As many focus on the world's largest island, Greenland, and President Trump's aggressive efforts to acquire it, another strategic Arctic island, nearby Svalbard, may be an even more likely future ...

One aspect of colonial cartography of South Asia leaps out in this must-see exhibition – while the coastline of India, Ceylon, Burma are extraordinarily accurate in maps made more than 200 years ago, ...

If you've felt particularly chilly over the last few weeks, you're not alone. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed that last month was the coldest January in Europe for 16 years.

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Record sea temperatures and sea ice lows near Greenland in January followed Arctic air temperatures soaring up to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The last time Greenland played a starring role in American foreign policy, the United States government sent a Marin millionaire on a secret mission. In the ...

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A lonely polar bear swimming for hours in an ice-free Arctic has been a poster child of a warming world affecting wildlife. But north of Norway, the Barents Sea bears are doing alright — for now.

While Russia and China strongly deny any plans to seize Greenland, as US President Donald Trump claims, both value the Arctic's strategic value and are seeking to boost their presence there. The ...

Donald Trump is clearly in a hurry to dominate the political narrative in his second term of office. He began 2026 with strikes in Syria against Islamic State groups, the kidnapping of Venezuelan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian soldier patrols Alexandra Land, in the Franz Josef Land archipelago, a strategic military outpost in the High Arctic - ...

The Orlando Magic have a great chance to reach the All-Star break with the Southeast Division lead they’ve enjoyed most of the season still in their back pocket. However, it’s difficult to see a path ...