Construction of the remarkable Canal Du Midi took a staggering 14 years to complete, and required around 12,000 workers. Now, it's a popular tourist hotspot.

The possible motives behind US president-elect’s interest in vital shipping channel Donald Trump has reiterated ambitions to “take back” the Panama Canal, which was built by the US and ...

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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 ...

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, ...

Commissioned by King Louis XIV and completed in 1681, the Canal du Midi was designed to bolster France's trade routes by providing a faster and safer alternative to the treacherous sea voyage ...

Follow him @joshuamzeitz. “When it comes to the [Panama] Canal,” the future president intoned, “we built it, we paid for it, it’s ours, and … we are going to keep it!” No, not incoming ...

Lashing out at Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal for dismissing Sindh's objections to the canal project as "baseless", the PPP drew attention to the widespread protests across Sindh against the ...

PANAMA CITY — The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands and open to commerce from all countries, rejecting claims by President ...

President-elect Donald Trump made international headlines this week after refusing to rule out military force to take back the Panama Canal, citing economic and security concerns regarding China.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands ...

The Wednesday remarks came one day after Trump declined to rule out the use of military force to take back the Panama Canal, which the U.S. ceded to Panama a quarter-century ago. Neither the Trump ...