🇵🇦🤝🇺🇸© — 🇬🇧 Financial Times | Panama Canal ports sold to BlackRock in victory for Donald Trump | Deal involves sale of bulk of ports owned by Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison | March 4, 2025:

"BlackRock has agreed to buy two major ports at the Panama Canal from their Hong Kong-based owner, following pressure from Donald Trump over alleged Chinese influence at the vital waterway.

In apparent reference to the ports, the US president has frequently alleged that “China is running the Panama Canal”, adding last month that “we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen”.

The ports’ Hong Kong-based owner CK Hutchison will sell the business to a consortium including BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners and Terminal Investment, according to a company statement on Tuesday.

In a large-scale investment in the sector, the consortium will acquire a 90 per cent stake in the CK Hutchison subsidiary that operates the two ports in Panama.

The deal also includes an 80 per cent stake of CK Hutchison’s ports subsidiaries, which run 43 ports in 23 countries, including the UK and in Germany."

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👤🤝👔🤝😀☢️ — 📰 Bloomberg | Putin Agrees to Help Trump Broker Nuclear Talks With Iran | US, Russian officials have discussed cooperating on matter | Trump looking to restore Putin relations amid Ukraine war | March 4, 2025:

"Russia agreed to assist President Donald Trump’s administration in communicating with Iran on issues including the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and its support for regional anti-US proxies, according to people familiar with the situation.

Trump relayed that interest directly to President Vladimir Putin in a phone call in February and top officials from his administration discussed the matter with their Russian counterparts at talks in Saudi Arabia days later, people familiar with the matter in Moscow said, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.

White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither Russia nor Iran have publicly confirmed or denied the request.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to questions sent by Bloomberg that “Russia believes that the United States and Iran should resolve all problems through negotiations” and that Moscow “is ready to do everything in its power to achieve this.”

A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, when asked if Russia had offered to mediate between Tehran and Washington, said only it was “natural” for countries to offer their assistance."

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🗣💬🚫🇺🇸🤝🇮🇷 — ⚪️ RIA Novosti:

"Peskov did not confirm reports that Putin accepted Trump's offer to mediate in US-Iran talks"

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👔📞🇪🇺 — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:

"Today I have already spoken with the President of Finland, the Prime Minister of Britain, the Prime Minister of Greece, the Prime Minister of Croatia, the Secretary General of NATO, the leader of the German CDU party Friedrich Merz - this is the party that won the recent elections to the Bundestag. Clear support for Ukraine. Thank you.

There is very important news from the European Commission regarding significant funds for the defense of Europe. For us, this is primarily additional air defense: additional systems, additional missiles, additional opportunities to defend our cities and villages, our positions. And all this creates a good additional basis for working to end the war.

Let's continue consultations, there will be new joint steps. Ukraine deserves peace. Ukrainians deserve respect."

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🇨🇩📞🇺🇸❗️ — Bloomberg: The Democratic Republic of Congo has offered the US exclusive access to critical minerals and infrastructure projects in exchange for security assistance as it battles a rebellion backed by neighboring Rwanda

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🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦❗️ — United States President Trump is expected to announce the signing of a deal with Ukraine at his speech this evening!

🇺🇸🤝🇱🇧❗️ — United States State Department Unfreezes $95 Million in Aid for the Lebanese Army, as the new Christian-dominated Government of Lebanon asserts dominance in Lebanon

🇺🇦🇺🇸 - Trump plans to announce minerals deal with Ukraine during speech to Congress - Reuters

🇺🇦🇷🇺 - Russia will demand a reduction in our army, a legal renunciation of the occupied territories, - Zelensky

🇨🇩📞🇺🇸 — In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Kinshasa administration requested an urgent meeting between Presidents Tshisekedi and Trump to discuss the deal.

🇷🇺📞🇺🇳🇧🇦 — Russian Federation has requested an extraordinary session of the United Nations Security Council to address the political situation in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

🇺🇸📞🇺🇦 — There has been "no movement" on the deal between Trump and Zelensky yet, White House sources told Fox News.

🙃🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦🪨 — 🇺🇸 Breaking 4 News on 𝕏:

"UPDATE: White House sources tell Fox News’ @JacquiHeinrich Reuters’ reporting regarding the minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine is not true."

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🙃🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 — 🎤 Fox News' Senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich on 𝕏:

"Sources at the White House saying this Reuters report is not true - there’s been no movement on this yet."

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Trump and Zelensky are expected to sign a mineral resources deal TODAY — just hours before the key address to Congress at 9 PM Washington time — Reuters"

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🇬🇧💣⚡️🇨🇦❌🇺🇸 — 🇬🇧 The Telegraph | British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Trudeau party candidate | Chrystia Freeland says Canada should build closer security partnerships with Nato allies as US president is ‘threatening sovereignty’ | March 3, 2025:

"Canada should seek closer ties with Britain because its nuclear weapons can help protect the country against Donald Trump, a Liberal party leader running to replace Justin Trudeau has said.

Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister under Mr Trudeau, said that US president is “clearly threatening our sovereignty” with his campaign to absorb Canada as the 51st state of America.

In order to “guarantee our security”, Ms Freeland said she would build closer security partnerships with European Nato allies and “I would be sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons”.

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