2026-01-20
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Our Top Stories Norway's Foreign Minister said that tariff threats would not force the country to change its stance on Greenland.
Earlier Donald Trump hinted in a letter to Norway's Prime Minister that his bid to purchase Greenland was motivated by his being snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mr Trump has threatened tariffs on the countries that oppose him.
European leaders will meet on Thursday to plan a joint response.
Japan's Prime Minister Takaiichi Senai said she would dissolve parliament and call a snap general election to be held on February 8.
Ms Takaiichi hopes to draw on her high approval rating to boost her coalition's slim majority.
She is seeking a stronger mandate to introduce tax cuts and increase defence spending more rapidly as tensions between Japan and China worsen.
Roman Radev, the president of Bulgaria, said he would resign.
The announcement comes amid a prolonged political crisis which has forced seven parliamentary elections in just four years.
Mr Radev, who has served in the mostly ceremonial role for nearly nine years,
is a popular, Euroskeptic, known for his Russia-friendly views.
He is expected to form his own political party.
The Kremlin said Mr Trump invited Vladimir Putin,