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AdvertisementUS-China trade warUSDiplomacyPanama ports deal: CK Hutchison gets encouraging signs from Panamanian governmentPanama is still open to being flexible and reaching an amicable agreement with CK Hutchison, owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPFrank Tangin WashingtonPublished: 6:39am, 21 Oct 2025Updated: 6:42am, 21 Oct 2025A senior Panamanian official said on Monday that Panama will remain flexible and potentially reach an agreement with CK Hutchison as the Latin American country navigates the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China.Advertisement“We are working on a plan in case that [Panama’s Supreme Court] ruling goes against the extension of the contract” for CK Hutchison, said José Ramón Icaza, Panama’s minister of canal affairs.
“In that case, we have to step in as the Panama Maritime Authority to take control of that concession, without generating a disruption of the supply chain,” he said in an event wit..

AdvertisementUnited StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaEx-FBI director Comey seeks dismissal of criminal charges, cites vindictive prosecutionComey claims he is a victim of Trump’s ‘personal spite’ and charges against him were filed by an unlawfully appointed lawyer
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPReutersPublished: 6:17am, 21 Oct 2025Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges against him, arguing that the US lawyer who brought the case was unlawfully appointed and that he is being unfairly targeted because of US President Donald Trump’s “personal spite” against him.
AdvertisementThe court filings from Comey, which accuse the Trump administration of “wilfully unlawful conduct”, represent his best chance to get the charges quickly dismissed and avoid a jury trial. Comey previously said he is innocent and has “great confidence” that the court system will clear his name.“The indictment in this case arises from multiple glaring cons..

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Saikat Chakrabarti reacted to Colombia's claim that US killed a Colombian fisherman who had no links to drugs. Colombia has accused the US of violating the South American country's sovereignty and killing a Colombian fisherman after teh US military struck an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in September. Colombia's president Gustavo Petro said Alejandro Carranza, a fisherman, was killed in the strike. “The United States has invaded our national territory, firing a missile to kill a humble fisherman, destroying his family and his children. This is Bolívar’s homeland, and they are murdering his children with bombs. The United States has violated Colombia’s national territory and murdered an honest, hardworking Colombian citizen. Let Bolívar’s sword be raised!” Petro said, adding that the fisherman had no ties to drugs.Amid the ongoing clash between Trump and Petro, Trump said in a post to social media that Petro “does nothing to stop” the production of drugs in his country,..

HAF director Suhag Shukla objected to Rutgers University's upcoming anti-Hindutva seminar. The Hindu American Foundation expressed its objection to an upcoming conference sponsored by Rutgers University targeting the Hindu American community in the United States and asked the university to dissociate itself from the event. The event titled 'Hindutva in America: A threat to Equality and Religious Pluralism' will be held on October 27 to discuss a report that was released six months ago. The report called Hindutva in America an 'ethnonationalist threat' to equality and religious pluralism. The Hindu American Foundation issued an open letter addressing the university, asking it to distance from the event. The HAF said that the report equates Hindutva with white supremacy or fascism and calls HAF a proxy of the RSS. “HAF is not a proxy or affiliate of the RSS< an Indian organization considered to be the parent of the current ruling party in India, the Bharatiya Jan..