Skip These 10 Overcrowded European Cities And Choose These Cheaper, Offbeat Alternatives
This summer, ditch the tourist traps and explore their equally enchanting, lesser-known (and budget-friendly!) alternatives. These hidden gems offer all the charm, history, and culture—without the ...
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Xi Jinping is unhappy: Beijing does not like that the US buys the ports of the Panama Canal
Chinese President Xi Jinping is unhappy with the plans of the Hong Kong company CK Hutchison Holdings to sell the ports of the Panama Canal to a consortium led by the American fund BlackRock. This is ...
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‘Who Will Come to Invest?’ China’s Attacks on Panama Canal Deal Alarm Hong Kong
One of the tycoon’s companies, which for years has run two ports on the Panama Canal, had been thrust into a broader showdown between China and the United States. So the billionaire, Li Ka-shing ...
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Historic canals take centre stage as Kochi, India aims to blunt fallout from climate change
Photo by AFP/STR To kickstart the restoration drive, UNEP and the Kochi Municipal Corporation have zoomed in on the Thevara-Perandoor Canal, or TP Canal, which runs for about 10 kilometres through the ...
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What a Night! See ‘Opry 100: A Live Celebration’ Performance Pictures
The Grand Ole Opry sure knows how to throw a party. Country music's most revered stage celebrated its 100th anniversary with a massive night of performances on Wednesday (March 19). Opry 100: A ...
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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 ...
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Netflix reveals secret meaning behind childhood pictures in the Adolescence opening credits
Everyone is hooked on the content of the show, so much so, people have noticed the very sweet detail of some childhood pictures that appear in the Adolescence opening credits. As episode two ...
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McKinney: China Has Been Pushing for Control over the Panama Canal
Photo by C.J. Miller / Hoosier Ag Today. At right: A container ship making its way along the Panama Canal. Photo: Eric Pfeiffer / Hoosier Ag Today. You may have heard how President Trump wants to take ...
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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 ...
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AP PHOTOS: Canals carry precious water across vast California landscape
In Fresno County, the zigzagging Friant-Kern Canal, diverting water from Millerton Lake, snakes past small villages as it carries vital supplies to farms and communities. Along the way, farmers have ...
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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 ...
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Aston Villa reach Champions League quarter-finals as Marco Asensio sets up PSG clash - reaction
Aston Villa coasted into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a comfortable victory over 10-man Club Brugge as Marco Asensio struck twice to set up a clash with his parent club Paris ...