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Felice Basbøll | Engelsberg Ideas | 19th January 2026 On 20C tussles between Denmark and Norway over Greenland, via a profile of explorer Knud Rasmussen. In 1917, the US recognised Danish sovereignty in northern Greenland as a condition for buying the Virgin Islands from Denmark. Other countries followed suit, except for Norway. Rasmussen was held up as a mascot of Danish-Greenlandic relations to challenge Norwegian aspirations to Greenland (1,900 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Adam Dietz | Points In Case | 19th January 2026 Alas, it is a relic of the past. Whether you were watching a classic or a dud, you could take solace in the fact that the rest of the day was yours to do what you wanted. It is survived by the “this-assuredly-shouldn’t-be-more-than-two-hours Netflix streamer and the three-hour prestige-Oscar-play-picture directed by a guy in his 80s that lost the studio $100 million. And of course, the modern superhero movie” (1,000 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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