Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American influence continue to rise.

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

Expert Gary Bembridge says on his Tips for Travellers podcast that, in particular, trips along the Panama Canal can be a minefield ... ports and head up the Gatun Locks, turn around in the ...

HONG KONG: The controversy surrounding the deal by CK Hutchison, founded by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, to sell its ports operations on both ends of the Panama Canal to American investment ...

One of the tycoon’s companies, which for years has run two ports on the Panama Canal, had been thrust into a broader showdown between China and the United States. So the billionaire, Li Ka-shing ...

Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings has sparked sharp criticism from Beijing after selling its stakes in the Panama Canal ports to US investment giant BlackRock. The $23 billion deal, announced ...

Hong Kong – Billionaire Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has found himself in the middle of the China-US geopolitical tussle after announcing a deal to sell his Panama Canal port assets. The sale ...

[HONG KONG] Billionaire Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has found himself in the middle of the China-US geopolitical tussle after announcing a deal to sell his Panama Canal port assets. The sale, part of ...

Mulino Dismisses Reports of US Military Evaluating Panama Canal Options PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday that he didn't place any value on reports the U ...

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal’s Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) A U.S.

The cause? Drought. The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway around 82 kilometres long with locks that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean for shipping, saving it the much longer ...

The deal has become highly politicised, with U.S. President Donald Trump hailing it after previously calling for the Panama Canal to be removed from what he says is Chinese control. CK Hutchison ...