In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

Celebrity bookworms are here to stay. Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have ...

massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians hoisting yellow ropes to latch onto ...

Panama on Thursday rejected the United States' claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure to quit a key Chinese project.

Mr Mulino has accused the US of spreading “lies and falsehoods” after its government claimed its vessels would be able to pass through the Panama Canal without paying. He has also rejected ...

Ponant and Smithsonian Journeys' cruise to Panama and Costa Rica infused leisure with education. Why travelers should choose this sustainable cruise.

Unlike traditional book clubs, there was no discussion of the books they were reading. Instead, the participants gathered for a group photo, proudly displaying their books, before heading off.

Second, the 47-year-old U.S.-Panama treaty governing “the permanent neutrality and operation” of the canal means ships from any country are allowed to use it. Mr. Rubio knows this. He loudly ...

She'd joined the growing number of people - 15,000 by the latest estimate - deciding to ditch the comforts of a house to live on a canal boat instead. Elizabeth and three other boaters speak to ...

By Erica Ackerberg Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives ...

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery ... The author of “The Joy Luck Club” once vowed to have her papers destroyed ...

The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama retained sovereignty. The agreement was a result of Panama's independence ...