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Last year, the Hong Kong-based company agreed to sell most of its stake in the two ports to a group led by the US investment firm BlackRock. The move by the Panamanian government could disrupt the $22.8bn (£20.75bn) sale, according to the Reuters news agency.

Supporters of the move said the Kotoka name contradicted the country’s democratic values.

Days after the documents were published, Attia shared a 1,000-word note on social media in which he rejected being “involved in any criminal activity” and stressed that he was “never on his [Epstein’s] plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties”.

His family says the actor took his own life after living with bipolar disorder for nearly two decades.

Russian soldiers have exposed the brutality of conditions on the Russian side of the front lines in Ukraine, with two men telling the BBC they saw their commanders executing soldiers for refusing orders. The men, who are on the run, spoke about the horror they witnessed from an undisclosed location outside Russia in the documentary, […]

Since the death of a powerful drug lord, Mexico has deployed thousands of soldiers to reinforce security due to a wave of violence erupting across parts of the country. Defence Secretary Ricardo Trevilla said an extra 2,500 soldiers have been sent to western Mexico, bringing the total number of deployed since Sunday to 9,500. On […]

This month marks four gruelling years since the full‑scale invasion began and a genuine ceasefire still feels far from assured

One of the men, whose job was to identify and count dead soldiers, provided detailed lists showing that he is the sole survivor from a group of 79 men he was mobilised with. Because he refused to go to the front line, he says he was tortured and urinated on. Others in his unit who […]

The inquiry comes after 15 people were killed and dozens hurt when two gunmen opened fire at a Jewish event.

“By the time we realised they were sick, it was already too late,” Somchuan Ratanamungklanon, director of the national livestock department, told local media – noting that it was harder to detect sickness in tigers compared to animals like cats or dogs.