The project would require up to $1.4 billion in funding, as the canal's authority seeks ways to mitigate future potential ...

A Human History of the Mediterranean; By Davide Abulafia; Oxford University Press; 816 pp., $68.00 If you read the better class of these ocean books, you might soon find yourself convinced of the ...

Entrance exams have been used mostly to assess how successful prospective students are likely to be in the institutions of higher learning. These tests are used mainly by higher educational ...

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While some airlines like Emirates have just begun to introduce premium economy, one of the earliest innovators in this sector is Virgin Atlantic, which has offered the cabin on their long-haul ...

A body has been found on the Ashton Canal in east Manchester. Police have cordoned off part of Clayton Lane, in Clayton, and the canal towpath. Emergency services were called out to the scene ...

The Erie Canal, a major achievement in transportation infrastructure that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and ignited American economic development, was completed on this day in ...

There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Of those, an alarmingly small number are mothers. Squilla is one of them. A few years ago, she gave birth to a female who one day might ...

PANAMA CITY, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal's profit increased about 9.5% in the fiscal year ended in September to $3.45 billion despite a severe drought that reduced the number of vessels ...

The National Environment Agency (NEA) is investigating a car wash and grooming company after bright red water was seen flowing through a public canal in Kembangan. A picture of the scene was ...

Egypt has unveiled an ambitious project to convert its desert land into habitable areas to address its demographic challenges. With less than 4% of its land deemed habitable, accommodating 113.5 ...