Pump Park Vintage Photography/Alamy The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps is the mightiest mass of ice in Europe. Covering a staggering 66 square miles (171sq km) it has always attracted ...

The forgotten statue of Nero at the Isthmus of Corinth is a relic of the time the Roman emperor granted freedom to a part of ancient Greece.

The United States began building the canal in 1904, the year after Panama gained independence from Colombia with U.S. support. The project was completed in 1914 as part of efforts to cut the ...

PANAMA CITY: US President Donald Trump's threat to seize the Panama Canal over alleged undue Chinese influence may really be aimed at limiting Beijing's growing diplomatic and economic presence ...

US President Donald Trump has vowed to "take back" the Panama Canal in his inauguration speech, alleging the vital trade route is under China's control. Doubling down on his pre-inauguration ...

During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump lamented that the U.S. had transferred control of the canal back to Panama, saying American ships are being "severely overcharged." He also repeated ...

Trump claimed that the United States "lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal", but this is a false cumulative tally. It conflates the over 25,000 lives lost in the failed French ...

"During the effort to build the canal in the 1880s, more than 22,000 workers from France died, many from malaria and yellow fever, before the etiologies of these tropical diseases were understood ...

Natural building using less flammable materials gain interest post-wildfires Officials open to alternative building materials like adobe Challenges include financing and insurance for new ...

Panama and China have pushed back against United States President Donald Trump’s controversial claims regarding the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal “was not a gift” from the US, Panama’s ...

After a failed attempt by the French to build it, the US secured the rights to undertake the project. The canal's construction was completed in 1914. It remained under US control until 1977 ...