'Make no mistake': US Defense Sec Pete Hegseth's stark warning on China's military expansion amid tariff warChina's military has too large of a presence in the Western Hemisphere, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said as the US and China are lock...
09 Apr, 2025, 10.00 PM IST
US to take back Panama Canal from Chinese influence, visiting Pentagon chief saysU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged to deepen security cooperation with Panama to counter Chinese influence over the Panama Canal. ...
09 Apr, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
Can Trump 'take back' the Panama Canal?Donald Trump wants to take back the Panama Canal from Panama but has not given specific details on his plans. He claims excessive tolls are...
12 Mar, 2025, 08.43 PM IST
We’re taking it back! Donald Trump wins Xi Jinping budges: President declares U.S is reclaiming Panama Canal as investors secure deal to buy Chinese-backed portsDonald Trump's consistent pressure around the Panama Canal has finally yielded some results as a Hong Kong conglomerate has now agreed upon...
06 Mar, 2025, 06.32 PM IST
BlackRock strikes $23 billion deal for ports on both sides of Panama Canal amid US-China tensionsA consortium of investors, led by BlackRock, has agreed to take majority stakes in ports across both sides of the Panama Canal from Hong Ko...
05 Mar, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canalPresident Trump's comments about reclaiming the Panama Canal have provoked nationalist sentiment and concerns in Panama. Many Panamanians s...
22 Jan, 2025, 09.11 AM IST
The Geopolitical stakes: Donald Trump considers Military or Economic coercion for control of Greenland and Panama CanalIn a pretty recent interview at the Mar-a-Lago residence, US President- elect Donald Trump asserted that military coercion or economic coer...
08 Jan, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
Trump's falsehoods aside, China's influence over global ports raises concernsThe growing influence of Chinese companies and the Chinese government over shipping and global ports, including the Panama Canal, has becom...
04 Jan, 2025, 10.21 AM IST
The Panama Canal has a big problem, but it's not China or TrumpThese environmental challenges are more significant threats to U.S. commerce than Chinese influence. Sustained access to the canal will dep...
02 Jan, 2025, 11.18 AM IST
Nothing to talk about, canal belongs to Panamanians, says President Jose Raul Mulino amid Trump's threatsPanamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump's threats to reclaim control over the Panama Canal, ass...
27 Dec, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Bullying at its peak: Donald Trump now threatens Panama, says will take away control of vital shipping canalIn a latest development it has been known that US President- elect Donald Trump have issued a severe warning to Panama and has claimed that...
23 Dec, 2024, 07.05 PM IST
Why the Panama Canal didn't lose money when ship crossings fellIn the 12 months through September, the canal's revenue rose 15%, to nearly $5 billion, even though the tonnage shipped through the canal f...
23 Mar, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
Panama Canal water levels at historic lows, restrictions to remainThe bottleneck at the Panama canal which connects the two oceans- Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is known to have eased by nearly 20% since la...
06 Sep, 2023, 10.00 AM IST
Climate risks loom over Panama Canal, a vital global trade linkLast year Europe witnessed its worst dry spell in 500 years in which ships carried only a fraction of the cargo they usually do along Germa...
28 Aug, 2023, 09.32 AM IST
Why Panama Canal is the new challenge for supply chainsJust as the world’s delivery bottlenecks are easing, Panama’s drought and worrisome weather patterns elsewhere threaten to revive some of t...
03 Jun, 2023, 10.14 AM IST
Panama canal vessel queue reflects shipping bottlenecksThe canal saw record amounts of cargo pass through its locks in its most recent fiscal year as an easing of trade restrictions between Chin...
20 May, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
Flow of goods through Panama Canal hits recordFerried on massive cargo ships through the 50 mile (80 km) trans-oceanic canal, the 2021 fiscal year haul amounts to about 3.5% of the worl...
29 Oct, 2021, 09.41 AM IST