More than a dozen people were rescued from a boat that was found disabled in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida, according to ...

Around 900 passengers aboard cruise ships were reportedly sickened from gastrointestinal disease in December as virus outbreaks occur globally. The shocking data has been revealed by the Centers ...

China has launched its first next-generation amphibious assault ship, adding a powerful cutting-edge warship to the country’s fast-expanding navy as it races to rival the military power of the ...

Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific in 1947 on a wooden boat. Credit: Bjørn Fjørtoft / CC BY 4.0 In 1947, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set out on an ambitious journey to challenge the accepted ...

The authorities in Finland said they had confiscated material from onboard the ship, the Eagle S, an aging oil tanker registered in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. The vessel is being held ...

TL;DR: OpenAI’s new o1 model marks a significant leap in AI reasoning capabilities but introduces critical risks. Its reluctance to acknowledge mistakes, gaps in common-sense reasoning ...

MOSCOW – A “terrorist act” sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian state-owned company that owns the vessel claimed on Dec 25.

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MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A Russian cargo ship that ran into trouble on Monday in the Mediterranean Sea and later sank was rocked by a series of three explosions in "an act of terrorism," state ...

A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria following a blast in its engine room, leaving two crew members missing, according to authorities. The remaining 14 crew ...

On a given day at PortMiami, the cruise capital of the world, cruise ships line up shoreside to disembark guests and welcome others. From a distance, with their towering hulls and rows of skyward ...