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Highlights and points Los Angeles Lakers 116-117 Sacramento Kings in preseason NBA
End of broadcast We're signing off! Our coverage of the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings game in the 2025-26 NBA preseason has come to an end. Thank you for joining us! Stay tuned to VAVEL.com for all the latest sports news. Game Over After...

Authorities Rescue Several Wild Species Illegally Kept in Captivity in David Panama
During joint operations in the correction of David Sur, the authorities of MiAMBIENTE, the National Police and the Public Ministry recovered different species of wildlife that were kept without permissions in private housing. In a first...

Belize Men’s Softball Team suffer heavy 9–0 defeat to Panama in Central American Games Opener
Views: 25 Views: 25 Posted: Friday, October 17, 2025. 2:36 pm CST. Photo Credit: BOCGA By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Belize Men’s National Softball Team opened their campaign at the 12th Central American Games with a tough 9–0 loss to Panama on...

Panamanian Congress To Debate a Permanent Ban on Corrupt Transnational Corporations
Commercial buildings in Panama. X/@IntelComerpty October 15, 2025 Hour: 9:31 am On Wednesday, Panamanian legislator Augusto Palacios will present a bill amending the 2006 Public Procurement Law, toughening sanctions against companies involved in...

Threats to US visa over ties to China, says Panama leader
Panama President José Raúl Mulino said on Thursday that someone at the US Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials as the Trump administration pressures Panama to limit its ties to China.Responding to a question at...

How to Build a Global Software Business from Panama: A 2026 Guide for Expat Founders
The Expat Question: “How Do You Make Your Money?” When you land in Panama—whether for retirement or a fresh start—sooner or later you’ll hear it: “What do you do for money here?” It’s the question that dominates Facebook expat groups, late-night...

Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon
SATIPO, Peru—Dry leaves rustled beneath the hem of her terracotta-tinted dress as Micaela Huaman Fernandez knelt on the forest floor. Leaning in toward the base of a moss-covered palo santo tree, she pointed to a flicker of tiny golden insects...
Beijing Eyes NSR Through Russia to Advance Arctic Goals
Executive Summary: The maiden Arctic voyage of the Istanbul Bridge from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the U.K. via Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) halved transit time to 20 days, signaling potentially growing PRC–Russian cooperation in...

Italy delivers historic sentences in Europe’s largest ’Ndrangheta mafia trial
In a sweeping judgment that marks one of the most consequential blows ever dealt to organized crime in Europe, Italy’s Court of Reggio Calabria has handed down sentences totaling more than 1,000 years in prison to dozens of members of the...

Countries standing in solidarity with No Kings 2.0
Millions of Americans are expected to take to the streets for the No Kings 2.0 protest on Saturday 18 October. The mass protest movement, launched by the 50501 movement and supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of...

Trump’s Panama Port Predicament
China’s growing influence over key infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean has set the Trump administration on edge. Nowhere have the White House’s concerns been sharper than around the Panama Canal, where Hong Kong-based company CK...

Gaza and the age of impunity
Future historians looking back upon the Israel-Gaza conflict may see that it stands at the nodal point of three developments that together have fundamentally reshaped the coordinates of the international institutions established in the wake of...

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Was Donald’s Claim Overlooked? Many Have Missed Out On The Nobels! | Farrukh Dhondy
“Why do we call these pathetic creatures ‘trolls’? They are lonely. lost and intellectually-challenged souls Who pass their hours inventing some abuse Or conspiracies, both vengeful and abstruse. They ignore the proverb of sticks and stones...

BELMONTE | Saved by the Bel
I was 10 years old, sitting between the black leather cushions of my family's living room couch in Washington D.C. It was well past my bedtime. My eyes began to close to the feeling of my mother anxiously brushing my hair. The CNN projections were...

Panama’s José Caballero is Welcomed with Drumbeats after a Dream Year with the Yankees
José Caballero returned home a hero. The Panamanian arrived at Tocumen International Airport on Sunday night and was greeted with a celebration to the rhythm of drums, applause, and excitement, after completing a dream year with the New York...

Panama celebrates joining MERCOSUR as an Associate State
President Jose Raul Mulino signed on Monday the decree on the country’s entry into the bloc, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, a decision previously approved unanimously by the plenary session of the National Assembly...

Neighborhood Guide: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play in Chevy Chase
Your insider guide for both trendy and classic spots to eat, shop, and play in the DC area. Read More Here. In the late 1800s, as railroads and electric streetcars boomed in DC, entrepreneurs Francis G. Newlands and William Stewart set out to...
New Mexico and Wyoming Chart Path for Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Exports
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham joined Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and Japanese Ambassador Shigeo Yamada on Monday to unveil a sweeping new energy plan aimed at positioning the Rocky Mountain region — including New...
Panamanian Ambassador: China sets a strong example in promoting gender equality
At the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women held from October 13 to 14, 2025 in Beijing, the Ambassador of Panama to China Miguel Humberto Lecaro Barcenas praised China's ongoing efforts to promote gender equality and empower women, calling it "a good...

Embraer aircraft backlog reaches a record high
Embraer has reported a US$31.3 billion backlog in the third quarter of this year (3Q25), which the aircraft manufacturer says is an “unprecedented high”. Another headline figure for Q3 is that Embraer delivered 62 aircraft in 3Q25 across all its...