It significantly reduces shipping time and costs, especially for time-sensitive or perishable goods. The canal’s construction began in 1880 under Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, ...

At this time, Panama was a province of Colombia, which refused to ratify a subsequent 1901 treaty licensing U.S. interests to build the Panama Canal. President Theodore Roosevelt responded to Colombia ...

At this time, Panama was a province of Colombia, which refused to ratify a subsequent 1901 treaty licensing U.S. interests to build the Panama Canal. President Theodore Roosevelt responded to ...

"First, in order to revert to a Suez routing the carriers would want to be reasonably certain that the situation does not suddenly deteriorate, and they would have to make their vessels do a U-turn ...

Video shows medevacs in Rafah Crossing for first time in nine months ...

In 2022, skaters were able to enjoy the full 7.8 km of the canal on opening day for the first time in more than two decades. But in the 2023 season, the Skateway failed to open for the first time ...

Wading into an issue that made headlines when Trump claimed last month that the canal was “foolishly” given to Panama, Rubio described the waterway as a strategic vulnerability due to Chinese ...

The Canal was now merely an auxiliary of the U.S Navy. World War II also transformed the United States economy and solidified for all time the strength of both coasts, further reducing the need for ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has in recent days repeatedly denounced what he sees as China’s outsized influence on the Panama Canal – the ... At the same time, local officials we ...

Egypt - A banking alliance led by Banque Misr, alongside Suez Canal Bank and Al Baraka Bank–Egypt, has successfully secured long-term joint financing of $108m for MAFI for Agricultural Produce ...

Over the past decade, Egypt has set ambitious goals for the future of one of the world’s most crucial trade routes and a cornerstone of its not insignificant rentier economy: the Suez Canal. In 2015, ...

Trump wants to acquire Greenland from Denmark, absorb Canada as a very large 51st state, and retake the Panama Canal. His threats ... are not returned by the time he takes office.