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April 1, 2025
A senior Taiwan coastguard official has said that China may find a "pretext", such as sensitive dates like the anniversary of President Lai Ching Te's first year in office, which falls on May, to hold new wargames around Taiwan. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory…
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March 15, 2025
Peter Burling, the skipper of New Zealand's SailGP team, took two victories out of four races in the sunny and breezy conditions of Los Angeles Harbour on Saturday. New Zealand, which won the first race in Dubai, took the top spot on the final day with 31 points.
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March 12, 2025
The Panama Canal Authority's Ricaurte Vaquez said in a Wednesday video conference that the fees for vessels passing through the canal this year were 15% lower than last year, as the waterway has more capacity. A severe drought that will occur…
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February 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of State announced on Wednesday that American government vessels will be able to transit the Panama Canal free of charge. The Department of Transportation posted on X that "the government of Panama has agreed not to charge fees to U.S. The agreement is expected to save the U.S.
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February 2, 2025
A spokesperson for the State Department said that U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio informed Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino during talks on Sunday that Donald Trump had determined that China's influence threatened the Panama Canal, and that urgent changes were required or the U.S. might act.
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February 2, 2025
Marco Rubio, the top Trump administration diplomat, began his first overseas visit to Panama on Sunday. He was scheduled to meet Panamanian president Jose Raul Mulino and discuss U.S. concern about Chinese companies that could affect U.S. shipping…
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January 31, 2025
Mauricio Clever-Carone, U.S. Special Envoy for Latin America said that China's presence near the Panama Canal was a concern to Panama's national security, just days before the top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio visited the country. Rubio is scheduled to depart for his first overseas trip on Saturday.
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January 23, 2025
White House announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Military will be sending 1,500 more active-duty soldiers to the border of Mexico. This comes just two days after Donald Trump signed his executive order on immigration. These additional troops…
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January 22, 2025
in the day, according to a shipping notice seen . up until now caused small interruptions to energy operations. Tuesday amid low temperatures and snow in Texas. according to the advisories. on Tuesday, the port stated. their service remained suspended. remark.
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December 26, 2024
U.S. President elect Donald Trump appointed Miami-Dade County commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as ambassador to Panama, after threatening to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal that it handed over to Panama 25 years ago. Cabrera was…
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December 2, 2024
in the face of an altering climate. Tres Hermanas, with its farms, two schools, churches and a. medical center, is among lots of towns that would disappear. in the next six years if the state-owned Panama Canal's. ambitious $1.6 billion job goes ahead. Locals are.
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January 7, 2025
Donald Trump, the Republican U.S. president-elect, held a presser on Tuesday. He spoke about NATO, Israeli hostages, and his desire for the U.S.A. to purchase Greenland. Elon Musk was also mentioned, as well as speculations about Canada becoming an American state. Before his Jan.
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January 7, 2025
Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, declined to rule out any military or economic action on Tuesday as part of his stated desire for the U.S. to regain control of the Panama Canal. He also aspires to acquire the Danish territory Greenland.
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January 7, 2025
Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, declined to rule out any military or economic action on Monday as part of his stated desire for the U.S. to regain control of the Panama Canal. He also vowed to acquire Danish-controlled Greenland.
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November 8, 2024
In the coming years, the Panama Canal Authority may double the number of containers moving through the important East-West waterway. The canal's head told a maritime convention on Friday. Chief Ricaurte Vazquez said at the Houston International…
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September 30, 2024
New Fortress Energy, a U.S. energy company that specializes in infrastructure development, said it shipped its first shipment of liquefied gas from Mexico to the United States on Monday. This was after the start-up of the floating facility worth $1 billion in the Gulf of Mexico had been delayed.
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September 27, 2024
devalued to tropical anxiety, however its residues poured a. deluge of almost 100 cm (39 inches) of rain on the southern. state of Guerrero. 4 days of constant rain splashing the home state of major. beach resort Acapulco have actually practically tripled the rainstorm from last.
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September 27, 2024
expenses, according to shipping data and industry sources. ends on Sept. wean Mexico off pricey motor fuel imports. Sept. 11, according to information from ship-tracking service Kpler. from Corpus Christi in Texas on Sept. 15, the data showed. production of different items such as glass or steel.
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September 27, 2024
Tropical Storm John, which crawled slowly along Mexico's Pacific Coast on Friday, has now accumulated more rain in the four days since it hit the state where the major beach resort Acapulco is located than the torrential downpour of last year's destructive Hurricane Otis.
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September 6, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president-elect, announced Friday her choices for the top military leaders of the country when she assumes office in the next month. She named General Ricardo Trevilla to be the defense minister and Adm. Raymundo Morales as the leader of the Navy.
