Trump praises Danish PM he called ‘nasty’

Washington: US President Donald Trump heaped praise on Denmark’s Prime Minister on Friday, two days after he cancelled his state visit to the country and slammed her for dismissing his idea of buying Greenland as absurd. The US leader said he got a call from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who he had previously called “nasty” when she rejected his idea of buying Greenland in the latest spat involving Trump and a traditional US ally. On Friday, he appeared to reverse course, calling her a wonderful woman. AFP

Gandhi statue to come up in UK’s Manchester 

London: A new statue of Mahatma Gandhi will be inaugurated in Manchester later this year after a local council approved plans for it as a symbol of peace on Friday. The nine-foot high bronze sculpture by Indian artist Ram V Sutar will be installed to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary in November. PTI