Government Response to Madagascar Protests Highlights the Urgency of Youth-Led Movements Across Africa

To be a young person in Africa is to navigate constantly and fully appreciate the systemic hurdles that complicate evolving into adulthood. It’s a collective dawning that has sparked more youth-led demonstrations in countries across the continent,...

Belize to receive migrants under new safe third country agreement with US

Belize will now also host migrants seeking asylum in the United States, authorities from both countries confirmed. The pact, termed a “Cooperation Agreement for the Examination of Protection Requests,” was signed on Monday, October 20. The “Safe...

Zelensky Commission Moves to Strip Odesa Mayor Trukhanov of Ukrainian Citizenship

Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov is expected to lose his Ukrainian citizenship after a presidential commission recommended revoking it, Odesa-based media outlet Dumska reported on Monday, citing sources. President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to sign...

Letters to the Editor: We can’t rely on US and UK to protect us

I refer to the extraordinary recent statement by our Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, that we must rely on the EU, Britain, and the US to defend us against the threat of Russia. Russia has militarily, economically, and politically exhausted itself in...

Odessa Mayor Trukhanov Faces Citizenship Revocation Petition with 25,000 Signatures

The petition demanding the stripping of Ukrainian citizenship from Odesa’s mayor, Gennady Trukhanov, gathered 25 thousand signatures within the first 24 hours. The appeal was published on October 13 on the president’s website. The authors of the...

US Threatens Sanctions against Countries Including Panama That Support the Net Zero Framework

The U.S. administration has issued an ultimatum to members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO): Countries that vote in favor of the “Net Zero Framework” could face economic, immigration, and trade sanctions. The NZF, driven by...

October 13, 2025

Cover Image of Robert Schwaller’s African Maroons in Sixteenth-Century Panama In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought (the official journal of AAIHS), interviews Robert Schwaller about his new article, “Free...

Panama environment minister backs calls for reform of UN climate process

Panama’s environment minister has joined a growing push for reform of the UN climate change negotiations, proposed by campaigners and academics in recent years – one of the first such calls by a minister directly involved in the talks. Juan Carlos...

Panama’s President Mulino Highlights the Benefits of the Second People’s Store

The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, announced that the second People’s Store of the Agricultural Marketing Institute (IMA) will soon be inaugurated at the Frigo facilities in San Antonio, on Tocumen Highway. Mulino emphasized that...

Tilray Medical Announces Expansion Plans in Panama, Strengthening Global Cannabis Leadership and Accelerating International Growth

Certain statements in this communication that are not historical facts constitute forward-looking information or forward-looking statements (together, “forward-looking statements”) under Canadian securities laws and within the meaning of Section...

Will Peru’s Chancay Port be the next ‘Panama moment’ for China?

Observers are optimistic that China and Peru will be able to avoid a “Panama moment” over the joint Chancay Port project, despite further political turmoil in the Latin American country. Dina Boluarte’s presidency came to an end after less than...

As coral reefs pass tipping point, ocean protection rises up political agenda

Warm-water coral reefs have crossed a tipping point due to global heating and are dying at an accelerated rate due to repeated mass bleaching events, impacting hundreds of millions of people who rely on them for fishing, tourism and protection...

Panamanians travel to Mexico for IX Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba

With renewed patriotic fervor, the members of the National Coordinator of Solidarity with Cuba in the isthmus also reaffirmed their rejection of the island’s inclusion on a spurious and unilateral list of nations supposedly sponsoring terrorism....

Panamanian graduates from Cuban universities condemn US blockade

In a letter addressed to Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha, the graduates in Cuba expressed solidarity with the people and government of the island, which welcomed them as its own children and invested in their academic training...

Norwich defender reportedly set to miss Bristol City visit after injury on international duty

Norwich City defender Jose Cordoba in action against West Brom(Image: Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images) Norwich City have been dealt an injury blow before hosting Bristol City this weekend, with Jose Cordoba potentially sidelined for Saturday’s...

Former Panama President Pérez Balladares: “I Am Convinced That It Is Absolutely Necessary to Reopen the Mine.”

Former President Ernesto Pérez Balladares believes there needs to be a proposal for the future management of the mine, an activity that contributes greatly to the economy. Pérez Balladares made no secret of his position regarding this project,...

The Oldest Colony, the Newest War: Puerto Rico as a Launchpad for War on Venezuela

When President Donald Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as US drones struck another small boat off Venezuela’s coast, few people in the United States realized that much of this...

Iran Hostage Crisis Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days. 1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January 16, 1979 – The...

From western outpost to Navy Town, USA, San Diego’s history is tightly woven with the military’s

In a contraption of his own making, Glenn Curtiss took to the skies in 1911, boldly becoming the first American to fly a seaplane in a quick trip from Coronado’s North Island to San Diego Bay. The aviation pioneer was hoping the U.S. Navy would...

San Diego airport boosted by new Terminal 1, rise in international routes

Baggage claim at the new Terminal 1 in San Diego’s airport, which is experiencing growth despite uncertain times for tourism. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) California has taken a hit due to the slip in international travelers who...