Russian state TV host Tigran Keosayan is in a coma after experiencing "clinical death," according to his wife, Margarita Simonyan.
Vladimir Solovyov called for the U.S. state's return to Russia after Russian military aircrafts recently entered international airspace close to Alaska.
The territory once belonged to Russia but was sold to the US in 1867. Vladimir Putin has previously said this sale was "illegal" and wants the land back.
In a controversial statement aired on Russian state television, Vladimir Solovyov, a prominent TV host and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called for the return of Alaska to Russia. The remark,
Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien said in a Sunday interview that Denmark should let the U.S. “buy” Greenland if it cannot defend the self-governing country, noting the territory
History will not be as kind to Donald Trump if he gets Greenland from Denmark under duress. On January 7th the president-elect declined to rule out using military might or economic warfare in his pursuit of Greenland (and of the Panama Canal).
Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially admitted as the 49th state. That same year, Hawaii would become the 50th.
Alaska has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over restrictions on oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The lawsuit claims the December 2024 restrictions render 400,
Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stressed Greenland’s strategic location in the Arctic and its natural wealth of critical minerals.
During a video call with reporters on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley was asked if president-elect Donald Trump's suggestions to buy Greenland, take over the Panama Canal, rename the Gulf of Mexico and annex Canada would benefit the United States.
Many Democrats have lambasted President-elect Donald Trump for eyeing Greenland, particularly after he declined to rule out using economic or military coercion to acquire the island.