#theguardian.com. #Mar.28.2025 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’
#Politics #China #Russia #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Denmark #Europe #Asia #Kingdom of Denmark
#theguardian.com. #Mar.28.2025 Greenland braced for JD Vance visit after Trump’s claim US will inevitably take over island – Europe live. US vice president will visit Pituffik space base in Greenland later today
#Russia #Iceland #Ukraine #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. #Mar.27.2025 Tiny dachshund survives 16 months on remote island but eludes rescuers. Her owners call her a “princess.” But little Valerie has likely toughened up, says the wildlife group looking for her, living off roadkill and evading poisonous snakes.
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Australian continent #Australia #Europe #Insular Oceania #Australia Group
#oilprice.com. #Mar.26.2025 Chevron Expresses Interest in More Exploration Blocks Offshore Greece | OilPrice.com. Chevron has expressed interest in exploring two additional offshore blocks south of the Greek island of Crete, significantly expanding the potential exploration area in Greek waters.
#Business #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Greece #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Mar.21.2025 Australian tourist killed and two injured as snorkelling boat capsizes off Bali. Boat carrying 13 people capsizes in rough seas while travelling to island of Nusa Penida
#Iceland #Indonesia #Afro-Eurasia × #Australian continent #Australia #Europe #Asia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Mar.21.2025 Flights leaving Bali cancelled after volcanic eruption shoots ash plume 8km into sky. Indonesia’s 1,700m Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted for 11 minutes on Thursday, causing ash cloud but no damage to nearby villages on the island of Flores
#Iceland #Indonesia #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe #Asia
#theguardian.com. #Mar.19.2025 Six dead and 40 missing in boat disaster off Italian island of Lampedusa. Coastguard rescues 10 people and search resumes after half-sunken dinghy spotted near islet
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Italy #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Mar.18.2025 Leading Garifuna musician reportedly among 12 dead in Honduras air crash. Aurelio Martínez believed killed after plane crashed while taking off from Roatán island in Caribbean
#Aviation #Showbiz #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe #North America #music #musician #Honduras
#theguardian.com. #Mar.16.2025 British tourist missing after boat catches fire off Thai island. Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke out
#United Kingdom #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe #Asia #Thailand
#spiegel.de. #Mar.13.2025 Exploiting the Arctic?: "What Trump Wants to Do with Greenland Is a Mystery to Me". U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult,
#Politics #Germany #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #USA #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. #Mar.10.2025 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
#Politics #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Mar.08.2025 ‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis. After Donald Trump’s vow to take over the Arctic island, pro-independent voices are growing louder but some want to work with Washington
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Mar.06.2025 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’
#Politics #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe #North America #Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 ‘We try to put applicants off’: couple chosen as live-in caretakers on uninhabited Irish island. Recently married couple selected to look after Great Blasket, the largest island on Europe’s most westerly archipelago
#Iceland #Republic of Ireland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.19.2025 Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna. Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes the fish farther from their shores.
#Weather #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.18.2025 Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.. Trump’s transactional style is unnerving many in Taiwan, who fear it will encourage Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his ambitions to take control of the island.
#Politics #China #Xi Jinping #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe #Asia #Taiwan
#theguardian.com. #Feb.12.2025 Solomon Islands landowners seek compensation over catastrophic oil spill. Claim over the 2019 Rennell Island disaster, which saw more than 300 tonnes of fuel leak into the water, filed in the Solomons High court
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe #Insular Oceania #Solomon Islands
#theguardian.com. #Feb.06.2025 State of emergency declared on Santorini after earthquakes shake island. Greek civil protection authorities announce measures after an estimated 7,700 tremors in less than a week
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Greece #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.05.2025 ‘Everyone is on tenterhooks’: Santorini streets empty after days of tremors. Thousands of locals and tourists have fled Greek island amid fears of bigger earthquake or volcanic eruption
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Greece #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.04.2025 ‘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
#Business #Politics #Nigeria #Africa #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.03.2025 People flee Santorini as earthquake fears grow. Residents and tourists scramble to leave Greek island on ferries and planes after ‘barrage’ of tremors
#Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #Greece #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 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
#Politics #Mauritius #United Kingdom #Africa #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #USA #Europe #North America
#voanews.com. #Jan.08.2025 US, China vie for influence in combating Seychelles’ drug problem. Situated in the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles is in the middle of a key heroin smuggling route and has among the highest rates of heroin use in the world. Kate Bartlett brings us this story from the mai
#Seychelles #China #Africa #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia × #USA #Europe #Asia #North America #India #Americas
#wikipedia.org. Afro-Eurasia. Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia. The terms are compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called the "Old World", in contrast to the "New World" referring to the Americas. Afro-Eurasia encompasses 84,980,532 km2 (32,811,167 sq mi)
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