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☆ We moved to Finland and aren't sure it's the 'happiest country in the world' — but we have no regrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kovalonoks and Goswami got married in Turku, Finland, in August 2023. We think Finland is a good place to raise childrenMegha: We rent an apartment in Turku, a few kilometers from the city center. Megha: We would like to have a family of our own someday, and we think Finland is a good place to raise children. Courtesy of QpidindiaWe think expats in Finland face unique challengesMegha: Finland has been named the happiest country in the world six times in a row in the World Happiness Report. I think Finland has several things that allow people to be content, such as work-life balance and good healthcare and education.

Persons: —, Kristaps Kovalonoks, Megha Goswami, Megha, wasn't, Kristaps, Kovalonoks, Goswami, Barbara Kaucher, we're, We've, that's, I've Organizations: Service, University of Turku, Business Locations: Finland, Estonian, Latvia, India, Turku, Nordic, Riga

☆ I sailed on Royal Caribbean's wildly hyped Icon of the Seas — see what it's like traveling on the world's largest cruise ship that can carry nearly 10,000 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas set sail from Miami on its first official cruise this month. The world's largest cruise ship has over 40 restaurants and bars, seven pools, and a water park. AdvertisementIntroverts, look away: Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas , the world's largest cruise ship, set sail on January 27, marking a new era in the mega-cruise-ship boom. The start of Icon's service has been a long time coming for the cruise brand and fans of massive ships. A year later, the cruise line saw its largest booking day as reservations opened for the Icon of the Seas in October 2022.

Persons: —, Finland's Meyer Organizations: Service, Royal, Business Locations: Miami, Royal Caribbean, Finland's Meyer Turku

☆ Icon of the Seas: The world’s largest cruise ship sets sail on maiden voyage
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —There is nothing subtle about the world’s largest cruise ship. The commotion brought traffic to a halt along the causeway to Miami Beach that parallels the cruise ship channel. Icon of the Seas’ list of superlatives and firsts is longFinding time to fit in everything onboard Icon of the Seas promises to keep passengers busy. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson said Icon of the Seas is 24% more energy efficient than required for ships designed today. Royal Caribbean International is clearly pitching Icon of the Seas to a market that goes beyond cruising.

Persons: Lionel Messi, ”, Hurricane Hunter, Oz, Bryan Comer, Comer, Colleen McDaniel, McDaniels, ” McDaniels, Michael Verdure, Rob Clabbers, Q, ” Clabbers, Wagyu, Michael Bayley, ” Bayley, Jay Schneider, Royal, “, ‘, ’ ” Schneider, Terry Ward Organizations: CNN, Port, Hurricane, Storm, Royal, The International Council, Clean Transportation, Royal Caribbean International, Cruise, CNN Travel, Seas, Star, Royal Caribbean Locations: Port of Miami, Turku, Finland, Miami Beach, Argentine, Miami, Eastern Caribbean, Sedona , Arizona, Royal Caribbean, Florida’s Port Canaveral, Orlando, Chicago, Izumi, Caribbean, Vegas, Florida, Tampa

☆ Icon of the Seas: World’s biggest cruise ship delivered to Royal Caribbean
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Karla Cripps | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The world’s biggest cruise ship is now in the hands of its new owner, with Royal Caribbean accepting delivery of the 1,198-foot Icon of the Seas this week. Royal Caribbean says Icon of the Seas is the cruise line’s first ship that can be powered by liquefied natural gas and will have the first waste-to-energy plant at sea. “Images of Royal Caribbean’s ships have often elicited strong responses,” cruise expert Stewart Chiron told CNN Travel when questioned about the reaction in August. The current “world’s largest cruise ship” title holder is another vessel in the Royal Caribbean fleet, Wonder of the Seas, which made its inaugural voyage in 2022. Slightly smaller than Icon of the Seas, it stretches 1,188 feet in length and has 18 decks to explore.

Persons: That’s, it’s, ”, Jason Liberty, Stewart Chiron, “, Jacopo Prisco Organizations: CNN, Royal, Meyer, Royal Caribbean Group, CNN Travel, Royal Caribbean Locations: Royal Caribbean, Meyer Turku, Turku, Finland, Miami , Florida, Caribbean, “, Cadiz, Spain, Florida, –

☆ There's officially a new world's largest cruise ship
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Icon of the Seas officially joined Royal Caribbean's 28-ship fleet on Monday. The 1,198-foot-long, 250,800 gross-ton vessel is now the world's largest cruise ship. AdvertisementSay hello to the new world's largest cruise ship: The Icon of the Seas has officially joined Royal Caribbean's fleet of 28 cruise ships. At 20 decks, 1,198 feet long, and 250,800 gross tons, the Icon of the Seas towers over the average cruise ship. Before this new addition, its 1,188-foot-long, 235,600-gross-ton Wonder of the Seas has held onto the "world's largest cruise ship" title since its debut in 2022.

Persons: —, Meyer, Brittany Chang Organizations: Seas, Royal Caribbean's, Service Locations: Miami, Meyer Turku, Caribbean

☆ How War Destroyed a ‘Long and Happy Marriage’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jeffrey Gettleman | More About Jeffrey Gettleman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was there she realized that she didn’t want to go back home. I wasn’t thinking about divorce. I didn’t know if the Russian troops would come for us or not. I didn’t know if I’d be alive or not. “Like: Is this person who I spent so many years of my life with still the right person for me if I don’t know who I am anymore?”

Persons: Tetiana, I’d, Trofymenko, ” Locations: Ukraine, Turku, Finland, Russian

☆ Icon of the Seas: The world's biggest cruise ship is almost ready
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas is a mammoth 365 meters long (nearly 1,200 feet) and will weigh a projected 250,800 tonnes. Royal Caribbean InternationalIt’s being built at Meyer Turku shipyard, one of Europe’s leading shipbuilders, in Turku, Finland. At an on-site press panel earlier this year, Royal Caribbean International president and chief executive Michael Bayley told media that the vessel was on track to join the Royal Caribbean fleet on October 26, ahead of its 2024 debut. The Icon completed its first set of sea trials on June 22, according to a Royal Caribbean statement. Royal Caribbean InternationalThe ship promises more than 40 ways to dine, drink and be entertained, many of which are included in the cruise fare.

Persons: Michael Bayley, ” Bayley Organizations: CNN, Royal Caribbean, CN, Meyer Turku, Royal Caribbean International, Royal Locations: Finland, Turku, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean, Western, Miami, CocoCay, Beach

☆ A brilliant cosmic burst 100 times as bright as our galaxy came from 2 black holes circling each other, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Chris Panella | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Huge cosmic bursts are coming from two black holes circling each other in a distant galaxy. In this case, the flare came from a binary system consisting of two black holes trapped in a rapid dance. A cosmic burst 100 times brighter than our galaxyThe recorded burst, which astronomers observed in February 2022, occurred when the smaller black hole crashed into a disk of gas surrounding the larger black hole, the study's scientists said. Up to this point, its presence was only predicted through observations of its gravitational influence on the larger black hole. An illustration of the binary black hole system, OJ 287, showing the massive black hole surrounded by an accretion disk.

Persons: —, Mauri Valtonen, Valtonen, Swift, Cruz, they've Organizations: Service, Royal Astronomical Society, ESO, ESA, Hubble, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, NASA, OJ, University of Turku Locations: OJ287

☆ Royal Caribbean's new world's largest cruise ship is almost finished construction — see what it looks like now compared to what the cruise line is promising
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Icon of the Seas — Royal Caribbean's next world's largest cruise ship — will begin sailing in January 2024. Meyer Turku shipyard will deliver the Icon of the Seas to Royal Caribbean in October. See what the ship looks like about 70% complete compared to what Royal Caribbean has been promising. When complete, the over $2 billion project will be the first ship in Royal Caribbean's new Icon-class. In late October 2022, over a year after construction first began, Royal Caribbean gave the public a glimpse of the ship and its amenities.

Persons: Meyer Organizations: Seas, Royal Caribbean, Royal, Morning Locations: Meyer Turku, Royal, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean

☆ Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Roberta Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The strange, discomfiting photographs and videos of the Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja push so many buttons that her provocative exhibition at MoMA PS1 should have been staged in an elevator — to paraphrase the theater critic Peter Marks. Ambiguously titled “Iiu Susiraja: A Style Called a Dead Fish,” the show features 49 photographs and 13 short videos dating from 2008 to 2022. Like most artists whose work matters, Susiraja has no shame. Born in 1975 in Turku, Finland, where she still lives, Susiraja (pronounced ee-you susi-rah-yah) started out as a textile designer. Easy resolution of their meanings is impossible, which creates a rich internal narrative in the viewer, often starting with one’s feelings about one’s own body.

Persons: Iiu, Peter Marks, Susiraja Organizations: MoMA Locations: Turku, Finland

☆ Royal Caribbean is building the new world's largest cruise ship — see what the upcoming Icon of the Seas is like under construction
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean International invited a group of reporters to tour its upcoming Icon of the Seas. Take a look around the roughly 70% complete floating resort soon to accommodate nearly 10,000 people per sailing. It's hard to imagine this incomplete shell of a floating resort will soon be the world's largest cruise ship to hit the market. In mid-May, Royal Caribbean International invited a group of reporters to visit the upcoming Icon of the Seas while under construction in Turku, Finland's Meyer Turku shipyard. But come January 2024, this mega cruise ship will begin accommodating 7,600 guests on year-round seven-night cruises from Miami to the Caribbean and Perfect Day at CocoCay.

In the years that followed, male athletes treated their first sub-four-minute mile as a watershed moment – a rite of passage on the way to becoming a top middle-distance runner. “Back then, getting under that four-minute mile was a big thing, especially for milers,” he added. Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay had become the first people to summit the world’s highest peak the year before, and the first four-minute mile duly became running’s own Everest summit, expanding perceptions of human potential. Wes Santee, seen here competing in a three-mile cross-country race, came close to running a sub-four-minute mile during his career. “It still has some mystique,” Magness says about the status of the four-minute mile today.

☆ Two Finnish guys 'annexed' a Russian diplomat's parking spot by painting it with the Ukrainian flag
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Two Finnish men painted a Russian consul's parking spot with Ukrainian flag colors on Wednesday. The idea first came from Virtala, who told Insider he showed up in a hi-vis jacket to appear more like a maintenance worker. Mattson, whose partner is Ukrainian, wrote on social media: "We held a two-man referendum on annexing the parking spot to Ukraine." Virtala, a self-employed property manager, told Insider that after the paint dried, the diplomat's car returned. "If Ukrainians ask me to, I'd be happy to do my part in washing off the colors," Mattson told Insider.

☆ O nouă tehnică inventată de o infirmieră pentru a extrage doze suplimentare de vaccin anti-COVID
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

O nouă tehnică care permite extragerea mai multor doze de vaccin anti-Covid-19 ar putea contribui la imunizarea unui număr mai mare de persoane. Metoda a fost inventată de infirmiera finlandeză Sari Roos și se bazează pe bule de aer. Sari Roos extrage apoi doza exactă, pe care o completează cu aer steril din flacon, scrie Agerpres. "Numărul dozelor suplimentare este important", a declarat Jutta Peltoniemi, medic specializat în boli infecţioase în oraşul Turku din sud-vestul Finlandei. Aceste doze suplimentare salvează vieţi", a adăugat Sari Roos, scrie digi24.ro.

Persons: Roos, Jutta Peltoniemi Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Danemarca, Helsinki, Finlanda, UE, Turku, Finlandei, .

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