5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (268+ words) “Their right to independently choose partners should not be interfered with,” Xi said. The Chinese leader did not name the United States. However, his remarks came as Beijing and Washington compete for influence across Latin America, particularly in trade, telecommunications,…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1009+ words) The United States is banning the import of some dairy products and motorcycles from Canada along with most alcoholic beverages, the White House said Tuesday, as part of a trade war that shows little sign of cooling off. The ban…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (612+ words) Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged a U.S. judge on ⁠Wednesday ⁠to dismiss criminal drug trafficking charges against him, ⁠arguing he should be immune from prosecution as the head of a sovereign country. The charges, filed in Manhattan federal ​court, formed…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (320+ words) Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Thursday denied the existence of an agreement with the United States to conduct anti-drug trafficking operations on Guatemalan soil. The comments come after The New York Times reported that the Central American nation agreed to…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (267+ words) A judge in Honduras on Tuesday dismissed the case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández for fraud and money laundering charges, clearing him of any pending charges in the Central American nation. The charges related to a case known as…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (331+ words) Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Thursday it was seeking more than $1.5 billion in damages from Panama after the country seized two canal ports caught in the crosshairs of U.S.-China tensions. CK Hutchison said in the statement that it had…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (191+ words) Mexico has rejected the Trump administration’s reported practice of deporting Mexican nationals to third countries such as Guatemala and Honduras instead of returning them to Mexico. Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the country has no agreement authorizing such deportations…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1061+ words) Yellow lights are flashing in the most important market on the planet: The US bond market. The turmoil is being driven by a confluence of separate but related forces. The US war with Iran is heating up again, driving up…...