klindt Soelbeck/Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters

Climate change

Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade

The region is warming far faster than the global average due to a phenomenon known as ‘Arctic Amplification’.

18 Dec 2025 - 6:25PMvideocam

A boy throws ice into the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, in March. Photo: AP

US-China relations

Senior Democrat urges Rubio to fill Arctic post and halt rise of China, Russia

In a letter, Raja Krishnamoorthi asks US Secretary of State to restore key US role in ‘one of the world’s most strategically vital regions’.

12 Dec 2025 - 11:50PMvideocam

United States

Opinion | Venezuela? Trump’s real aim could be laying claim to the western hemisphere

In the aftermath of American exceptionalism, Trump and Xi could form respective ‘greater areas’, each ordered by their own nation’s political and legal norms.

23 Nov 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

US-China trade war

Explainer | Rare earths, chips and batteries – what China can and cannot weaponise

Experts explore how China balances export curbs with legal reforms as global partners diversify supplies, firms hunt rare-earth alternatives.

13 Nov 2025 - 1:32AMvideocam

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: Reuters

US-China trade war

Rare earth diplomacy: how Trump’s Asia tour aims to lock in mineral supplies

From Tokyo to Bangkok, Washington is forging new partnerships to counter China’s dominance.

29 Oct 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

Tourism

‘Unreal’: spend a night in a glass igloo atop an Arctic cruise ship at sea

Cantilevered over the ship’s edge, the National Geographic Endurance’s glass igloos let passengers enjoy an incredible night amid the fjords.

14 Oct 2025 - 10:15AM

John Lee policy address 2025

How much screen time should kids have? Hong Kong leader to seek expert advice

Government source rules out bans but backs tougher restrictions on device use in schools and homes under new initiative within policy address.

16 Sep 2025 - 9:17AM

Authorities will seek to further limit young children’s use of mobile digital devices, including social media access, by updating the city’s guidelines. Photo: Jelly Tse

Britain

Dozens arrested at latest UK protest for banned group Palestine Action

The pro-Palestinian group was banned under anti-terrorism legislation in July, making it a crime to support or belong to the organisation.

6 Sep 2025 - 10:38PM

Police officers detain a demonstrator on the day of the “Lift The Ban” rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s proscription of “Palestine Action” under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, in London on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong courts

Letters | Decision of tribunal in Hong Kong against solicitor is irreproachable

Readers discuss the banning of a solicitor from practising in the city, a Hong Kong tennis player’s achievements, and the effect of Trump’s tariffs on the Global South.

2 Sep 2025 - 11:30AM

China's military weapons

The Front Line | Chinese state media hints at variants of hypersonic missile in parade

One anticipated highlight is air-launched variant of the originally sea-based YJ-21, nicknamed an ‘aircraft carrier killer’.

2 Sep 2025 - 9:15AMvideocam

Diplomacy

Editorial | Sense of urgency as SCO powers work to resist bullying from the West

Summit saw President Xi call for the setting up of an SCO development bank to be expedited and more exchanges to counter the US tech chokepoint.

2 Sep 2025 - 7:15AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping chat on the second day of the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tianjin, China, on September 1. Photo: Kyodo

SCO

As US sanctions take toll, Xi Jinping presses SCO to target ‘bullying’

The bloc needs to underpin economic and security cooperation among members, Chinese president says.

2 Sep 2025 - 9:48AMvideocam

Chinese President Xi Jinping says the SCO needs to achieve “real results” to better protect members from “hegemonic” bullying. Photo: Xinhua

US-China relations

After The War | Once a forgotten WWII ally, China to reassert role as defender of world order

Experts say the country’s wartime sacrifice makes it a steward, not a disruptor, of the international system.

28 Aug 2025 - 12:52PMvideocam

Nordic nations

Denmark, Greenland apologise for historic mistreatment of Inuit women

Thousands of Greenlandic women and girls were fitted with IUDs without consent from 1966 to 1991.

27 Aug 2025 - 9:19PM

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Greenland

US senate rejects Trump’s Venezuela threats with war powers vote

The US president slammed the 5 Republicans who joined Democratic lawmakers to advance the resolution.

France’s Macron slams US over Venezuela, Greenland actions

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | US invasion of Venezuela no guarantee of hemispheric dominance

Trump plots to buy Greenland, as Nato ally Denmark seethes

The US president has repeatedly refused to rule out using force to seize the Arctic island, but his team says the first option is diplomacy.

Will Trump’s threats to Greenland help bring China and Europe closer together?

The US president has said control of the Danish territory is a national security issue, causing increased alarm among Copenhagen’s allies.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Explainer | Trump says Greenland is ‘surrounded’ by Chinese ships. What’s the real story?

China has engaged with Greenland in areas ranging from oil and minerals to tourism. But its footprint is far smaller than Trump claims.

Use of US military to acquire Greenland ‘always an option’, White House says

Trump’s preferred option might be to buy Greenland from Denmark, but the White House says military action is being considered.

Not just oil: is Trump’s Venezuela takeover also about critical minerals?

Venezuela, Greenland and Colombia all have large deposits of rare earths and other minerals needed by US technology and defence companies.

‘End of Nato’: Denmark warns US against taking Greenland by force

Denmark’s prime minister says a ‘military attack’ would destroy the transatlantic alliance, while Greenland’s leader urges against panic.

Trump doubles down on Greenland after US intervention in Venezuela

US president’s comments on Greenland and a ‘SOON’ social media post by the wife of a top aide spur anxieties in the Arctic.

On This Day | ‘No mission impossible’: first Hongkonger to reach North, South Poles – SCMP archive

Twenty years ago on January 5, 2006, 52-year-old Chung Kin-man returned to Hong Kong after becoming the first person from the city to trek to both poles.

Denmark to buy US patrol planes despite rift over Greenland

Denmark finalises a deal for three P-8A aircraft amid diplomatic tensions over Trump’s bid for Arctic island.

Does the US want to conquer Greenland? Trump’s new envoy weighs in

Jeff Landry appears at odds with the US president’s past suggestions of taking over the Arctic territory from Denmark.

‘Respect our integrity’: Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland envoy

Denmark warns US to respect its borders after Trump names Jeff Landry envoy to Greenland, asserting the mineral-rich island is not for sale.

Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade

The region is warming far faster than the global average due to a phenomenon known as ‘Arctic Amplification’.

Senior Democrat urges Rubio to fill Arctic post and halt rise of China, Russia

In a letter, Raja Krishnamoorthi asks US Secretary of State to restore key US role in ‘one of the world’s most strategically vital regions’.

Opinion | Venezuela? Trump’s real aim could be laying claim to the western hemisphere

In the aftermath of American exceptionalism, Trump and Xi could form respective ‘greater areas’, each ordered by their own nation’s political and legal norms.

Explainer | Rare earths, chips and batteries – what China can and cannot weaponise

Experts explore how China balances export curbs with legal reforms as global partners diversify supplies, firms hunt rare-earth alternatives.

Rare earth diplomacy: how Trump’s Asia tour aims to lock in mineral supplies

From Tokyo to Bangkok, Washington is forging new partnerships to counter China’s dominance.

‘Unreal’: spend a night in a glass igloo atop an Arctic cruise ship at sea

Cantilevered over the ship’s edge, the National Geographic Endurance’s glass igloos let passengers enjoy an incredible night amid the fjords.

How much screen time should kids have? Hong Kong leader to seek expert advice

Government source rules out bans but backs tougher restrictions on device use in schools and homes under new initiative within policy address.

Dozens arrested at latest UK protest for banned group Palestine Action

The pro-Palestinian group was banned under anti-terrorism legislation in July, making it a crime to support or belong to the organisation.

Letters | Decision of tribunal in Hong Kong against solicitor is irreproachable

Readers discuss the banning of a solicitor from practising in the city, a Hong Kong tennis player’s achievements, and the effect of Trump’s tariffs on the Global South.

The Front Line | Chinese state media hints at variants of hypersonic missile in parade

One anticipated highlight is air-launched variant of the originally sea-based YJ-21, nicknamed an ‘aircraft carrier killer’.

Editorial | Sense of urgency as SCO powers work to resist bullying from the West

Summit saw President Xi call for the setting up of an SCO development bank to be expedited and more exchanges to counter the US tech chokepoint.

As US sanctions take toll, Xi Jinping presses SCO to target ‘bullying’

The bloc needs to underpin economic and security cooperation among members, Chinese president says.

After The War | Once a forgotten WWII ally, China to reassert role as defender of world order

Experts say the country’s wartime sacrifice makes it a steward, not a disruptor, of the international system.

Denmark, Greenland apologise for historic mistreatment of Inuit women

Thousands of Greenlandic women and girls were fitted with IUDs without consent from 1966 to 1991.

Opinion | US invasion of Venezuela no guarantee of hemispheric dominance

Explainer | Trump says Greenland is ‘surrounded’ by Chinese ships. What’s the real story?