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The Icon of the Seas, measuring 365 metres, is also Royal Carribean’s first ship that can be powered by liquefied natural gas.


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Christened the Icon of the Seas, the cruise vessel commissioned by travel firm Royal Caribbean International, whose ownership was handed over to the company during an event on November 28, barely two months before its official launch in January 2024 in Miami.

At the foot of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru, what is left of the houses along the main village road are covered in a thick layer of hardened volcanic ash. Curah Kobokan was among the worst-hit areas when the 3,676-metre (12,060 ft) Mount Semeru erupted on Saturday, sending a cloud of ash into the sky and dangerous pyroclastic flows into villages below. Since day one of the disaster, volunteer Dodik Suryadiawan, 36, has driven on the bumpy roads in his personal four-wheel drive, helping to retrieve the remains of those who perished.