Greenland’s prime minister says island isn’t for sale

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland’s prime minister has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.” Múte Bourup Egede made the statement Wednesday, just hours after Trump declared in his speech to a joint session of Congress that he intended to gain control of Greenland “one way or the other.” Egede says: “We are not for sale and cannot simply be taken. Our future will be decided by us in Greenland.” The Facebook post ends with a clenched fist emoji and a Greenlandic flag.

Army surrounds South Sudan vice president’s home as his allies are arrested

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him overran an army base. Machar’s rivalry with President Salva Kiir has in the past exploded into civil war. He said last month that the firing of several of his allies from posts in the government threatened the 2018 peace deal between him and Kiir that ended a five-year civil war in which more than 400,000 people were killed.

Israel’s cutoff of supplies to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid stockpiles dwindle

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive as they try to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable. Gaza’s population relies entirely on the aid to survive. Israel says it is blocking aid from entering to pressure Hamas to accept its new ceasefire demand. Aid workers say this threatens the progress made to stave off famine over the past six weeks under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Humanitarian groups say they don’t have significant stockpiles of supplies inside Gaza and an extended aid freeze could be catastrophic.

China sticks to an economic growth target of ‘around 5%’

BEIJING (AP) — China is keeping its economic growth target at “around 5%” for 2025 despite a looming trade war with the United States and other headwinds. The target for GDP growth was announced Wednesday during the opening of the annual session of China’s legislature. The International Monetary Fund has projected that China’s economy will grow 4.6% this year, down from 5% in 2024, according to Chinese government statistics. The new target signals the government’s intention to try to stabilize growth in challenging economic times that include “sluggish” consumer spending at home and new, higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese products.