Cheering on bass fishing in a dyed green Chicago River
Top-notch bass anglers Ryan Whitacre and Josh Sokol had quite the day fishing in the dyed-green Chicago River in front of thousands watching from the bridges and shore around the St. Patrick's Day ...
CBS News17d
Severe storms cause widespread damage and outages in Chicago area
A line of severe storms triggered tornado warnings for parts of the area late Wednesday, and brought dangerous wind, hail and blinding downpours to the entire Chicago area. The severe storms had ...
The Economist17d
Why China hates the Panama Canal deal, but still may not block it
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 ...
The Hill18d
Panama will not give in to Trump’s canal threats
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 ...
Fox News19d
China, Hong Kong threaten to thwart sale of Panama Canal ports to America's BlackRock
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 New York Times19d
Hong Kong Piles On to Beijing’s Growing Criticism of Panama Canal Deal
was seen by investors as a solution to a geopolitical hot potato that began with a claim by President Trump that CK Hutchison’s ownership of two major ports on either end of the Panama Canal was ...
Al Jazeera English19d
China scrutinising Hong Kong firm’s sale of Panama Canal ports
China is scrutinising a deal struck by a Hong Kong company to sell ports at the Panama Canal to a United States financial firm. Beijing directed multiple agencies on Tuesday to examine the ...
CNN23d
China blasts ‘spineless’ plan to sell Panama Canal ports to BlackRock
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 ...
The New York Times23d
China Condemns Panama Canal Deal, Asserting a Right to Influence the Region
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 ...
The Globe and Mail23d
China isn’t happy about sale of Panama Canal port to American finance giant
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 ...
Axios23d
BlackRock's Panama Canal deal isn't a sure bet
Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photos: Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images and Bonnie Cash and Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...