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Hong Kong firm begins arbitration proceedings over ruling against its Panama Canal port contract

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said Wednesday its subsidiary started arbitration proceedings against Panama after that country's Supreme Court ruled a concession for the subsidiary to operate Panama Canal ports was unconstitutional.

Hutchison said it strongly disagreed with last week's ruling, and China warned Panama would pay “a heavy price" if it persisted. Panama’s president has moved to assure the public that the ports would operate without interruption after the ruling, which advanced a U.S. aim to block any influence by China over the canal... Read More

China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027

HONG KONG (AP) — China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla’s electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year.

All car doors must include a mechanical release function for handles, except for the tailgate, according to details released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday.

Officials said the policy aims to address safety concerns after fatal EV accidents where electronic doors reportedly failed to operate and trapped passengers inside vehicles.

The new requirement for both internal... Read More

Greek rescuers search for potential missing people after deadly migrant boat collision

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek coast guard patrol boats and a helicopter were searching for potential missing people off an eastern Aegean island Wednesday after an overnight collision between a patrol vessel and a speedboat carrying migrants that left at least 15 people dead.

Twenty-four migrants, including 11 children, were injured and were hospitalized on the island of Chios following the collision late Tuesday night. Two coast guard officers were also injured, with one remaining hospitalized Wednesday, the coast guard said.

The bodies of 11 men and three women were... Read More

The last US-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.

The termination of the New START Treaty would set the stage for what many fear could be an unconstrained nuclear arms race.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared readiness to stick to the treaty’s limits for another year if Washington follows suit, but President Donald Trump has been noncommittal about extending it.

Trump has repeatedly indicated he would... Read More

Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people

ROME (AP) — On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome's Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the darkened amphitheater, pausing every so often to take in a new aspect of its history, art or architecture with every sense but sight.

Michela Marcato, 54, has been blind since birth. She and her partially sighted partner were touring the site amid a new effort by Italy to make its myriad artistic treasures more accessible to people with blindness or low vision and enhance how all visitors experience and perceive art.

As she... Read More

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Hong Kong firm begins arbitration proceedings over ruling against its Panama Canal port contract

China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027

Greek rescuers search for potential missing people after deadly migrant boat collision

The last US-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control

Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people

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