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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Europe and the US stand united ahead of Alaska meeting: Swedish PM

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:47 — Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:58
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US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday evening Swedish time, to discuss

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

ANALYSIS: Which Donald Trump will negotiate with Putin in Alaska?

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:49
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By Steve Holland When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

AFN demands Yukon First Nations treated as equals in defence, security planning

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:39
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By Julien Greene  New report charts course for inclusive defence planning built on atoning for past harms  The Assembly of

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Amid Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty comes another verbal attack from Moscow

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:52
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The country’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister came to the far northern archipelago to celebrate 100 years of Norwegian sovereignty.

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine is latest chapter in Alaska’s long history-and tension-with Russia

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 15:38
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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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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for dam sabotage in April

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10:51
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By Nerijus Adomaitis Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Shadow fleet gas carriers make port calls at sanctioned Arctic terminals

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 13:32
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Several ‘shadow fleet’ tankers are loading liquefied natural gas at the Arctic LNG 2 terminal in Gydan and at the Saam FSU

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Gwich’in Tribal Council appoints new interim CEO

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:42
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Brenda McDonald replaces Mark Ellwood as CEO The Gwich’in Tribal Council has appointed a new interim chief executive officer to

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

EU urges Trump to defend security interests at upcoming Alaska summit with Putin

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 09:44
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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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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S. Coast Guard tracking Chinese research vessels in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 16:14 — Last Updated: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 16:17
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Five Chinese research vessels operating in or near U.S. Arctic waters were being tracked last week, part of what the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Tłı̨chǫ Government marks 20 years since landmark self-government agreement

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 13:09
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Chief negotiator reflects on what’s been done and what’s to come, as annual gathering gets underway this

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The northern port of Murmansk in Kol’skiy (Kola) peninsula on the Barents Sea has been excluded from the application of requirements of IMO's Polar Code. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Oslo takes measures against Russian ‘shadow fleet’

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 8, 2025 at 16:08
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The introduction of new control mechanisms come at the same time as a suspicious tanker has been criss-crossing outside Norway’s

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Rosatom may test reactor-powered missile over the next few days

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 10:53
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Military officials have closed off the airspace in a 500 km long zone along the western coast of Novaya Zemlya

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s Labour government has narrow poll lead ahead of September’s election

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 12:13
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Norway’s ruling Labour Party government and its left-leaning allies are favorites to win next month’s parliamentary election, albeit with a

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska Sen. Murkowski toys with governor bid, defends Trump’s tax break package

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 16:49
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Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, speaking with Alaska reporters Monday, toyed with the idea of running for governor and defended

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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