When the region experiences droughts, as it did in 2023–2024, the resulting water shortages can lead to increasing water ...

Beijing’s threat to stop a tycoon’s sale of his ports business has dealmakers wondering if they can still operate without ...

William Taylor had an extraordinary life and spent seven years working on the canal. He is buried with his wife Rita in ...

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

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

Other hypotheticals officials have weighed include using U.S. soldiers to secure ports in Panama, building new ports, or even dispatching the Army Corps of Engineers to operate the canal’s locks.

The transaction has drawn fierce criticism from influential Chinese political offices, including the mainland’s Liaison ...

To the editor: I just finished reading an exceptional book by David McCullough about the building of the Panama Canal. When the French were trying to build it, plus the first year the United ...

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that divides two oceans. If that’s the outcome ...

Donald Trump has complained about the U.S. relinquishing control of the waterway to Panama more than 20 years ago and has ...

However, perhaps the most interesting part of his life was the period in which he played an important role in building the Panama Canal. A world traveler, he lived more than a decade in Central ...