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Complaint by local lawyers to supreme court follows US demands to reduce China’s alleged influence on waterwayTrump says China is ‘operating’ the Panama canal – here are the factsTwo Panamanian lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country’s supreme court in an attempt to cancel a Hong Kong-based company’s concession to operate two ports at either end of the Panama canal.Their complaint – filed a day after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, told Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, to reduce China’s alleged influence on the canal – argues that the contract for the two ports is unconstitutional. Continue

Struggling company may require significantly more resources than roughly £6.3bn it previously indicatedThames Water may need as much as £10bn in debt and equity investment to repair its finances, according to a representative of creditors hoping to lend the struggling utility another £3bn.London’s high court heard evidence on Tuesday that suggested the UK’s largest water company may need significantly more resources than the roughly £6.3bn it has previously indicated. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/04/thames-water-may-need-10bn-investment-to-repair-finances-high-court-hears Author : Jasper Jolly and Anna Isaac Publish date : 2025-02-04 17:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Groups sue Trump administration over the ‘department of government efficiency’ being granted unheard-of accessThree federal employee unions are suing the Trump administration, alleging that Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has been granted unprecedented and potentially illegal access to sensitive government records.The lawsuit, filed on Monday in federal court, claims that the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, violated federal privacy laws by giving Musk’s team full access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s confidential payment systems. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/federal-employee-lawsuit-musk-doge Author : Joseph Gedeon in Washington Publish date : 2025-02-04 16:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Defence claims PC Stephen Lovell only submitted second statement after the CPS declined to charge Matildas starThe Metropolitan police officer at the centre of Sam Kerr’s criminal trial did not mention being called “stupid and white” by the footballer in his first statement about the incident, a court has heard, and only included it in a further statement 11 months later.On Monday, Kingston crown court heard that Kerr, 31, the captain of the Australian women’s football team and Chelsea’s star striker, called PC Stephen Lovell “fucking stupid and white” after he doubted her claim of being “held hostage” by a