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Vance scolds Denmark during Greenland trip
US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he asked its people to “cut a deal” with the US.
Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island, Vance minimised recent threats by US President Donald Trump to take over the island by force.
Instead, he urged Greenlanders to sever ties with Denmark, which has owned the island for more than 300 years, saying it had not invested enough to protect the semi-autonomous territory.
An overwhelming majority of Greenlanders oppose the idea of annexation, a poll indicated in January. Greenland’s prime minister has said the US visit showed a “lack of respect”.
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Mysterious disappearances spook residents of Caribbean island
The worst part is the mental torture, Patricia Joseph says. The “gut-wrenching” flashes of wondering what her mother’s last moments were. The infinite state of limbo.
Six years after her mother’s mysterious disappearance, Patricia still catches herself looking out for the distinctive orange-lined raincoat that Hyacinth Gage, 74, was wearing the day she vanished, in the hope it may hold a clue.
Tragically, Hyacinth is just one of an ever-increasing number of people on the tiny Caribbean island of Antigua to disappear without trace in what some have dubbed an epidemic, others a crisis. At least nine have vanished in the last two years alone.
That day back in May 2019 started out ordinarily enough. Hyacinth, described as sprightly and self-sufficient, had gone for a routine check-up at the public hospital, but failed to return. She has never been seen since.
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Four killed in mass Russian drone attack on Dnipro
Four people have been killed and another 21 injured in a mass Russian drone attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the area’s regional head has said.
Serhiy Lysak said a restaurant complex and several residential buildings were ablaze after the attack late on Friday.
He added that “the enemy sent more than 20 drones” to the city, and that “most of them were shot down”.
Images and videos later emerged showing firefighters tackling large fires that had engulfed the buildings that were struck, and smashed glass and other debris scattered on the city streets.
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Expelled South African envoy accuses Trump administration of racism
South Africa’s former ambassador to the US has told the BBC it was “self-evident” that there was racism within the Trump administration.
Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”.
This came after Rasool accused US President Donald Trump of trying to “project white victimhood as a dog whistle”.
Asked by the BBC’s Newshour whether he believed the Trump administration was racist, Rasool said: “I think it is self-evident rather than anyone needing to be called out.”
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Academy apologises for statement on Palestinian Oscar winner attack
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers.
The academy apologised for not “directly [acknowledging] Mr Ballal and the film by name”, after nearly 700 voting members, including multiple A-list actors, signed a letter critiquing them.
Mr Ballal is one of the co-directors of the documentary No Other Land, which won an Academy Award earlier this month.
He said earlier this week that he was attacked by Israeli settlers before being detained by the Israeli military. He was later released.
Trump ‘respected Canada’s sovereignty’ in call, says Carney
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says US President Donald Trump “respected Canada’s sovereignty” in the first call between the pair, who spoke amid an ongoing trade war between the two neighbours.
Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada should become the 51st US state – an idea that has sparked widespread backlash among Canadians.
Carney, currently in the midst of an election campaign, described the call as “very constructive”, while Trump said the call was “extremely productive”.
Trump’s planned 25% tariff on vehicle imports is due to come into effect on 2 April, which could prove devastating for the Canadian car industry.