Daniel Bach

Here's your morning brief for Thursday, January 8th.

I'm Daniel Bach for The Wall Street Journal.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has called the killing of a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis preventable, but said Renee Nicole Good was obstructing law enforcement and refused to obey the commands of U.S.

Denmark and Greenland call on President Trump to respect the island's sovereignty.

Plus, Trump's pressure campaign on Venezuela is pushing Cuba toward collapse.

And a new guide on workplace manners is stirring up debate among readers.

It's Tuesday, December 23rd.

I'm Daniel Bach for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas.

And here's the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are calling on President Trump to respect the sovereignty of Greenland after he appointed a new special envoy to the Arctic Territory.

On Sunday, Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as envoy for the island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and makes up 98% of its territory.

Landry in turn said he aimed to make Greenland a part of the U.S.

In a joint statement, the Danish and Greenlandic prime ministers said that international law guides national borders, adding, quote, Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago yesterday, Trump said Greenland was of strategic importance.

Denmark said it wasn't informed about Landry's appointment, adding to a sense in Copenhagen that it's being kept in the dark about Washington's ambitions.

Denmark's foreign minister said he would summon the U.S.

ambassador to express his discontent and demand an explanation.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is recalling almost 30 career diplomats from posts in at least 29 countries.

The chiefs of mission, both ambassadors and senior staffers appointed during the Biden administration, were told last week that their posts were ending in January.

That's according to two officials.

The State Department declined to comment on specific numbers or ambassadors affected, but it defended the changes, calling them a standard process in any administration.