The Panama Canal has been thrust into the middle of a power struggle between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies.

As US President Donald Trump takes a sledgehammer to longstanding alliances with a volatile foreign policy that’s included threats to take control of Greenland and a spiraling feud with Canada, he’s also creating a significant opening for China.

Soybeans and bean oil ended sharply higher but off session highs, corn slightly higher with wheat lower. Cattle rallied to nearterm highs, with hogs mixed.

While U.S.-China AI competition has focused on intelligence, businesses in China have a different benchmark for choosing AI tools.

China has executed 11 members of the notorious Ming family criminal gang, who ran mafia-like scam centers in Myanmar and killed workers who tried to escape, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.

Tang Yijun is the second former justice minister to receive a life sentence in less than four years.

Nvidia's H200 AI chip sales to China remain in limbo nearly two months after exports were approved, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.