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Danish official strikes back at Vance’s Greenland comments: ‘We do not appreciate the tone’

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Denmark hit back at the Trump administration’s «tone» regarding Greenland on Friday, saying «this is not how you speak to your close allies.»

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen released the message in a recorded video just hours after Vice President JD Vance visited an American military base in Greenland, where the vice president criticized Denmark.

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«I have a message for our American friends and all others who are listening,» Rasmussen said. «Much is being said these days. Many accusations and many allegations have been made. And of course we are open to criticism. But let me be completely honest: we do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered. This is not how you speak to your close allies. And I still consider Denmark and the United States to be close allies.»

The Trump administration has argued that Denmark is failing to protect Greenland from Russian and Chinese aggression, with Vance telling American soldiers at the U.S.’s Pituffik Space Base in northwest Greenland that «Denmark hasn’t done a good job at keeping Greenland safe.»

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says that the Trump administration’s «tone» toward Greenland is «not how you speak to your close allies.» (Reuters/Mike Segar, File)

«Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,» Vance said. «You have underinvested in the people of Greenland, and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass filled with incredible people. That has to change.»

Vice President JD Vance waving in Greenland

Vice President JD Vance toured the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday, where he said «Denmark hasn’t done a good job at keeping Greenland safe.» (Jim Watson/Pool via Reuters)

Trump has made it a mission to take over Greenland from Denmark in his second administration.

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Rasmussen said that «we respect» the need for the U.S. to have a greater military presence in Greenland, and believes that «much more» can be done within the existing framework of the 1951 defense agreement with the U.S.

«Let us make use of that and let us do it together,» the foreign minister said.

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Rasmussen noted that Vance said that both Denmark and the U.S. have done little in the Arctic. In his message, Rasmussen said both countries have been «harvesting the peace dividend» and acting on the assumption that the Arctic should be «a low-changing area.»

«But that time is over,» he said. «Status quo is not an option. And that is why we have stepped up as well.»

Rasmussen detailed how Copenhagen invested a billion dollars in Arctic security a few weeks ago to provide more drones, ships and personnel in the area. 

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The foreign minister also noted that Greenland is a part of NATO and welcomed all allies to play «a greater role in the Arctic,» though said Copenhagen would step up to do its part.

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«We will shoulder our share of the responsibility. No one should doubt that,» Rasmussen said.

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Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.


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Cómo una ciudad fronteriza china mantiene a flote a la economía rusa

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El presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, en un acto con estudiantes en el Instituto Tecnológico de Harbin, en la provincia nororiental china de Heilongjiang. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Foto vía AP)

Miles de toneladas de madera siberiana cruzan la frontera hacia China por la ciudad de Manzhouli, donde son procesadas para fabricar componentes de muebles y palillos, mientras grandes cargamentos de colza rusa llegan para su conversión en aceite de canola. El dinamismo en este cruce fronterizo refleja cómo las economías de ambos países han reforzado su interdependencia desde la invasión rusa de Ucrania en febrero de 2022.

El comercio bilateral superó los 240.000 millones de dólares el año pasado, un incremento del 66% respecto al periodo previo al conflicto. China se ha consolidado como el mayor comprador de petróleo, madera y carbón rusos, y se encuentra próxima a convertirse en el principal destino del gas natural de Rusia. Además, los datos muestran que el intercambio no solo incluye materias primas: el flujo de productos manufacturados chinos hacia Rusia, como ropa, electrónica y vehículos, ha crecido un 71% desde el inicio de la guerra.

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Manzhouli mantiene un rol central en este intercambio. La ciudad, que cuenta con una línea férrea construida por Rusia en 1900, ve diariamente el paso de trenes y camiones cargados de materias primas. El eslogan económico oficial describe el modelo como “suministro ruso, procesamiento chino”, remarcando la función de Rusia como proveedor de materias primas para la industria manufacturera china, que supera ampliamente en escala a la rusa.

Cerca del 6% de la economía rusa ya depende de las exportaciones a China, una proporción comparable a la de Irán, otro país afectado por sanciones internacionales. A consecuencia de las restricciones impuestas por decenas de naciones a la economía rusa, Moscú ha reorientado su comercio exterior hacia el este, dependiendo cada vez más de su relación económica con Beijing.

En la actualidad, Rusia abastece a China de recursos como maderas de pino para construcción y mobiliario, abedul blanco para palillos, álamo para molduras y olmo resistente para soportes de minas de carbón, mientras importa del gigante asiático equipamiento industrial, bienes de consumo y automóviles. Según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial, la cuota de Rusia en la manufactura global es de solo 1,33%. China, en cambio, produce el 32% de los bienes manufacturados en el mundo.

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El presidente ruso Vladímir Putin, derecha, y el vicepresidente chino Han Zheng, izquierda, visitan la Exposición China-Rusia en Harbin. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Foto vía AP)

Esta asimetría ha hecho que Rusia adopte un papel de proveedor de materias primas y consumidor de productos acabados chinos, consolidando en la frontera de Manzhouli el epicentro de una relación comercial estratégica marcada por el cambio de poder económico y la influencia de las sanciones internacionales.

La postura de China frente a la guerra en Ucrania ha fortalecido su relación con Rusia y generado fricciones con la Unión Europea (UE). Según directivos de ambos países, como el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores chino, Wang Yi, tras reunirse con su homólogo ruso, Sergey V. Lavrov, “las relaciones chino-rusas representan la relación entre grandes potencias más estable, madura y significativa en materia estratégica en la actualidad”. El suministro de drones y componentes por parte de empresas chinas para su uso en el conflicto destaca como muestra concreta de este apoyo.

Para la Unión Europea, esta colaboración ha suscitado preocupación. En una cumbre celebrada en Beijing, los dirigentes comunitarios solicitaron nuevamente a Xi Jinping, principal líder chino, que redujera la cooperación económica e industrial de China con Rusia en el contexto de la guerra. Ursula von der Leyen, presidenta de la Comisión Europea, advirtió que el posicionamiento chino en el conflicto sería “un factor determinante” para las futuras relaciones bilaterales y que el respaldo continuo de China a Rusia genera “inestabilidad e inseguridad en Europa”.

El desplazamiento de importaciones de China hacia productos rusos ha tenido consecuencias para terceros países, como Canadá. Tras posicionarse junto a Estados Unidos y respaldar el aumento de aranceles a productos chinos, Canadá vio cómo China sustituyó importaciones de materias primas, especialmente la colza, optando por proveedores rusos. En represalia, el gobierno chino impuso aranceles del 100% a las importaciones canadienses de aceite y harina de canola, además de iniciar una investigación comercial sobre el envío de colza canadiense.

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Estas medidas repercuten directamente en la estructura de las cadenas de suministro en Asia y contribuyen a realinear los flujos globales de materias primas, al tiempo que evidencian el uso de instrumentos comerciales para la presión política y la competencia por mercados estratégicos.

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Empleados trabajan en una fábrica de madera en Suifenhe, una ciudad china fronteriza con Rusia. REUTERS/Huizhong Wu

Las relaciones comerciales entre China y Rusia han mostrado señales puntuales de tensión, principalmente en el ámbito de las materias primas y el mercado automovilístico. Autoridades rusas prohibieron la exportación de pino recién cortado hacia territorio chino, imponiendo que la corteza se retire y los troncos sean aserrados en serrerías siberianas antes de su envío. Esta medida ha incomodado a empresarios chinos como Huang Baoqiang, gestor de un aserradero cercano a la frontera, que ve encarecido y complicado el acceso directo al recurso.

En respuesta a la competencia rusa en el sector energético, China introdujo aranceles a la importación de carbón ruso a principios del año pasado, tras el incremento de la producción de sus minas estatales. Estas acciones muestran que, pese al estrechamiento de la alianza, ambos gobiernos priorizan la protección de sus respectivas industrias cuando los intereses nacionales chocan.

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Una estatua gigante de una muñeca rusa Matrioska en una calle de Suifenhe, ciudad de la provincia china de Heilongjiang, fronteriza con Rusia. REUTERS/Huizhong Wu/Foto de archivo

El mercado automovilístico ruso ha experimentado una transformación significativa tras la retirada de los fabricantes occidentales después de la invasión a Ucrania. Los vehículos fabricados en China pasaron de tener una presencia marginal en 2021 a abarcar el 60% de las ventas en Rusia a finales del año pasado, según la consultora GlobalData Automotive. Ante el retroceso de las marcas occidentales, el gobierno ruso impuso desde el 1 de octubre una tasa de importación de 7.500 dólares a los automóviles nuevos, aunque dejó exentas las compras de autos usados por ciudadanos rusos.

Empresarios chinos en Manzhouli han aprovechado esta excepción. A poca distancia de la frontera, una sala de exhibición de autos usados, con una monumental puerta de bronce y un vestíbulo de 24 metros de altura, ofrece a los compradores rusos modelos casi nuevos de marcas como BMW, Land Rover, Volkswagen, y también de firmas chinas como Zeekr y Hongqi, permitiendo la exportación a Rusia sorteando el nuevo arancel. La ausencia de automóviles completamente nuevos y el aumento en la demanda de usados reflejan la rápida adaptación comercial ante las barreras regulatorias impuestas en el intercambio bilateral.

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Trump administration releases over $6B in frozen education funds to the states

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The Trump administration is releasing roughly $6.8 billion in previously frozen federal funds for K-12 programs, the Department of Education announced Friday. The announcement was made as Secretary Linda McMahon attended the National Governors Association (NGA) Summer Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) «has completed its review of Title I-C, Title II-A, Title III-A and Title IV-A ESEA funds and Title II WIOA funds and has directed the Department to release all formula funds. The agency will begin dispersing funds to states next week,» department spokesperson Madi Biedermann told Fox News Digital. 

More than 20 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration earlier this month, describing the Department of Education’s federal funding freeze as unconstitutional and «debilitating» to states just weeks ahead of a new school year.

The bipartisan group of governors, including the NGA’s outgoing chair, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, and its vice chair, Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, thanked McMahon for unlocking the funding during the NGA’s education session Friday. 

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies at a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing on the Department of Education on Capitol Hill May 21, 2025, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

«How can we better communicate to make sure that this chaos and uncertainty doesn’t occur again around funding and that people know things earlier?» Polis asked McMahon on the Colorado Springs stage. 

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«No guarantees from me that we will eliminate all the communications gaps that do happen, but I can say that part of it is just the transition aspect,» McMahon explained.

The education secretary said the other aspect of the federal funding freeze was that the OMB budget office «took some time to really review the title funding to look at all the programs, etc., before they were released. They were well satisfied. So, now, those funds are going to be going out.»

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the National Governors Association’s outgoing chair, discusses American education with Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the NGA Summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, July 25, 2025.  (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)

McMahon assured the governors that now that they have reviewed title funding and gone through the process, «we wouldn’t find ourselves in the same situation.»

Several of the governors who attended Polis and McMahon’s education discussion and had the opportunity to ask questions thanked the education leader for returning the federal title funds to the states. 

Polis kicked off the NGA’s summer session in Colorado Springs Friday with his signature policy agenda, «Let’s Get Ready! Educating All Americans for Success.» 

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EDUCATION SECRETARY LINDA MCMAHON TOUTS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S $200M SETTLEMENT ‘TEMPLATE’

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivers remarks at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, July 25.  (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)

McMahon said she was appreciative of the governors’ questions and comments, and she committed to visiting as many states and speaking with as many governors as possible to grasp the full scope of the country’s diverse educational needs. 

Polis and Stitt said in a joint statement released by NGA that they are «thankful these bipartisan discussions with Secretary McMahon and other key officials during the NGA Summer Meeting led to the distribution of these education funds.»

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«This action ensures schools across the nation can maintain essential programs for English language learners, teacher training, and student enrichment as the new academic year begins,» the NGA leaders said, emphasizing that «governors from both parties stand united in prioritizing our children’s education, and we’re proud our advocacy helped secure this vital support for states and districts.»

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of her remarks, McMahon affirmed her commitment to collaborating with governors as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Department of Education. 

«It’s just incredibly important that if we are going to return education to the states, we have to talk to the governors,» McMahon said. 

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«Clearly, education is a nonpartisan issue,» McMahon added. «If we’re going to return education to the states, that just means giving them back the part that is now provided by the federal government, and they’re anxious for it.» 

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Trump signed an executive order earlier this year to dismantle the Department of Education, fulfilling one of his key campaign promises during the 2024 presidential election. 

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Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report. 

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Europeans meet with Iranian officials face-to-face for first time since Israel, US bombings as sanctions loom

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European diplomats met with Iranians on Friday face-to-face for the first time since Israel and the U.S. bombed the country last month. 

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The «serious, frank and detailed» meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, lasted for around four hours and the officials all agreed to meet again for continued negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. 

Sanctions that were lifted on Iran in 2015 after it agreed to restrictions and monitoring of its nuclear program could be reimposed if Iran doesn’t comply with requirements. 

One of Europe’s E3 nations – Britain, France and Germany, who held the talks with Iran – could bring back sanctions under the «snapback» mechanism, which allows one of the European countries to bring back U.N. sanctions if Iran violates the conditions. 

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IRAN SEEKS CHINA, RUSSIA HELP TO STALL UN SANCTIONS AHEAD OF NUCLEAR TALKS WITH EUROPEANS

Cars, which are believed to carry European diplomats, enter the Iranian consulate ahead of a meeting with Iranian counterparts for talks over Tehran’s nuclear program, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

European leaders have also said that sanctions will start being reinstated by the end of August if there is no progress on reining in Iran’s nuclear program. 

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«A possible delay in triggering snapback has been floated to the Iranians on the condition that there is credible diplomatic engagement by Iran, that they resume full cooperation with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), and that they address concerns about their highly-enriched uranium stockpile,» a European diplomat said on condition of anonymity before the talks on Friday. 

The diplomat added that the snapback mechanism «remains on the table.» 

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Iranian worshippers shout anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans as one of them holds a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during an anti-Israeli rally to condemn Israeli attacks on Iran, after Tehran’s Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, on June 20, 2025.  (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

IRAN VOWS RETALIATION IF UN SECURITY COUNCIL ISSUES SNAPBACK SANCTIONS ON ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR DEAL

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Iran said that the U.S. needs to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal – after President Trump pulled America out of it in 2018 – saying Iran has «absolutely no trust in the United States.»

The U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear sites on June 22, a little over a week after Israel had bombed the country over national security concerns about its nuclear program. 

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A military truck carries a missile past a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an annual military parade.   (ATTA KENARE/AFP/GettyImages))

Iran responded by attacking Israel and a U.S. Army base in Qatar. 

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Isreal and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on June 24. 

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The IAEA issued a concerning report in May that said that Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium had grown by nearly 50% in three months. 

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