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The world's largest cruise ship, "Icon of the Seas", is delivered to Royal Caribbean International.
2023-11-27

Toys "R" Us announces plans to open 24 new flagship stores across the United States, along with new shops in airports and on cruise ships, after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six years ago.
2023-09-29

Russia becomes China's biggest supplier of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and making up over half of China's oil imports.
2022-06-21

Samoa bans all cruise ships from visiting the country amid growing efforts to keep the virus away.
2020-02-22

The Spanish government and the UK government reach an agreement on Gibraltar whereby Spain lifts its threat of boycotting Sunday's summit on Brexit. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says there are now "sufficient guarantees" that any future decisions regarding Gibraltar would be made with Spain.
2018-11-24

The current largest cruise ship in the world Royal Caribbean International's $1.35 billion MV "Symphony of the Seas" commences its maiden voyage.
2018-03-31

The death toll from the Monday night sinking of the cruise ship in the Yangtze River rises to 75 with most of the 450 passengers on board still missing.
2015-06-4

A lifeboat falls off of a cruise ship MS Thomson Majesty while it was docked in the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands, killing 5 people.
2013-02-10

President of Paraguay Federico Franco announces that his country will become an oil producing nation, after a recent discovery in the Chaco region, close to the border with Argentina.
2012-11-26

The Norwegian cruise ship Nordlys 2 catches fire off Ålesund. Two people are killed and twelve are injured.
2011-09-15