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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama's Supreme Court ruled late Thursday that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings to operate ports at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional, an outcome that advances aU.S. aim to block any influence by Chinaover the strategic waterway.

The court's ruling followed an audit by Panama's comptroller, which alleged irregularities in the 25-year extension of the concession granted in 2021.

The Trump administration made blocking China's influence over the Panama Canal one of its priorities in the hemisphere. Panama was U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first overseas stop as the United States' top diplomat.

Despite the insistence by Panama's government and the canal authority that China has no influence over its operations, Rubio made clear that the U.S. viewed the operation of theports as a national security issue for the U.S. President Donald Trump had gone so far as to say Panama should return the canal to U.S. control.

The court's brief statement gave no guidance on what would happen to the ports now.

CK Hutchison Holdings announceda deal last year to sell its majority stakein the Panamanian ports and others around the world to an international consortium that included BlackRock Inc. But the deal appeared to stall over objections by the Chinese government.

In parallel, Panama's comptrolleraudited the concessionto the Panama Ports Company, which had held the contract to operate the ports since 1997. The concession was renewed in 2021 for 25 years, during the prior Panamanian administration.

Comptroller Anel Flores said the audit found payments that were not made, accounting errors and the apparent existence of a "ghost" concessions operating within the ports since 2015. The company denied those allegations.

The audit determined that the irregularities had cost the government about $300 million since the concession was extended and an estimated $1.2 billion during the original 25-year contract.

Flores also said the extension was granted without the required endorsement of his office.

On July 30, the comptroller challenged the Panama Ports Company's contract to operate the ports before the Supreme Court.

By Bo Erickson and Andrew MacAskill

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned the United Kingdom against getting into business with China as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic benefits ​of resetting relations with Beijing during a visit to the Chinese capital on Friday.

With Western leaders reeling from ‌the unpredictability of Trump, Starmer is the latest to head to China, where he called for a "more sophisticated relationship" with improved market access, lower ‌tariffs and investment deals in three-hours of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

During the premiere of the "Melania" film at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Trump was asked about the UK pledging greater business ties with China, and he told reporters: "Well, it's very dangerous for them to do that."

A Downing Street spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Around the ⁠time Trump made the remarks, Starmer told ‌a meeting of the UK-China Business Forum in the Chinese capital that he had "very warm" meetings with Xi that provided "just the level of engagement that we hoped for."

"We warmly engaged and ‍made some real progress, actually, because the UK has got a huge amount to offer," Starmer said.

Starmer hailed agreements on visa-free travel and lowering whisky tariffs as "really important access, symbolic of what we're doing with the relationship."

"That is the way that we build the mutual ​trust and respect that is so important," Starmer told the event attended by British and Chinese businesspeople.

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STARMER NOT ‌CHOOSING BETWEEN U.S. AND CHINA

Starmer, whose centre-left Labour government has struggled to deliver the economic growth it promised, has made improving relations with the world's second-largest economy a priority.

His visit comes amid Trump's on-off threats of trade tariffs and pledges to grab control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, which have rattled long-standing U.S. allies, such as Britain.

Starmer told reporters on the plane on the way to China that Britain could continue to strengthen economic ties with China - without ⁠angering Trump - because of his country's long history of working closely with ​the United States.

"The relationship we have with the U.S. is one of ​the closest relationships we hold, on defence, security, intelligence and also on trade and lots of areas," he said.

Starmer said Britain would not have to choose between closer ties with the United ‍States or China, highlighting Trump's ⁠visit to Britain in September where they announced 150 billion pound of U.S investment into Britain.

Trump earlier this week threatened to impose tariffs on Canada if it goes through with economic deals struck with China on a ⁠recent visit to Beijing by its leader Mark Carney.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to travel to China soon and Trump himself has ‌said he will visit in April.

(Reporting by Bo Erickson in Washington and Andrew MacAskill in Beijing; Writing ‌by Jasper Ward and John Geddie; Editing by Neil Fullick)

One man was killed and another was airlifted from the scene following a grain bin accident in Illinois this week.

First responders in Putnam County were dispatched at 2:18 p.m. on Monday, according to ajoint Facebook statementfrom the Hennepin and Granville fire departments.

Inside the bin, they found a man buried to his chest in soybeans.

The man told responders that he had gone into the bin inside to locate another man whom he hadn't seen in a while when he became trapped, according to the statement.

Crews used a grain bin rescue tube and grain vacuum system to rescue the first man. He was helped out of the bin and airlifted for further treatment. His current condition remains unclear.

After working in shifts for hours to remove the soybeans, crews discovered the second man dead near the bottom of the bin.

The victims have not yet been publicly identified.

Nate Tice covers the latest coaching news with Andrew Siciliano before diving in to his latest 2026 NFL mock draft. Andrew Siciliano kicks off the show with Nate to give his thoughts on the Cleveland Browns hiring HC Todd Monken, the Los Angeles Chargers hiring OC Mike McDaniel and a slew of other NFL coaching cycle news (plus a quick Winter Olympics preview).

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nasa Hataoka of Japan shot 6-under 66 and had a one-shot lead over LPGA player of the year Jeeno Thitikul, Chanettee Wannasaen, Lottie Woad and Linn Grant following the first round of the season-opening Tournament of Champions.

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Hataoka played the back nine at chilly Lake Nona Golf & Country in 4 under to pick up where she left off at the end of last season. She won the Japan Classic in a playoff with Yuna Araki in November for her first LPGA victory in nearly three years.

Thitikul is coming off not just her best season but one of the best in LGPA history.

She won the the Tour Championship in November for her third win of the year, finished second at The Evian Championship and fourth at the Women's PGA Championship, and the Thai star ended up with the lowest scoring averaging in the tour's 75-year history.

Thitikul had six birdies and a bogey Thursday to once again climb the leaderboard in a tournament open to LPGA winners from the past two seasons. Wannasaen had seven birdies during her round of 67, Grant birdied her last two holes to match them at 5 under, and Woad reached 6 under before a bogey at the par-4 finishing hole dropped her back.

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Nelly Korda was joined by Amy Yang and Linn Grant another shot back.

The highlight for Korda, who finished second at the Tournament of Champions last year, came on the 406-yard, par-4 seventh. Her approach from the middle of the fairway bounced onto the green, rolled toward the hole and bounced off the flagstick, leaving her a tap-in birdie. Korda eventually reached 6 under before a couple of late bogeys left her with a round of 68.

Defending champion A Lim Kim was in a group at 3 under that included Lydia Ko and Ingrid Lindblad.

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One of the most high-profile assistant coach vacancies of the NFL offseason has now been filled.

ThePhiladelphia Eagleshave hiredGreen Bay Packersquarterbacks coach Sean Mannion to be their offensive coordinator, the team announced Thursday.

Mannion, 33, fills a pressing play-calling void after theEaglesfired Kevin Patullo, who served in the coordinator role for just one season after being promoted.

"It was quickly apparent in meeting with Sean that he is a bright young coach with a tremendous future ahead of him in this league," said Eagles coach Nick Siriann in a statement. "I was impressed by his systematic views on offensive football and his strategic approach. Sean's 11 years in the NFL have provided him a great opportunity to learn from and grow alongside some of the best coaches in the game. As a result, he has a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be invaluable to our team moving forward.

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The Eagles spoke with several notable candidates for the position, including former New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll – who waslater hired as the Tennessee Titans' offensive coordinator– and former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy. Ultimately, however, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni opted for a candidate with just two years of coaching experience – and none with play-calling responsibilities.

Mannion joined the Packers' staff as an offensive assistant in 2024 before being promoted prior to last season. A third-round pick out of Oregon State in 2014, he was a longtime backup for the Rams, Vikings and Seahawks before retiring in 2023 and moving directly into coaching.

In Philadelphia, he'll look to re-establish an offense that floundered throughout Philadelphia's unfulfilled bid for a Super Bowl repeat. The Eagles ranked 19th in scoring and 24th in total offense for their lowest finishes in Sirianni's five-year tenure.

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By David Shepardson and Bhargav Acharya

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday the U.S. was decertifying Bombardier Global Express business jets and threatened 50% import tariffs on other aircraft made in Canada until the country certified a ​number of planes produced by U.S. rival Gulfstream.

"Further, Canada is effectively prohibiting the sale of Gulfstream products in Canada through ‌this very same certification process," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a ‌50% Tariff on any and all aircraft sold into the United States of America."

It was unclear what planes beyond Bombardier's Global Express franchise would fall under Trump's increased tariffs, including the Airbus A220 commercial jets made in Canada.

FlightRadar24 said on X there were more than 400 Canadian-made planes operating to and from U.S. airports as of about 0100 GMT on Friday.

Data provider Cirium said there were 150 Global Express aircraft in service registered in the ⁠U.S., operated by 115 operators.

Bombardier, General Dynamics-owned Gulfstream and ‌Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's office did not immediately respond when asked for comment.

Trump said Canada has refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 jets. In April, the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Union ‍Aviation Safety Agency certified the Gulfstream G800 jet. Transport Canada, which is responsible for Canadian certification, did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

It was unclear how Trump would decertify the planes since that is the job of the Federal Aviation Administration, but he has made similar declarations in the past that were ​ultimately carried out, often with exemptions, by relevant agencies.

It was also not clear if the Federal Aviation Administration could revoke certifications for ‌planes based on economic reasons or what that would mean for American owners of the planes and whether that would prevent them from operating in the United States. The FAA can revoke an airplane's certification for safety reasons. The FAA declined immediate comment.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Under global aviation rules the country where an aircraft is designed - the U.S. in Gulfstream's case - is responsible for primary certification known as a type certificate, vouching for the design's safety.

Other countries typically validate the decision of the primary regulator, allowing the plane into their airspace, but have the right to refuse or ask ⁠for more data. Following the Boeing 737 MAX crisis, European regulators delayed endorsement ​of some U.S. certification decisions and pressed for further design changes, sparking tensions with ​the FAA.

As part of continuing U.S.-Canada tensions, Carney on Tuesday denied he had retracted comments that irritated Trump, and said almost nothing was normal in the United States.

Carney, citing U.S. trade policy, last week urged nations to accept the ‍end of the rules-based global order ⁠that Washington had once championed. Due to U.S. tariffs on key Canadian imports, Carney is pushing to diversify trade away from the United States, which takes around 70% of all Canadian exports under terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade deal.

The FAA in December ⁠certified Bombardier's Global 8000 business jet, the world's fastest civilian plane since the Concorde with a top speed of Mach 0.95, or about 729 mph (1,173 kph). It was ‌certified by Transport Canada on November 5.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Toronto, David Shepardson and Jasper Ward in Washington, Allison ‌Lampert in Montreal and Tim Hepher in Paris; Editing by Jamie Freed)