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Hegseth Vows to ‘Take Back’ Panama Canal from China’s Influence During Visit
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to get a close-up look at the Panama Canal on Tuesday, as he kicks off a rare visit to a Central American nation still unsettled by President Donald Trump's threats to take back the canal.

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World’s Largest Suction Sails Installed on Juice Carrier
Spain-based Bound4blue has completed the installation of the world’s largest suction sails on a specialized juice carrier, marking a new chapter in wind-assisted ship propulsion. The groundbreaking project, completed at...

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Pentagon’s Hegseth to Visit Panama Canal After Trump Threats
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to get a close-up look at the Panama Canal on Tuesday, as he kicks off a rare visit to a Central American nation still unsettled by President Donald Trump's threats to take back the canal.

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Sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG Project Awakens After Winter With Gas Flaring Visible at Both Production Lines
Russia has apparently turned the lights back on at its sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant. Images taken by the European Sentinel 2 satellite reveal flaring at both production lines, Train 1 and Train 2, as well as the adjacent main flare.

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Trump’s Tariff ‘Medicine’ Engulfs Markets
President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans hammered global financial markets and U.S. stocks braced for more turmoil on Monday, after he warned foreign governments they would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift the levies he called "medicine."

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Trump Administration’s Progress Against Resilient Houthi Militants Remains Murky
President Donald Trump has boasted that he’s “decimated” the Houthis, the Iran-backed militants who have attacked commercial ships transiting the Red Sea since 2023. But three weeks into a campaign of US airstrikes, his administration has offered limited evidence of weapons deployed and targets hit to back up that assertion.

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Trump’s Tariff ‘Medicine’ Engulfs Markets as U.S. Stocks Brace for More Turmoil
President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans hammered global financial markets and U.S. stocks braced for more turmoil on Monday, after he warned foreign governments they would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift the levies he called "medicine."

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CMA CGM And French AI Startup Target Customer Service
By Gus Trompiz and Florence Loeve PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) – Shipping giant CMA CGM and tech startup Mistral AI expect rapid productivity gains from a 100 million euro partnership unveiled on Sunday,...

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China Demands Compensation From Taiwan After Collision Of Navy Ship, Trawler
BEIJING, April 4 (Reuters) – China has demanded that Taiwan compensate Chinese fishermen for losses after a Taiwanese navy landing ship and a Chinese fishing boat collided outside restricted waters last week....

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Canada Minister Wants LNG Canada Doubled, Eyes Western Pipeline Upgrade
By Thomas Seal Apr 4, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Canada’s government supports doubling the scale of an already-huge natural gas project on the west coast and now sees it as “likely,” according to...

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China Hits Back at US Tariffs With Rare Earth Export Controls
China placed export restrictions on key rare earth elements on Friday as part of its sweeping response to President Donald Trump's tariffs, potentially squeezing supply to the U.S. and the West of minerals vital to everything from defense to electric cars.

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Russian Oil Stuck On India-Banned Ship Finds New Tanker
A cargo of Russian crude that was on a ship rejected by Indian port authorities is now being transferred to another tanker, ship-tracking data show, a sign of how traders are finding ways to skirt regulatory hurdles to keep sensitive freight moving.