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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, icebergs are photographed from the window of an airplane carrying NASA Scientists as they fly on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland. Greenland has been melting faster in the last decade and this summer, it has seen two of the biggest melts on record since 2012. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Denmark bolsters Greenland’s defenses after Trump takeover talk

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, founder of the Oregon-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, testifies during a contempt of court hearing in federal court, Nov. 6, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Karen Ducey, Pool, File)

Anti-whaling activist Watson stays in detention in Greenland while Danes consider Japanese request

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FILE - Fire and smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Danish police close investigation into Old Stock Exchange fire

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

2 Swedish teens face preliminary terror charges for explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Denmark

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Lawmaker Aki-Matilda Hoeegh-Dam, representing Greenland, attends the opening of the Folketing, which is also the beginning of a new parliamentary year, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Inuit lawmaker asked to leave the podium at Danish Parliament after speaking only in Greenlandic

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Young Boys' Cedric Itten, right, jumps for a header with Barcelona's Pau Cubarsi during the Champions League soccer match between Barcelona and Young Boys at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Cubarsi and Porro back in Spain’s squad for Nations League

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A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

2 Swedish teens are held in custody over blasts near Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's King Frederik X lays the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s king launches reconstruction of famed landmark badly damaged by fire

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Remains of Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange building are seen through a broken glass window in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo James Brooks)

Reconstruction set to begin on Copenhagen’s fire-damaged Old Stock Exchange landmark

By James Brooks - Associated Press

Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends the Rungstedlund Prize 2024 at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe is discharged from hospital after a fall

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends the Rungstedlund Prize 2024 at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends the Rungstedlund Prize 2024 at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized

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FILE - A police officer stands guard in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.

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FILE - A police officer guards in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 4, 2022. A 21-year-old man in Denmark has been arrested for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary charges in court under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Man in Denmark faces preliminary terrorism charges over arson at a Jewish woman’s home

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, made famous by the television show "Whale Wars", talks with media at his home office in Woodstock, Vt. on Aug. 23, 2016. A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)

A Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist’s custody as Japan seeks his extradition

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Norway's Princess Martha Louise and Durek Verret arrive at the boats in Alesund, Norway, Friday Aug. 30, 2024. that will transport them to Geiranger for their wedding celebration on Saturday. (Heiko Junge/NTB via AP)

She’s a Norwegian princess. He’s an American self-professed shaman. Their wedding is this weekend

By Jan M. Olsen and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

FILE -Niels Holck smiles outside Easter High Court in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Ilan Brander/POLFOTO, File)

Danish court rejects extradition to India of an arms smuggling suspect

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Denmark players celebrate after a goal during the gold medal handball match between Germany and Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Hansen ends international career with another gold as Denmark wins men’s handball at Paris Olympics

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FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a ceremony at the Danish monument outside of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez, File)

Trial starts for a Polish man accused of punching Danish prime minister in Copenhagen

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the building housing the Danish Taxation Ministry, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday June 27, 2024. A fire on Thursday broken out on top of a building housing Denmark’s Taxation Ministry in downtown Copenhagen, leading to the evacuation of the people inside the harbor-front glass-and-steel constrution and from adjacent houses. There was no word on casulaties.(Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fire tears through the Danish taxation ministry, the latest major fire in Copenhagen

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