The mayor of Greenland’s capital has called on media professionals and content creators to act responsibly after a German comedian’s failed attempt to hoist the US flag. Local media said Schafroth was reported to the police and fined. Avaaraq Olsen, the mayor of Sermersooq district, which includes the capital, was outraged. Trump’s longstanding territorial designs on Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, have triggered the most serious crisis in Nato’s history. He has since backtracked on a threat of using force to acquire Greenland and begun talks with Copenhagen and Nuuk.

9:33 Is Trump about to attack Iran? He claimed to have obliterated Iran’s nuclear programme during the 12-day war in June, although US intelligence agencies later gave conflicting assessments of the campaign’s impact. View image in fullscreen Trump has said that he would attack Iran to defend protesters, but then linked his threats to the country’s nuclear programme. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said: “It is wrong to attack Iran. In an attempt to protect themselves from Iranian reprisals, most Gulf states have said they will not allow their airspace or territory to be used to attack Iran.

A US immigration judge has granted asylum to a Chinese national who he said had a “well founded fear” of persecution if sent back to China after exposing alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs there. He released most of his video footage on YouTube before taking a boat to Florida in October 2021. Guan told the judge he didn’t know whether he would survive the boat trip and wanted to make sure the footage would be seen. Guan’s lawyer, Chen Chuangchuang, said in his closing statement that the case was a “textbook example of why asylum should exist” and that the US had both a “moral and legal responsibility” to grant Guan asylum. In making his ruling, judge Charles Ouslander told Guan the court found him to be a credible witness and that he had established his legal eligibility for asylum.

As Emily Waldorf languished in an Arkansas hospital, she felt like “a ticking time bomb”. Waldorf’s sister, Elizabeth, called the office of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican governor of Arkansas, to ask for help. On Wednesday, Waldorf, an OB-GYN and three other Arkansas women who say they were also blocked from getting abortions sued the state in an attempt to strike down its near-total abortion ban. Two of the women say that, like Waldorf, they were denied abortions even though their pregnancies had effectively ended. I was violated and put into extreme danger and living in a state like Arkansas – I was royally fucked.”

Airports across Asia have been put on high alert after India confirmed two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the state of West Bengal over the past month. It has routinely emerged in Bangladesh and the first case in India was in 2001 in West Bengal, which borders Bangladesh. In 2018, at least 17 people died from Nipah virus in the Indian state of Kerala, and two more died in 2023. “The situation is under constant monitoring and all necessary public health measures are in place,” the Indian health ministry said. Myanmar advised against nonessential travel to West Bengal and China has strengthened disease prevention measures in its border areas.

Opinion L’éditorial – Un fiasco informatique aux conséquences désastreuses Le bug qui secoue le nouveau système informatique de l’assurance chômage, géré par le Secrétariat d’État à l’économie, a des conséquences d’une gravité extrême. Mais celui qui secoue le nouveau système informatique de l’assurance chômage, géré par le SECO (Secrétariat d’État à l’économie), a des conséquences d’une gravité extrême. Les cantons avaient pourtant signifié dès juillet leur inquiétude quant aux risques majeurs liés à la mise en œuvre de ce nouveau système informatique à 201 millions de francs. Cette débâcle est d’autant plus insupportable qu’elle pénalise des personnes condamnées à compter le moindre centime! À la moindre erreur, le chômage n’hésite pas à sanctionner les bénéficiaires; quand le SECO en commet une aussi énorme, ce sont encore eux qui sont pénalisés.

Donald Trump has ordered the immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela, weeks after US military forces toppled the dictator Nicolás Maduro. “We’re going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela,” Trump told the gathering on Thursday. In November, as Trump was ramping up pressure on Maduro, he declared that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety”. Trump revealed that major US oil companies were already on the ground in Venezuela conducting site assessments for potential operations. “We have the major oil companies going to Venezuela now, scouting it out and picking their locations, and they’ll be bringing back tremendous wealth for Venezuela and for the United States,” he said.

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Les statistiques11 tirs à 7 pour Genève! Le GSHC n’a peut-être pas marqué cette période, mais a au moins réussi à arrêter de se prendre des goals à répétition et à se maintenir. Les chiffres montrent bien que rien n’est joué et que si les Aigles arrivent à aller au bout de leurs actions, ils peuvent encore aller gratter un point!

«Notre relation ne s’arrête pas au hockey» Le Chaux-de-Fonnier Loïc In-Albon et le Sierrois Jordann Bougro avant la finaleLe Sierrois de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Loïc In-Albon et le Français du HC Sierre, Jordann Bougro, s’affrontent dimanche en finale de la Coupe. Ils étaient coéquipiers en junior.

Abo Gabegie dans les caisses de chômage – Un bug informatique met en difficulté des milliers de chômeursUn nouveau logiciel installé par le SECO pour le paiement des indemnités de chômage n’est pas au point. Au bout de la chaîne, les assurés trinquent.

Mais derrière cette tranquillité, un travail colossal a été abattu. Depuis l’été dernier, l’équipe de Renzo “Bibbo” Mazzuchelli prépare les pistes dames et hommes, arrosant, raclant et consolidant la neige pour obtenir une surface dure et sûre. Pour la première fois, un nivologue, Robert Bolognesi, a également mesuré la dureté du manteau neigeux en profondeur. «La piste est en très bon état général. Bien sûr, des nuits claires avec –10 degrés seraient idéales, mais on ne choisit pas la météo.»

Janvier touche à sa fin. Un mois dont on dit volontiers qu’il est creux, mais qui ne l’est pas tant que ça. Toujours à Sion, le Teatro Comico célébrera un quart de siècle avec une comédie jubilatoire écrite par Bernard Sartoretti, âme des lieux. Orsières vous donne rendez-vous pour apprécier les performances de 340 jeunes solistes lors du Junior Slow Melody Contest. Et si vous préférez vous amuser en famille ou entre amis, rendez-vous à Ovronnaz, pour le Snow Challenge.

Grenette de la Ferme-Asile: Beatles, diplodocus et chimères peuplent l’expo de Caroline Tschumi et Lucie KohlerLes univers colorés et inquiétants des deux artistes lausannoises brassent l’antique, le médiéval et la pop pour secouer nos croyances et révéler les rapports de force qui traversent la société.

Donald Trump says ‘time is running out’ for Iran as the threat of war appears to loom closer. A huge US armada is being moved towards Iran and is seen as the starkest indication yet that Trump intends to strike. The US president had called on the Iranian regime to negotiate a deal on the future of its nuclear programme, only weeks after he promised Iranian protesters ‘help was on the way’ then backtracked days later. Nosheen Iqbal talks to the Guardian’s deputy international news editor, Devika Bhat, about what Trump could do next – watch on YouTube