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The Latest Breaking News from Panama Canal

Christmas supplies at risk as Panama Canal suffers drought

Experts are concerned Christmas deliveries could be impacted by the major delays on the hugely important shipping route

The Independent UK

How drought in Central America is pushing up the cost of living in Australia

What does a drought in Central America have to do with Australia’s cost of living? Quite a lot, if the drought affects the Panama Canal.

The Conversation

Long delays at Panama Canal after drought hits global shipping route

Number of vessels able to pass through each day limited because lower availability of water

The Guardian - UK

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Drought threatens to dry up crucial Panama Canal shipping link

Drought has forced authorities in Panama to reduce shipping traffic in the canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific as a water supply crisis threatens the future of the crucial waterway. Two artificial lakes that normally maintain the water level in the canal and refill the locks have been depleted by…

Radio France Internationale

Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult to star in Denver councilman's book adaptation 'The Order'

DENVER — A lot can happen between the beginning and end of the Panama Canal.

The Denver Post

Panama Says Iran Warships Might be Allowed Through Canal

Iranian naval ships will be allowed to sail through the Panama Canal as long as they abide by international norms, Panamanian authorities said Tuesday following reports that Tehran was sending vessels to the strategic waterway. Any Iranian military presence in the Canal would anger the United States, which built the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animals

In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two endangered, black-handed spider monkeys swing about their wire enclosure balanced by their long tails

The Independent UK

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Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died

He wrote acclaimed books about Harry Truman and John Adams, along with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. He also was the authoritative voice narrating TV films such as The Civil War in 1990.

WEKU

Viking Cruises plans epic voyage from Duluth to Antarctica and South America

Cruise passengers boarding the Viking Polaris in Duluth, Minnesota, in the autumn of 2023 will embark on an epic 71-day, eight-country, three-continent voyage that includes stops in Canada, New York City and Mexico, a transit of the Panama Canal and a week in Antarctica, before disembarking in Argentina.

Tribune News Service

Guests and crew members test positive for COVID-19 aboard Princess Cruise ship

Passengers and crew members tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a 15-day Princess Cruise trip to the Panama Canal that returned Sunday to the Port of San Francisco.

Los Angeles Times

East Coast ports rushed to attract mega ships. Now, one is stuck outside DC

The $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal doubled its capacity in 2016, allowing the world’s largest cargo ships to sail more easily to America’s East Coast from Asia. Now, one of those giant vessels has been stuck near the U.S. capital for more than a week.

Tribune News Service

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