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Geologist Minik Rosing refutes claims from the Trump administration about untapped mineral riches in Greenland. The U.S.

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U.S. citizens Marcel Malanga, 22, Tyler Thompson, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 37, were all instrumental in an attempt to topple the government and assassinate the president of the Central African ...