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Panama rejects Trump call for US to take back canal

Foreign minister Hakan Fidan says Trump will back Turkey over Kurdish forces after meeting Abu Mohammad al-Jolani ...

Property developer claims more billionaires are joining Elon Musk in backing the party ...

Company co-founders reaped $900mn in gains this year ...

Statistics agency takes swift action to ensure quality of economic figures in wake of debacle over jobs review ...

Slovakia's prime minister has 'one-on-one' meeting at the Kremlin as Ukraine prepares to halt transit of Russian gas ...

Plus, Trump chills the world's central bankers and UK GDP figures steal Labour's Christmas ...

Nomination of Stephen Miran elevates a critic of Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell to a top White House post ...

Russell Downs defends deal with Spain's Navantia as best outcome possible to keep Titanic maker's yards alive ...

Consortium likely to include Elon Musk's SpaceX in move to grab a bigger slice of $850bn US defence budget ...