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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. ...
US, China raise the stakes in Panama Canal ports rowChina is reacting strongly to Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison's sale of Panama Canal ports to a US-led consortium for $19 billion, heig...
India is copying China playbook for a wide global footprintIndia is forming a consortium of state-owned companies to develop and operate ports overseas, responding to China's global maritime influen...
As Panama snubs renewal of infra pact, Beijing blames WashingtonThe Belt and Road Initiative is President Xi Jinping's signature foreign police drive to bind China closer to countries in the region and b...
Panama pulls out of Chinese Belt and Road infrastructure programPanama rebuked a US claim of granting free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, calling it baseless. Moreover, Pres...
Did the Panama authorities allow US vessels to transit the canal without tolls or fees?Despite mounting pressure from Washington, Panama’s government has reaffirmed its sovereignty over the canal.
US says Defense Secretary, Panama's President agree to expand military cooperationU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino have agreed to enhance military and security cooperation, parti...
After threats and warnings from Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, Panama budges and pledges to end the canal deal with ChinaPanama has announced its decision to terminate its involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This move comes after considerabl...
Panama lawsuit requests axing Hong Kong firm's canal concessionTwo Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint aiming to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company managing two ports on the Panama Cana...
Is world's richest man, Elon Musk, using Earth's largest financial manager, US Treasury, to beat rivals with DOGE?Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun shutting down payments to federal contractors and government agencies, cau...
Reduce Chinese influence or face 'necessary measures': US State Secy Marco Rubio to PanamaUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Panama about China's influence over the Panama Canal, calling it 'unacceptable' and indicating US ...
Won't renew Belt and Road deal with China, says Panama president amid US pressurePanama has decided not to renew its participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), making it the first Latin American nation to l...
In the early going, Trump 2.0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly and carry a big stickIn his initial week back in office, Donald Trump has demonstrated a forceful foreign policy approach, utilizing economic threats to accompl...
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...
Pakistan could have averted its climate catastropheAs the largest irrigation system in the world, the Indus valley is another monument to massive investment whose roots date back more than 4...
Pakistan's indebted economy careens toward another IMF bailoutPakistan is currently run by a caretaker government, which took the reins in June after Sharif’s party ended its five-year term.
All global chokepoints under OBOR pressure: Admiral HarrisHarris said it is a good thing as long as it seeks to link economically the population of China with markets and resources in Europe, and A...