They were speaking at a seminar, “The Water Crises and Six Canals Dispute: Need for Equitable and Effective Solutions”, organised by the Concerned Citizens Alliance (CCA) at the Pakistan ...

Thus spoke Donald Trump shortly after BlackRock, an American investment firm, announced on March 4th that it would buy two ports on the Panama Canal from ck Hutchison (ckh), their Hong Kong-based ...

President Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the Panama Canal has transformed diplomatic tensions into a full-blown crisis. Trump’s assertion during his March 5 congressional address that “to ...

A deal for the U.S. to "reclaim" the Panama Canal is increasingly under fire from authorities in China and Hong Kong. Earlier this month, BlackRock announced a $23 billion deal with CK Hutchinson ...

The project aims to irrigate a total of 4.8 million acres (1.9 million hectares) of barren land by constructing six canals – two each in Sindh, Balochistan, and Punjab provinces. Five of those ...

China has sharply criticized a proposal to sell ports in the Panama Canal to American asset management giant BlackRock, attacking the deal as “spineless groveling” and a “betrayal” of the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Friant-Kern Canal carries water diverted from Millerton Lake in Friant, Calif., Friday, March 7, 2025 ...

The Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution, expressing strong opposition to the construction of new canals on the Indus River. The resolution, tabled by Chief Minister Murad ...

The Pentagon is reportedly exploring military options for the Panama Canal to ensure ongoing US access to the strategically important waterway, following a request from the White House.

When President Trump raised concerns soon after taking office that China had too much power in the Panama Canal, his comments were initially ridiculed by Beijing. But Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong ...

Last week’s agreement to sell two ports on the Panama Canal to a U.S. consortium led by BlackRock appeared to be another example of the savvy deal-making that has made Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka ...