Los Angeles, Jan 22 (IANS) Hollywood star Will Smith opened up about how he narrowly escaped death while scuba diving in the Arctic as part of his travel series. Minutes into the actor’s underwater adventure under thick ice, an emergency abort forced him to ascend into solid ice, and he accidentally pulled off his mask. The star recalled the terrifying incident that happened whilst filming Pole to Pole on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, reports femalefirst.co.uk.He told the…
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Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signalled what he described as a breakthrough framework with NATO on Greenland and Arctic security, linking it to alliance burden-sharing, US economic leverage and a wider transatlantic reset during a packed day of engagements at the World Economic Forum in Davos.“Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in …
Patiala (Punjab), Jan 21 (IANS) With United States President escalating the pitch on Greenland and some European nations including Denmark resisting its ‘expansionist’ bid, an Indian Army veteran with fair understanding of geo-political equations said that Trump’s adventurism and claims of taking full control of the island won’t be a cake walk. Retired Brigadier Advitya Madan speaking to IANS said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will be destroyed if one member carries …
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Sharpening his rhetoric on Greenland, US President Donald Trump raised questions about NATO’s reliability, signalling that security commitments to Europe could increasingly be tied to economic and strategic leverage.At a White House news conference marking one year since his return to office, Trump declined to say how far Washington might go to secure US interests related to Greenland. Asked directly, he replied: “You’ll find out.”Pressed on whether force was an o…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared screenshots of what seemed to be private text messages from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte. According to the message, Macron told Trump that he did not understand what the US President was doing in Greenland and offered to set up a G7 meeting in Paris following the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday afternoon.He even expressed support for…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday escalated pressure on Denmark over Greenland, accusing Copenhagen of failing to counter what he described as a long-standing Russian threat to the strategically located island and signalling renewed determination to act.Posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that ‘you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.’ Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. N…
Berlin, Jan 18 (IANS) Eight European countries — Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom — said on Sunday that tariff threats undermine transatlantic ties and “risk a dangerous downward spiral”. A joint statement from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom expressed commitment to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest and offered support to the people of Greenland.In a…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Will Smith has taken on an extraordinary journey of exploration with the new National Geographic original series “POLE TO POLE”.Five years in the making, the series follows Will across all seven continents, taking him from the icefields of Antarctica to the jungles of the Amazon, the mountains of the Himalayas, the deserts of Africa, the islands of the Pacific and the icebergs of the Arctic.As part of the adventure, Will throws himself into incredible challenges for 100 day…
London, Jan 14 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Wednesday called on NATO to “step up its military and security presence in the Arctic”, citing that the region is becoming “a front line of geopolitical competition” as climate change opens new shipping routes and exposes strategic resources. During her visit to Finland and Norway, Cooper said Arctic security was “critical to protecting Britain and NATO” and stressed the need to “strengthen regional defences to deter Russia and pro…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Amid rising fears of United States weighing options that include military action to take control of Greenland, Germany has played down an invasion even as the NATO tried to convince Washington of working on “next steps” to protect Arctic’s security, said reports.Beijing has meanwhile taken “exception to US President Donald Trump’s attempts to use Russia and China as an excuse for his push into the Arctic”, reported Moscow-based RT.com, quoting China’s Forei…