The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal Zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay — and life. “Separate schools, clubhouses, commissaries ...

Newsweek reached out the Panama Canal Authority and Suez Canal Authority by email outside of normal business hours on Saturday evening for comment. Why It Matters.

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free ...

The U.S. ceded control of the waterway to Panama in 1977, with the handover being completed in 1999. The Suez Canal, built in the 1800s, connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

An effort to establish a canal through Panama led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, began in 1880 but progressed little over nine years before going bankrupt. Advertisement ...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that all U.S. ships should be able to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free, adding that he has already instructed Secretary of State Marco ...

In the first five months of 2025, crossings via the canal jumped 10 percent annually as geopolitical tensions continue to surround the trade artery.

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic ...

The Suez Canal has a minimum width of 205 meters (673 feet), and so modern U.S. aircraft carriers can fit through, as the USS ...

An effort to establish a canal through Panama led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt's Suez Canal, began in 1880 but progressed little over nine years before going bankrupt.

An effort to establish a canal through Panama led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, began in 1880 but progressed little over nine years before going bankrupt. Advertisement ...