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LONDON — Major European allies warned the United States on Tuesday that they would "not stop defending" the values of sovereignty and territorial integrity following President Donald Trump's  threats against the Danish island of Greenland.

Trump and his team have ramped up hostile suggestions that  they want to seize Greenland, a vast Arctic island of just 50,000 people that has mineral and strategic significance.

 

 

The U.S.  attack against Venezuela and capture of President  Nicolás Maduro — which the United Nations said undermined international law — has raised fears that this might not be an empty threat.

 

 

From <https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ukraine-security-guarantees-talks-trump-venezuela-greenland-europe-rcna252513

Entry #185

Egyptian

“Egypt is an African civilization” — How long?

👉 Always.

Egypt has been geographically in Africa since the beginning of human settlement, long before the first dynasty (~3100 BCE), and remained so through:

The Old Kingdom

Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom

Late Period

Greek rule

Roman rule

There is no period in which Egypt was not an African civilization.

 

They interacted heavily with darkerskinned Nubians” — How long?

👉 Continuously for over 3,000 years.

Egypt and Nubia had:

Trade

Warfare

Intermarriage

Shared religious ideas

Political alliances

Periods where Nubians ruled Egypt (25th Dynasty, 744–656 BCE)

Nubia was Egypt’s closest neighbor, and the relationship was constant from the Predynastic era until the fall of Meroë (~350 CE).

Entry #181

In the words of Popeye the sailor

Mick Foley Ditches WWE Over Trump Ties: ‘The Final Straw’ 

 

 

I no longer wish to represent a company that coddles a man so seemingly void of compassion as he marches our country towards autocracy. Last night, I informed @WWE talent relations that I would not be making any appearances for the company as long as this man remains in office.

Additionally, I will not be signing a new Legends deal when my current one expires in June. I love WWE, will always treasure my time with them, and I am deeply appreciative for all the opportunities they afforded me.

 

But, in the words of

 

Popeye the sailor,

 

“I stands all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more.”

Entry #179