ALBAWABA- Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected a U.S. State Department statement asserting that U.S. government ships can transit the Panama Canal without paying fees, calling it "unacceptable." His remarks come amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over influence in the strategic waterway. Three days prior, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Panama and warned that failure to curb China’s influence over the canal would prompt U.S ...