Arctic
A crying glacier and a shivering ice shelf: A beautiful, tragic story
What scientists saw in Antarctica this summer could affect the weather everywhere from Cairns to Cannes.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Police dig into the case of the Australian miner and the Kremlin ‘slush fund’
A little-known Melbourne company bankrolled by rich-listers is at the centre of Australia’s first criminal investigation into Russian sanction breaches.
- Sherryn Groch
How British scientists found Putin’s frog poison – and exposed a secret chemical arsenal
Supporters of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny embarked on a daring mission to show the world what really happened to him.
- Timothy Sigsworth, Rozina Sabur and James Rothwell
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- Extreme weather
More than a million without power as massive winter storm hits US
Winter storm warnings were posted for most of the eastern third of the United States, covering 118 million people.
- Steve Gorman and Blake Brittain
‘Red line’: New obstacle emerges for Trump’s ‘total access’ plan for Greenland
While leaders were focused on Arctic security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emerged to blast a “lost” Europe for making him repeat – Groundhog Day-style – his pleas for help to fight Russia.
- David Crowe
This quiet, frozen frontier town is now key to Trump’s global ambitions
Nome, population 3700, is accessible only by plane, apart from a few months when boats can pass through. But it will be the home of the nation’s only deepwater Arctic port.
- Anna Griffin
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- Trump diplomacy
Trump links Greenland demand to Nobel Peace Prize snub in leaked message
Europe faces a spiralling dispute with the US president after he warned that he no longer felt obliged to pursue peace because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
- David Crowe
‘Blackmail’: Europe lashes out at Trump over latest move to get Greenland
A 10 per cent tariff would start on February 1, the US president said, as he targeted Denmark and seven other countries that sent troops to the Danish territory.
- Michael Koziol
The one word that said it all after Denmark’s talks with US over Greenland
The future of the NATO alliance is at stake if the US president – who has stepped up his demands for the territory – seeks to take it by force.
- David Crowe
Trump has big hopes for Greenland – Australia just gave him a reality check
The actions of two Australian mining companies reveal the barriers to any Arctic mining boom, despite White House talk of extracting critical minerals.
- David Crowe