Electric Planes, Once a Fantasy, Start to Take to the Skies
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Electric Planes, Once a Fantasy, Start to Take to the Skies

How a small cargo plane’s 16-day trip from Vermont to Florida might foreshadow a new era of battery-powered air travel long considered implausible.
Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting Global Trade
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Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting Global Trade

The number of ships that can travel through the vital route has fallen sharply this year because of a lack of water for the locks, raising costs and slowing deliveries.