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​US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Panama's Minister of Public Security Frank Abrego shake hands n Panama City, Panama, on April 8, 2025.
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Trump administration doubles down on Panama Canal control

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed on Tuesday to work with Panama to “take back the Panama Canal from China’s influence.” Hegseth, the first top US military official to visit Panama in decades, held security talks with the country’s president, José Raul Mulino.

At Davos, all eyes are on Trump
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At Davos, all eyes are on Trump

What’s been going on here in Davos? It’s been Trump, Trump, Trump. Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Davos, Switzerland.

What do Donald Trump, Bad Bunny, and the Panama Canal have in common?
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What do Donald Trump, Bad Bunny, and the Panama Canal have in common?

Donald Trump wants the Panama Canal back right, and Bad Bunny's new album is topping the charts. These two things have more to do with each other than you think.

FILE PHOTO: Singapore MAERSK TAURUS container ship transits through Cocoli Locks in the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama, August 12, 2024.
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Trump threats prompt Panama probe

Just hours after Donald Trump threatened again to take the Panama Canal in his inaugural address Monday, Panama opened a probe into a Hong Kong-based company that operates ports at both ends of the waterway.

​Donald Trump faces reporters in the Oval Office on Sept. 11, 2020.
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Trump vs. world

President-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on threats that the US should take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, and he isn’t ruling out the use of force to accomplish this. He's also taking swipes at Canada. But the relevant foreign leaders are having none of it.

What Trump's Panama Canal threats reveal about today's geopolitics
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What Trump's Panama Canal threats reveal about today's geopolitics

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: While Donald Trump may not be serious about taking Greenland and the Panama Canal, what do his threats tell us about the current geopolitical landscape? Ian Bremmer explains in his latest Quick Take.

A ship passes through the Panama Canal's Culebra Cut, heading northbound for the Caribbean, Dec 30. The Canal, built and operated by the United States, will transfer to Panamanian control at a noon ceremony on December 31.
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Trump talks of taking the Panama Canal - and jokes about Elon Musk

The President-elect is also making waves for saying that the United States must "retake" control of the Panama Canal.

Asylum seekers wait outside the foreign office in Brussels, Belgium.
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Crackdowns against asylum-seekers gain momentum in Europe and the Americas

On both sides of the Atlantic, a range of countries adopted new measures to clamp down on asylum-seekers this week, amid rising concern about the political impacts of immigration.