Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has accused a subsidiary of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings of lying about the country’s response to an arbitration initiated by the company over the seizure of two strategic ports. Mulino’s rebuttal on Thursday was in response to claims several days earlier by the Panama Ports Company (PPC) that…
In my experience, most people misunderstand the concept of “separation of powers”, and so I would not be at all surprised if most people also misunderstand the term “executive-led government”. In the case of separation of powers, the confusion usually arises from the use of the word “separation”. It connotes a meaning of absolute independence…
The prospect of a meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump has become a focal point for investors seeking some reassurance on growth and stability as the conflict in the Middle East dampens appetite for risk. Investors are awaiting clarity on the summit, viewing it as a potential sign of cooperation that…
US President Donald Trump delays his trip to Beijing due to Iran war while also seeking China’s help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026 US President Donald Trump has confirmed he is delaying plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the month, as…
After an extended delay in selling into the world’s second-largest economy, chipmaker Nvidia is gearing up to provide some customers in China with its H200 processors, CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday. “We have received purchase orders, and we’re in the process of restarting our manufacturing,” Huang told reporters at the company’s GTC conference in…
History has a pattern that almost nobody wants to acknowledge. When a rising power challenges a ruling one, the result is war, not always, but in twelve out of sixteen cases over the last five hundred years. Graham Allison gave this pattern a name. And in doing so, he reframed the most…
new video loaded: Trump Suggests ‘Taking’ Cuba as Island Deals With Blackout transcript Back transcript Trump Suggests ‘Taking’ Cuba as Island Deals With Blackout The president said he believed he would have the “honor of taking Cuba” on Monday. His comments came as a nationwide blackout and an energy crisis cripple the island. “I do…
As the war between US-Israel and Iran continues to rage, several reports have now emerged that US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu aren’t on the same page about the conflict. But Trump dismissed claims that he had a fight with ‘Bibi’, as Netanyahu is popularly known, and asserted that the relationship between…
As the US-Israeli war on Iran enters its third week, pressure is growing on the person in the best position to end it: Donald Trump. But the US president’s ever-shifting explanations for why he went to war leave friends and adversaries at a loss to forecast when he’ll be ready to stop. And even if…
From repeated threats, to calling countries for more participation —and sending warships — US President Donald Trump has increasingly focused his fury in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which is in its third week, on the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway through which nearly a fifth of the world’s oil flows…