Trump threatens to demand ownership of Panama Canal ‘in full’ if ‘rip-off’ of US doesn’t stop
President-elect Trump has criticized the “exorbitant” fees Panama charges the United States and threatened to demand control of the country's key trade node. The former president and future president posted two truth social posts highlighting America's current relationship with the built, sold, and vaunted Panama Canal — which he calls national and financial security. It […]
Trump: Panama will lose control of Canal if it continues to ‘rip-off’ US
President-elect Trump on Saturday night objected to fees for the vital Panama Canal, saying he would demand that control of the waterway be returned to the United States when he returns to office if no changes are made. “The fees Panama charges are ridiculous, especially given the extraordinary generosity the United States has given Panama,” […]
Canal+ listing is ‘vote of confidence’ in UK stock market, says Reeves | Vivendi
Canal Plus, the international pay-TV company and owner of the studio behind the Paddington film series, made its multibillion-pound stock market debut in London on Monday, delivering a much-needed shot in the arm for the capital's stock exchange. will be provided. The flotation, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves described as a “vote of confidence” in Britain's […]
Aspiring CHP cop, young daughter rescue elderly driver after rollover crash into canal
A motivated police officer, with the help of his sharp-eyed 6-year-old daughter, rescued an elderly driver who crashed into an irrigation ditch on Monday, California authorities said. Syle Johnson and his wife, Ashley Martin, were visiting their Live Oak home when their young daughter, Kaylee, was playing in the front yard when they saw a […]
Passerby saves woman trapped in her car submerged in the Texas canal
A good Samaritan jumps into a Texas irrigation canal to save a woman trapped in a sinking car. The driver, a 49-year-old woman, was traveling southeast in Electra City when she lost control of the vehicle. She skidded off the road and plummeted into the South Side Canal. News Channel 6 reported. A 49-year-old woman […]
NYC sprays ‘Christmas’ perfume near Gowanus Canal — but waste site still stinks
That stinks. The city has sprayed “Christmas” scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal, but holiday spirit alone may not be enough to counteract the stench seeping out of Brooklyn's notoriously polluted waterway. During an odor-elimination operation that began in February and ended last month, the city's Department of Environmental Protection used mist sprayers to release […]
Nine killed when family in overloaded SUV crashes into Florida canal
Nine members of a family, including several young children, were killed Monday when a packed SUV went off a road, struck a guardrail and landed upside down in a canal in South Florida, authorities said. Only one passenger survived the fatal accident and was hospitalized in serious condition. “I’ve been in the fire department for […]
Brooklyn school near Gowanus Canal flagged for toxic air
A special needs elementary school near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal has become the latest nearby facility to receive an air pollution warning, according to information obtained by The Post. Records show that air and soil samples from two buildings occupied by PS 372 on Carroll Street found traces of carcinogenic vapors and other hazardous substances, […]
Famed Brooklyn church, 20 other sites by Gowanus Canal test ‘toxic’ by state
The famous church where Al Capone once got married and 20 other sites near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal are in need of a thorough cleanup after dangerously unsafe air tests, The Washington Post has learned. The state Department of Environmental Conservation found in late April that carcinogenic vapors were leaking from contaminated soil into the […]
Florida Teens Rescue Man After Truck Plunges Into Canal
Two Florida teenagers rescued the driver of a car that fell into a canal Wednesday night, WSVN reported. Two young men saved a man’s life after his truck plunged into a canal in Florida, and the local community and authorities have praised the young heroes for their bravery and quick actions. Tony Cooper and his […]