the sea surrounding the stormy Cape Horn has been notorious as a ship graveyard, claiming the lives of thousands of sailors and countless vessels. However, the advent of the Panama Canal brought ...

The US took over a bankrupt French project, backed an independence movement, and paid a $25 million ransom to get the marvel ...

French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps directed a team of engineers to construct a sea-level canal in Panama in 1880. The builders encountered tropical heat, heavy rainfall, landslides, and diseases.

If China wanted to disable the Panama Canal to stop the flow of U.S. ships, it likely could do so via a cyberattack, Chuck ...

The security of the Panama Canal is vital to the U.S. economy and military, leading to concerns over China's presence in the ...

Recent rains have led the Panama ... into the sea. The lakes have been depleted by the scarcity of rainfall due to the El Niño phenomenon coupled with global warming. The water level in Alhajuela ...

The Panama Canal's water levels have been dwindling, and this shift will have significant economic consequences for the region. To combat the change, the Panama government approved the Rio Indio ...

The canal serves as a shortcut between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and, beyond that, the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Trump has said that the United States needs the Panama Canal for "economic ...

President Donald Trump’s threats to “take the Panama Canal back,” combined with climate change, have ignited a global debate ...

Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating a US consortium’s deal for two ports in the Panama Canal zone, delaying the deal’s closing that was originally set for next week. President Donald Trump ...