Trump threatened to take back the canal because of what he called Chinese influence. CK Hutchison, a Hong Kong company, is selling its control in a firm that ran two ports on the canal.

Norway, a NATO member located on the Arctic front line, has said that China's presence in the region is "limited but growing" as it increases cooperation with its quasi-ally Russia. Newsweek has emailed the Chinese and Russian foreign ministries for comment by email.

Both the U.S. and Russia deploy hundreds of nuclear-armed ICBMs that can be fired and reach targets within minutes.

which in turn supplied weapons to Russia and militant groups, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The US had already sanctioned two other Hong Kong firms earlier in February. The sanctioned firms ...

Hong Kong said on Wednesday that it is setting aside $127.67 million to create an artificial intelligence research institute that will conduct research and development.

Hong Kong will cut thousands of civil service jobs and boost spending in artificial intelligence as it seeks to tackle an increasing deficit HONG KONG -- HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will cut ...