NYT

The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security. But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.

The closures were announced after a high-speed train derailed and smashed into another high-speed train, killing at least 39 people and injuring dozens.

The British prime minister said his country “must stand up for its values” after President Trump threatened a new tariff war over acquiring the island.

The country has seen a surge of unrest in recent days, including uprisings at prisons and the killing of police officers, which the authorities have blamed on gangs.

A year after the dictator fell, Syrians are returning to a country with no clear plan for rebuilding.

The 3.3 percent rate for 2026 would match last year’s pace. Booming investment in artificial intelligence is buttressing global output.

European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.

Trump threatened heavy tariffs on countries standing between him and Greenland. E.U. leaders are scrambling for a response.

More than 1 percent of New Zealand’s population left over the year ending in October. Many of the migrants were chasing salaries and opportunities in neighboring Australia.

One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.

At its 56th annual meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum will wrestle with war, economics, artificial intelligence and other pressing issues.

Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.

After the rear carriages of one train derailed onto the opposite track, another train passing by collided with it.

Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response would be a trade “bazooka,” and other options are possible.

Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed.

The new deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken strategic assets from the militia in recent days, weakening the force.

One mayor pleaded with the national government for help as flames destroyed entire neighborhoods in the southern region of Biobío.

“There is massive disappointment and disillusionment,” one Tehran resident said. A human rights group acknowledged that demonstrations had been subdued since Sunday, with thousands of people detained.

The American president’s vow to get Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory, has thrown the tiny, pro-American Nordic nation into crisis.