TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Asian businesses and governments are digesting U.S. President Donald Trump's 30-minute inauguration speech, as the returning leader pledged to "put America first" in forging his ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The President of Panama has roundly rejected any idea that his country will give up control of the Panama ...

Does China control the canal? Claim: Trump said, "China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama." DW Fact check: False Donald Trump often claimed that ...

Russia’s foreign ministry has called on President Donald Trump to reaffirm the current international agreement surrounding the Panama Canal and to leave it in control of the nation of Panama.

Russia warned President Trump on Tuesday against seizing the Panama Canal, after he reiterated his intent to take control of the strategic waterway in his second inaugural address Monday.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Jan 20, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but ...

Moscow had a message Tuesday for new U.S. President Donald Trump: Don’t even think about grabbing control of the Panama Canal. Trump has repeatedly threatened to take ownership of the critical ...

Donald Trump expressed the intention to reclaim the Panama Canal, citing a violated 1977 treaty. He claimed unfair treatment and overcharging of American ships, with China playing a role. The 1999 ...

As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech.

And the threat centers on taking back control of the Panama Canal — a vital waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships an additional 8,000 miles around the perilous tip of South ...

MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built waterway that Washington handed over to the Panamanian ...