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Shark returns to South Korea canal after failed rescue attempt
An endangered shark swam back into a canal in South Korea after rescuers had led it back out to sea.
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Studiocanal Boards Pan-Asian Survival Thriller ‘kiDnap Game’ Starring Kentaro Sakaguchi and Lee Joon-gi (EXCLUSIVE)
Studiocanal has boarded “kiDnap Game,” a survival thriller series created and directed by Japan’s Yusuke Kato (“Last Friends”) which unfolds across seven cities in Asia. Produced by Kato for Fuji Television, Hong Kong’s MakerVille and South Korea’s Simstory, the 11-part series will be presented to buyers at Mipcom in Cannes this week. Canal+ has also […]
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Cineflix Rights Sells Nordic Blue Crime Hit ‘Hildur’ to Canal+ in France, Australia’s SBS in Multi-Territory Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
London-based Cineflix Rights, shopper of the Int’l Emmy-winner “Tehran” and BBC hit series “The Walsh Sisters,” has inked a raft of major sales on the Nordic blue crime “Hildur,” based on Finnish author Satu Rämö’s literary phenomenon. Rights on the six-part series in English and Scandinavian were snagged by Canal+ in France, NPO in the […]
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The President of Panama travels to Penonomé, where there is serious damage to the earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 hit the southern coast of Panama on Friday at a depth of 12.6 kilometres, according to the United States Geological Service, causing damage to some buildings but without affecting the vital commercial waterways of the Panama Canal. So far, no official victim report has been given.
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Direct Latin: ship traffic on the Panama Canal is reduced, but the collection is up
In August 2026, 14 less ships passed through the Panama Canal in the same period, mainly due to the operational constraints associated with the El Niño phenomenon, however, the revenues of the interoceanic road continued to grow. This is because ships crossing the Canal carry more cargo and pay higher fares for their transit. In addition, the Canal administration announced that from 15 October the daily transit capacity will increase from 32 to 33 vessels. From Panama City, our correspondent José María Torrijos is
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Ten years of Calais closure: migrants continue to seek to reach the United Kingdom
In 2016, the French authorities dismantled the so-called "Jungle de Calais," a camp located on the outskirts of this northern city of France that came to house thousands of migrants. Many then shared the same objective: to cross the Channel of the Mancha and to reach the United Kingdom. Ten years later, despite the dismantling of the camp and the tightening of border controls, this objective remains in place for many of those who remain in the area.
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France’s Canal+ Threatens to Pull $1.1 Billion Cinema Deal Over French Tax Hike
Canal+ Group chairman Maxime Saada has warned that the pay TV banner could pull out of its €1 billion ($1.1 billion) investment deal with the French film industry if the government goes ahead with plans to double VAT on pay-TV subscriptions. The measure, included in the government’s proposed finance bill, would scrap the reduced 10% […]
Science
Dead animals found in canal where children row
Residents in Brentford raise concerns about sewage flowing into the local canal network.
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How the "water elevators" of the Panama Canal work and why El Niño affects them
Ronald Ávila and José María Rodero, from BBC Mundo, travelled to Panama to understand how the channel works.