Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of
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Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear, wins Alaska Fat Bear Week contest
By Cedar Attanasio, Mark Thiessen ‘Despite his broken jaw, he remains one of the biggest, baddest bears at Brooks River’ Chunk,
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Airspace violations force NATO to tread a tightrope, deterring Russia without hiking tensions
NATO is stepping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea, while France, Germany and Sweden are bolstering Denmark’s air defenses
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Russian warplanes detected flying near Alaska for ninth time this year, US military says
U.S. fighter jets scrambled to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills – and raises tensions with NATO
A swarm of Russian drones flies into Poland in what officials there regard as a deliberate provocation. NATO responds
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Murky pipeline deal to send Russian gas to China shows Beijing’s dominance
The head of Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom says it has a deal to build a pipeline to China, but
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Contraception forced on over 350 Greenlandic women, girls by Danish officials: report
More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, reported that they were forcibly
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Researcher missing after falling into stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier
By Becky Bohrer Local ice rescue team responded but determined that efforts to find the man would be too dangerous
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Denmark and Greenland apologize for painful legacy of forced Inuit contraception
Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday officially apologized for their roles in the historic mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women,
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A historic Swedish church embraces inclusion with minority languages
The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country’s main language. But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers
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Near-term chances of eruption at Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano now considered ‘extremely low’
Alaska Volcano Observatory raised alert status last October due to increase in seismic activity Officials lowered the alert level for
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Work begins in Finland on a new Canadian icebreaker for Arctic defence
Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony Wednesday in Finland marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be
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Trump, Putin arrive for pivotal Alaska summit that could reshape Ukraine war
President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrived in Alaska for their pivotal summit Friday that could reshape the war
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Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine is latest chapter in Alaska’s long history-and tension-with Russia
When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest
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EU urges Trump to defend security interests at upcoming Alaska summit with Putin
European Union leaders appealed on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at a key summit
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