The United States spent almost $500 million (roughly equivalent to $15.2 billion in 2023) to finish the Panama Canal project.

One issue gaining interest concerns the Panama Canal, which has operated since its opening in 1914. France was an original sponsor in constructing a canal. A canal could pay immense dividends for ...

PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick Nairn of Aliquippa are among 58 Pennsylvania soldiers who died the morning of Jan. 26, 1944, when their ship struck a Nazi mine being remembered ...

Before launching into more accounts of disappearing wharves or piers, I need to clarify terminology. Technically speaking, a ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with ...

For the second time in just weeks, an alleged Russian spy ship has entered UK waters, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Wednesday. The Royal Navy will continue to track the movements ...

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s ...

HELSINKI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Identifying suspect ships and limiting their activities is the most efficient way to protect critical undersea infrastructure, European Commission Vice President Henna ...

Trump is keen to remind the world that the US built the canal more than a century ago, revolutionizing global shipping. Before 1914, ships that had to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean were ...

Before 1914, ships looking to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific undertook a risky, monthslong journey around South America. Even modern vessels take about two weeks to complete the trip ...