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Denmark and Greenland seek talks with Rubio over US interest in taking the island

Denmark and Greenland are seeking a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island, a Danish territory.

Tensions escalated after the White House said Tuesday that the “U.S. military is always an option." President Donald Trump has argued that the U.S. needs to control the world’s largest island to ensure its own security in the face of rising threats from China and Russia in the Arctic.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned earlier this week that a U.S... Read More

US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday.

U.S. European Command announced the seizure of the merchant vessel Bella 1 for “violations of U.S. sanctions” in a social medial post. The U.S. had been pursuing the tanker since last month after it tried to evade a U.S. blockade on sanctioned oil vessels around Venezuela.

Then, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revealed that U.S. forces also took control of the tanker Sophia in the... Read More

Chevon Championship moving LPGA's first major to home of PGA Tour's Houston Open

HOUSTON (AP) — The Chevron Championship is moving the LPGA's first major of the year to Memorial Park, just four weeks after Houston's public course hosts the Houston Open on the PGA Tour.

The Chevron had been played at The Club at Carlton Woods, a Jack Nicklaus suburban club about 40 miles north of Houston, since relocating in 2023. The move to Memorial Park was to bring the tournament closer to Chevron's headquarters and to downtown Houston.

“For more than a century, Houston has been central to Chevron's story,” said Laura Lane, the chief corporate affairs... Read More

Wall Street's hot start to the year cools as stocks drift

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s hot start to the year is cooling a bit on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading, coming off its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 18 points, or less than 0.1%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time.

Moves were relatively quiet across the U.S. stock market, including for Warner Bros. Discovery after it again rejected a buyout bid from Paramount and told its shareholders to stick with a rival offer from Netflix. Read More

Snow and ice ground flights, choke highways in parts of Europe

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights and choked highways and railroads Wednesday.

In Paris, a skier slid along the snowy bank of the Seine river and roads and parks around the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum were blanketed in snow, which also snarled traffic in parts of France.

There was good news for some Berlin residents during the cold snap as power was being restored to thousands of households in the German... Read More

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Denmark and Greenland seek talks with Rubio over US interest in taking the island

US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean

Chevon Championship moving LPGA's first major to home of PGA Tour's Houston Open

Wall Street's hot start to the year cools as stocks drift

Snow and ice ground flights, choke highways in parts of Europe

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