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In front of a floor-to-ceiling glass door in the living room of Najannguac Dalgård Christensen, necklaces with amulets carved out of bone and seal claws dangle from a coat hanger.
Lifestyle & Belief
Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark
three white women outside laughing on a campus
The price of higher ed
Denmark pays students to go to college. But free education does have a price.
Vials of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Jackson, Miss.
Top of The World
Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
A large red oil tanker is shown in the distance passing underneath two tall bridge columns.
In landmark decision, Denmark will phase out oil and gas by 2050. Here’s how.
A woman wearing a face mask is seen in a bus stop next to an information sign asking people to keep social distance due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Stockholm, Sweden, June 26, 2020.
COVID-19
Sweden and Denmark have taken two very different approaches to COVID-19. What’s working?
Woman with red hair grabs her head with frustrated scrunched face.
Lifestyle & Belief
A Danish word the world needs to combat stress: Pyt
Arts, Culture & Media
Lars Von Trier
Scarlet, a 7 year old who was born in Denmark reacting to being told she is not Danish.
‘You’re not Danish!’ What the viral video teaches us about being American.
Full Episode
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich's new book is called Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
Economics
What Germany’s got that America doesn’t
Eight nations share the territory of the Arctic, which is experiencing the fastest changes of any part of the earth as global temperatures rise. The United States will emphasize addressing the causes and impacts of climate change in the region when it tak
Environment
As new leader of the Arctic Council, the US will focus on the region’s Big Thaw
Lifestyle & Belief
LEGO’s new line of female scientists features an astronomer and a paleontologist
Arts, Culture & Media
Why is a poetry book flying off the shelves in Denmark?
New Zealand flag photo
Global Scan
New Zealanders will vote on whether to update their flag
A cartoon in Slovakian newspaper SME Daily
Arts, Culture & Media
How do you say ‘selfie’ in Danish, or French or Arabic?
The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol in Washington October 6, 2013.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Quick, can you name another country with a debt ceiling? It’s hard
Global Politics
‘Love bridge’ serves as connection for Danes who can’t live in their own country
Business, Economics and Jobs
Copenhagen power plant turned into ski resort
Denmark: Happiest place on Earth
Lifestyle & Belief
A Final Resting Place for the Homeless in Denmark
Conflict & Justice
The ‘Love Bridge’ for Immigrants Between Sweden and Denmark
Global Politics
Far Right Gathering in Denmark
Global Politics
Helle Thorning-Schmidt Becomes Denmark’s First Female Prime Minister
New Moguls of Clean Energy
Arts, Culture & Media
Denmark takes to texting postage
New Moguls of Clean Energy
Chilling Out in Copenhagen
Self-reconfiguring Robots
Chilling Out in Copenhagen
World Wrap
Europe Dims the Lights on Nuclear Power
Global Politics
In Copenhagen: skepticism, credulity, hope
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Global Politics
Denmark angry over tourism web ad
Arts, Culture & Media
LEGO profits beat recession
Lifestyle & Belief
Islamic expression debate in Denmark
Arts, Culture & Media
Denmark’s ‘Christian cultural heritage’