By Daniel Dale, CNN

(CNN) — In an extraordinary message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his pursuit of the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He repeated his long-debunked claim that he ended eight wars. And he made another false claim – that no written documents support Denmark’s ownership of Greenland.

“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also,” Trump wrote.

In reality, Nordic boats began arriving in Greenland centuries before the United States even existed; the settlement that became Greenland’s capital of Nuuk was established by a Danish-Norwegian missionary in the early 1700s, decades before US independence. Of course, the history of many countries, including the US, also involved Europeans arriving by boat and claiming territory in regions previously populated by Indigenous peoples. But just as that wasn’t the end of the story for the US, it’s not the end of the story for Greenland. There are numerous written documents recognizing Danish sovereignty over Greenland – some of them signed by the US government during this century and the last.

“Donald Trump’s claim is false, again,” said Marc Jacobsen, associate professor at the Royal Danish Defence College who is an expert on Arctic security and diplomacy. He noted that Denmark’s sovereignty over Greenland has been repeatedly recognized internationally, “not least” by the US.

Below is a sampling of the documents the president suggested do not exist.

1916

As part of a deal in which Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the US, where they renamed them the US Virgin Islands, the US agreed in 1916 to issue a written declaration acknowledging Danish sovereignty over Greenland.

Then-Secretary of State Robert Lansing wrote in the declaration that, “duly authorized by his Government,” he had “the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.”

1933

In 1931, Norway occupied and claimed sovereignty over part of eastern Greenland. But after the dispute landed at the Permanent Court of International Justice (later replaced by the International Court of Justice), the court issued a ruling in 1933 Read more

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

(CNN) — Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of American women and men — and has been for over 100 years. In fact, cardiovascular diseases are the top cause of adult deaths everywhere, responsible for 1 in 3 deaths worldwide.

Cardiologists say physical inactivity, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes are all to blame — as is an unhealthy diet full of refined grains, added sugars and the artery-clogging saturated fats found in red and processed meats and full-fat dairy.

The recently released 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans restrict refined grains, added sugars and ultraprocessed foods (known as UPFs) — a move applauded by medical organizations.

However, the revised food pyramid — which flips prior pyramids on their heads — also puts red meat and other foods full of protein and saturated fat in a starring role in the top tier, alongside fresh vegetables and fruits known to protect health.

Leading cardiologists tell CNN this is upside-down thinking.

“Promoting saturated fat and increasing the amount of protein goes against all nutrition and cardiology science,” said Dr. Kim Williams, chair of the department of medicine at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

“We’ve been researching this for decades, and we definitively know saturated fat — such as butter fat, beef tallow, red and processed meat — are all closely associated with more deaths from cardiovascular disease,” said Williams, a past president of the American College of Cardiology. “This does not fall in line with President Trump’s executive order 14303, which mandates that all federal policies use the best scientific evidence available.”

That executive order, signed by Trump on May 23, 2025, called for a return to “a gold standard for science” to ensure “that Federal decisions are informed by the most credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence available.”

Yet it’s exactly the impartial, verified and credible science that the new guidelines ignore, according to cardiologists. In fact, randomized controlled clinical trials — the current gold standard of research — have found replacing saturated fats with vegetable and seed oils reduced cardiovascular disease by some 30%, similar to the benefits of statin

Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español

El primer episodio de la serie “El caballero de los siete reinos”, estrenado el domingo, dejó claras sus diferencias con “Game of Thrones” al proponer una historia que privilegiará el humor y corazón por encima de la violencia.

A diferencia de las series “Game of Thrones” y “House of the Dragons” —ambas surgidas de la imaginación del escritor George R. R. Martin—, que lidian con intrigas políticas y palaciegas, escenas explícitas de violencia y sexo y gran número de personajes, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” se centra en su protagonista, Dunk (Peter Claffey), un caballero errante en el continente de Westeros.

El primer capítulo, titulado “The Hedge Knight”, se inicia con el entierro del caballero Ser Arlan de Pennytree (Danny Webb). Su escudero, Dunk (Peter Claffey), toma su espada, sus caballos y promete ante la tumba de su señor convertirse en un caballero como él. Y decide partir al torneo de Ashford con el fin de ganar prestigio en los combates y mejorar así su posición.

En el camino a Ashford se detiene en una posada y allí conoce al joven Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), a quien confunde con el chico de los establos.

Dunk llega al torno y buena parte del episodio transcurre mientras intenta conseguir que el señor de una de las grandes casas de Westeros avale que es un caballero y así pueda inscribirse en la justa como contendiente. El riesgo es que, si pierde un combate, no podrá recuperar sus posesiones, entre las que están sus caballos.

Los aficionados al universo de “Game of Thrones” reconocerán en el torneo de Ashford los estandartes de algunas de las grandes casas de Westeros en el campamento de los competidores: Lannister, Tyrell, Hardyng, Fossoway, Dondarrion y Tarly, entre otras.

Uno de estos caballeros destaca en el primer capítulo: Ser Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings), bisabuelo de Robert Baratheon, a quien vimos interpretado por Mark Addy en la primera temporada de “Game of Thrones”, en la época en la que era rey de Westeros y estaba casado con Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey).

Es Ser Lyonel quien le sugiere a Dunk que use un nombre apropiado para un caballero y le recomienda que saque provecho a su altura y fortaleza. Así surge el nombre de Ser Duncan el Alto.

El final del episodio encuentra a Dunk de regreso al árbol a las afueras del campamento donde dejó sus caballos. Allí encuentra a Egg, quien lavó su ropa y dio comida a los animales. Dunk nombra entonces a Egg como su escudero. Y el capítulo cierra con la música de Dan Romer, de clara inspiración en las melodías de la era medieval.

En redes sociales se comentó que, a diferencia de las otras series del universo “Game of Thrones”, la nueva producción no muestra dragones, caminantes blancos (los zombis de Westeros) ni grandes batallas de ejércitos.

Otros usuarios captaron que el foco de “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” está en el pueblo llano y no en las grandes familias de Westeros.

Hay quienes han querido saber en qué época histórica suceden los acontecimientos de la nueva serie. La primera temporada ocurre 80 años después de la trama de la serie “House of the Dragon” y 90 años antes de “Game of Thrones”.

También hubo quien agradeció el humor y el tono ligero de las conversaciones y situaciones entre los personajes, tras el drama e intensidad de las otras dos series ambientadas en Westeros.

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En la lucha por el futuro de Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix dice que está dispuesto a pagar todo en efectivo por Warner Bros. y HBO, en lugar de una combinación de efectivo y acciones.

Netflix y Warner Bros. Discovery —WBD para abreviar— anunciaron el plan modificado este martes por la mañana, aproximadamente seis semanas después de haber alcanzado originalmente el megaacuerdo que transformará la industria del entretenimiento.

Las empresas esperan que la nueva oferta en efectivo ayude a defenderse de la oferta de adquisición hostil de Paramount por la totalidad de WBD.

Netflix está ofreciendo US$ 27,75 por acción de WBD por el estudio cinematográfico y los activos de transmisión de la compañía, que se dividirán en una nueva empresa que cotizará en bolsa llamada Warner Bros. a finales de este año.

CNN y otros canales propiedad de WBD pasarán a formar parte de una compañía separada, llamada Discovery Global.

Netflix había ofrecido previamente US$ 23,25 en efectivo y el resto en acciones de Netflix, lo que permitió a Paramount argumentar que su oferta en efectivo era superior.

Netflix dijo este martes que la transacción se financiará “a través de una combinación de efectivo disponible, líneas de crédito disponibles y financiamiento comprometido”.

Esto “simplifica la estructura de la transacción, brinda mayor certeza de valor para los accionistas de WBD y acelera el camino hacia la votación de los accionistas de WBD”, dijeron las empresas en un comunicado de prensa.

Paramount ya revisó su oferta para que sea íntegramente en efectivo y ha seguido adelante con su plan de comprar acciones a US$ 30 cada una. A principios de este mes, el director ejecutivo de Paramount, David Ellison, también amenazó con una disputa de poderes, prometiendo nominar a un grupo de miembros de la junta directiva favorables a Paramount para asumir el control de la junta directiva de WBD.

WBD rechazó a Paramount y argumentó que el acuerdo con Netflix más la formación de Discovery Global deja a los inversores en una mejor posición.

Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr., presidente de la junta directiva de WBD, dijo el martes por la mañana: “Al pasar a una contraprestación íntegramente en efectivo, ahora podemos ofrecer el increíble valor de nuestra combinación con Netflix con niveles aún mayores de certeza, al tiempo que brindamos a nuestros accionistas la oportunidad de participar en los planes estratégicos de la gerencia para materializar el valor de las marcas icónicas y el alcance global de Discovery Global”.

Paramount, por otro lado, ha argumentado que los canales tienen poco o ningún valor patrimonial.

A principios de este mes, Paramount presentó una demanda en Delaware para obtener más información sobre la valoración “para que”, dijo Ellison, “los accionistas de WBD tengan lo que necesitan para tomar una decisión informada sobre si incluir sus acciones en nuestra oferta”.

Sin embargo, el tribunal rechazó el intento de Paramount de acelerar el caso.

Está previsto que Netflix informe sus ganancias trimestrales después del cierre del mercado el martes.

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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN

(CNN) — Tuesday marks one year since a measles outbreak started in West Texas, and there have been new cases in the United States each week since.

Texas reported more than 760 cases — and the deaths of two children – before declaring the outbreak over in August. It was the largest outbreak the US had seen in decades, and since then, other large outbreaks — one in the upstate region of South Carolina and another on the border of Utah and Arizona — have amassed hundreds of cases each and continue to expand.

The first two weeks of 2026 have been some of the worst yet, with exposures reported at schools, churches, restaurants, shops, airports and more. The continuous spread of measles over the past year leaves the US at risk of losing elimination status, which the country has held since 2000.

“It is startling, because just a few years ago measles was very rare in the United States,” said Dr. Caitlin Rivers, ​an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“Now we’re seeing in a single week what we might have seen in an average year,” she said. “There’s been a real shift in the presence of this preventable disease in our life.”

Whether that balance can shift back depends on how quickly the US can improve vaccination coverage, experts say – which, in many ways, has become an uphill battle.

The US reported more than 2,200 confirmed measles cases in 2025 — significantly more than there have been in any year since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. At least ​171 measles cases have been reported in the first two weeks of 2026, which is nearly as many as the average annual total in those 25 years since elimination in the US.

The vast majority of cases — more than 95% — have been in people who had not been vaccinated with the recommended two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

Experts fear that the situation may have to get much worse before it gets better.

It’s particularly devastating, they say, because the illnesses and deaths they foresee are almost entirely preventable with the help of vaccines — but lagging coverage has left many vulnerable.

It’s not clear yet whether the US will maintain its measles elimination status. In April, the Pan American Health Organization, part of the World Health Organization, will formally make the determination. The decision will require detailed review of epidemiological and laboratory evidence to understand patterns of measles spread over the past year — including whether more recent outbreaks are linked to the Texas outbreak.

But experts say that formally losing measles elimination status would be a symptom of more deeply rooted issues, particularly challenges with vaccination that have been building for many years.

“Let’s face it, whether we lose elimination status or not in spring, is our public health system actually doing well?” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, who resigned in protest last year.

“Measles elimination is a vital sign of our public health system. That public health system is blue in the ICU,” he said. “I don’t need to check its pulse to know