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For the first time, the French-owned luxury cruise ship Le Champlain is touring the waters of Lake Superior, offering passengers a rare and scenic voyage through the Great Lakes. This five-deck, 188-passenger vessel, part of Ponant’s prestigious fleet, arrived in Thunder Bay early Tuesday morning from Duluth. The visit marked a significant milestone in the cruise line’s history and Thunder Bay’s burgeoning cruise tourism industry.

On Monday (02), Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted two oil tankers in the Red Sea, escalating their ongoing campaign of attacks that have already disrupted the flow of $1 trillion worth of goods through this crucial maritime corridor. These attacks, believed to be fueled by the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, pose a severe risk to international shipping and environmental safety in the region.