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FIFA World Cup Qualifying: Panama upset much-changed USA, Mexico go top
• 3 years agoPanama moved up into third place in the CONCACAF standings with the victory, level on eight points with the USA, who are second.
Panamanian football coach Kenneth Zseremeta denies accusations of sexually abusing Venezuelan players
• 3 years agoEarlier this week, 24 Venezuelan players including Atletico Madrid's Deyna Castellanos posted a statement on social media denouncing Panamanian coach Kenneth Zseremeta
Panama papers scandal 2.0? Titled Pandora papers, ICIJ set to release largest expose of financial secrecy yet
• 3 years agoThe Panama government has written a letter stating that "any publication" reinforcing "a false perception" of the country as a possible tax haven "will have devastating consequences"
MV Ever Given owner negotiates Egypt’s $900 million demand to release ship from Suez Canal
• 4 years agoThe blockage of the canal held up an estimated $9.6 billion worth of cargo each day and cost Egypt almost $15 million daily in revenue from the waterway
Stuck Suez Canal ship brings quiet neighbouring village into the spotlight amid global media attention
• 4 years agoOver the past week, the salvage efforts have been the main topic of conversation in Amer, home to several thousand people who grow clover and cabbage and tend to water buffaloes, cows, goats and sheep.
Sri Lanka indicts Greek skipper of fire-stricken tanker for causing oil spill, not reporting environmental damage
• 4 years agoSteiros Ilas Kardany, who is currently in Sri Lanka, was charged under the two counts that carry a maximum penalty of 20 million rupees ($108,000)
Former world boxing champion Roberto 'Hands of Stone' Duran recovers from coronavirus
• 5 years agoRoberto Duran fought over five decades, held four different world titles, and his record stands at 103 wins, with 70 knockouts and 16 losses.
Coronavirus cases cross 50 in India as Kerala imposes restrictions on public events, shuts schools and cinema houses; China sees fall in new cases
Fp Staff • 5 years agoKarnataka, Kerala, and Pune confirmed fresh cases on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections in India above 50 amid a subdued Holi celebration across India.
Coronavirus scare: Ukrainians hurl stones at evacuees from China; health minister pledges to share quarantine facilities to quell fears
• 5 years agoUkraine's effort to quarantine more than 70 people evacuated from China over the new virus outbreak plunged into chaos Thursday as local residents opposing the move hurled stones at the evacuees and clashed with police
Venezuela blocks human rights investigators from boarding flight to Caracas; commission member calls it govt’s ‘attempt to hide abuses’
• 5 years agoAn international human rights commission criticised the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday for blocking its members from boarding a plane for Venezuela, where they planned to investigate alleged abuses