A U.S. cruise ship that forced all its passengers to disembark in Cambodia after suspending its operations last week has departed the Southeast Asian nation with only crew aboard, Cambodian officials said Wednesday. The MV Odyssey, owned by Florida-based Villa Vie Residences, had been on an around-the-world cruise when it suspended its planned three-year voyage…
Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing. Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, after they had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles…
The MSC Poesia cruise ship is currently detained with passengers on board at the Port of Miami, and its itinerary is on hold while the Coast Guard inspects the ship, Coast Guard officials tell CBS News. In a statement to CBS News on Monday, the Coast Guard said its teams “are verifying the cruise ship’s…
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Residents of Villa Vie Odyssey — which remains stuck in Cambodia — have been informed the cruise ship is now under control of its lender, according to a message sent to residents and obtained by CBS News. The ship will soon be moved from Cambodia to Singapore, where it could eventually be auctioned off, according…
A German submarine slipped through frigid New England waters and covertly dropped off two Nazi spies in Maine on Nov. 29, 1944. Their assignment was to gather intelligence in the United States at the height of World War II. Just four days later, the same U-boat spotted a merchant ship in the area and fired…
Sihanoukville, Cambodia — A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark. The MV Odyssey set sail two years ago on a voyage to the seven continents marketed as combining long-term living at…
The U.S. military said it attacked a boat it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing five people, as the Trump administration continues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed by the U.S. military’s boat strikes to…
On the streets of Schenectady, New York, Ron Ladouceur is “ghost hunting” in broad daylight, alongside an old brick wall. “We’ve got a couple of letters we can make out here, right?” he said. “There’s the word ‘service,’ that’s pretty clear. The brand name was here. This was probably an auto service center of some…
Bubbles rise through the murky green water as divers tenderly explore a rare 15th-century shipwreck off Stockholm’s coast, believed to be the oldest warship found off Sweden. “It’s a very big ship, it was around 40-45 meters when it sailed probably,” project leader and marine archaeologist Hakan Altrock from Sweden’s Museum of Wrecks said, overseeing…
