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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Larry Emdur set to make SHOCK purchase after 'outrageously stupid' video goes viral
Larry Emdur has revealed his next high-end purchase after going viral on social media. The beloved Channel Seven star took to Instagram last week to share a hilarious clip off the back of a rumoured romance with the Sunrise Cash Cow. The video showed Larry holding up a piece of paper that read: 'Just because I got kicked out of high school doesn't mean I'm stupid.' The Morning Show host had more to say with subsequent cards; however as he picked up each one, Larry neglected to bring it to the front of the pile, leaving only his first card visible. 'To all the haters and frootloopy fruitbats who looked at my last few posts and actually really truly thought I had an affair with the @sunriseon7 Cash Cow. How stupid do you think I am?? Here's my response,' he captioned the cheeky clip. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The post certainly resonated with friends and followers, racking up more than 28,000 likes. Responding to the reaction on Saturday, Larry revealed just how viral the post had gone, joking he may be about to swap the Seven studio for a swashbuckling life on the high seas. He shared a photo that showed a 30-foot-long pontoon boat that had been designed to look like a pirate ship. The unique item is currently for sale on Facebook Marketplace with the seller, who is based in Michigan, asking a princely AU$36,000 for it. Captioning the image, Larry revealed that his previous video had clocked up almost one million views since he posted on Monday. 'When my last post (that was outrageously stupid) hit 100k views I said to [my wife] Sylvie: "If that s*** post reaches 1 million views I'm going to buy this pirate ship",' Larry wrote. 'Ummmmm, better get my eye patch and hook ready.' Larry again proved his on-point social media game, with followers flooding the comments to praise his giggle-worthy posts. The post certainly resonated with friends and followers, racking up more than 28,000 likes. Responding to the reaction on Saturday, Larry revealed just how viral the post had gone, while revealing that he may be about to swap the Seven studio for a swashbuckling life on the high seas 'This is the best thing I've seen on the internet today,' one fan wrote. '@larryemdur pictures of you on your ship please and thanks. Eye patch optional.' Summing up the sentiment of many, another offered: 'You are so funny. Keep it coming.' The post comes after Larry shocked fans by revealing an unexpected romance with a Channel Seven co-star. The Gold Logie winner took to Instagram last Saturday to share a photo that showed him getting up close and personal with one of his colleagues. It was all in good fun, though, as Larry was merely recreating the viral footage of billionaire tech CEO Andrew Byron who was caught canoodling with his company's HR chief Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay concert in Boston. The affable TV veteran shared a side-by-side photo that showed the viral moment next to Larry looking very comfortable with the Sunrise Cash Cow. Larry, playing the part of the HR exec with aplomb, looked chuffed to be in the company of his bovine belle, who lovingly wrapped her hooves around the presenter's chest. He captioned the hilarious photo with a sincere apology to his wife of 30 years, writing: 'Sorry, Sylvie x.' The post was met with a flurry of laughing face emojis, with many praising the former Price Is Right host's sense of comic timing. Meanwhile, Larry is still very much happily married to Sylvie, with the couple celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in December.
Daily Mail
12-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
What it's REALLY like cruising with billionaires on the world's most exclusive ship, where apartments cost up to £12 million
Money talks – we all know that. But even if you have £12 million or so in the kitty and want to buy a three bedroom apartment (please don't call it a cabin) at the stern of the ship, there's no guarantee you'll be successful. None whatsoever. 'We're not dazzled by wealth and our residents cherish privacy,' says Fernando Arroyo, general manager of The World, the only fully residential cruise ship on the high seas. 'If someone like the Beckhams came along and wanted to buy we would politely say no. They just wouldn't be the right fit. It would become a circus.'
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cruise workers can never break this rule, or they face getting kicked off the ship — and even arrested
They frown on this kind of relation-ship. Landing a man in uniform on the high seas might sound like the ultimate maritime fantasy, but one cruise ship employee revealed that's unlikely to happen. The reason: Flirting with passengers could potentially get crew members booted from the vessel. Luke Osey, a professional magician who has worked on ships, dropped the bombshell in a viral TikTok video while responding to a fan who'd asked what employees do if passengers come on to them. 'The thing is, it's not really going to get to that point,' Osey said. 'If you notice that a guest is starting to flirt with you, obviously you talk to them for a bit, but you're not going to flirt back because you know it would be leading them on.' Contrary to the sea-bound salaciousness that permeated the 1970s sitcom 'The Love Boat,' that kind of vessel va-va-voom is not allowed. The card-trick shark said that, for the most part, high seas employees 'politely decline' voyagers' advances, as not doing so could land them off the ship. 'If there was even a hint of suspicion that you were talking to or sleeping with a guest, you'd be disembarked immediately,' the illusionist noted. 'My contract would be terminated, I'd be kicked off at the next stop pretty much.' Osey claimed he took this rule so seriously that he'd intervene if he saw a colleague coming onto a guest. 'I'd say, 'Hey, mate, that's not the best idea — you could get called out for this,'' Osey said. 'A little bit of fun is not worth your contract,' the young shipmate added. 'And, also, the average age of cruisers is about 65, so it's not really my type anyway.' According to P&O Cruises' Fleet Harassment Policy, 'any intimate relations or attempts at intimate relations that are unwelcome, including asking a passenger to be alone, kissing, engaging in sexual relations, or any other similar behaviour will be dealt with under the Code of Conduct with a potential sanction being up to and including dismissal.' In fact, nonconsensual interactions could be deemed a 'criminal offense' and result in the offending crew member getting arrested. Crew members are also prohibited from inviting passengers to their cabin accommodations — unless the employee is already recognized to be in a relationship with said guest before boarding. 'You must declare this to your Head of Department prior to the passenger boarding,' according to the policy. Relationships between crew members, on the other hand, are generally acceptable with one caveat — supervisors are not allowed to date their subordinates, the Daily Mail reported. Meanwhile, cruise ships are veritable havens for inter-passenger relations. In fact, swinging — engaging in group sex or swapping partners — is particularly popular with randy travelers often pinning pictures of upside-down pineapples to cabin doors to let fellow pleasure boaters know they're in the mood for a switcheroo.
Irish Times
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
World on verge of ratifying key treaty to protect oceans
The world is on the verge of ratifying a historic high seas treaty following progress made at the UN Oceans Conference that concluded in Nice, France, on Friday. Fifty countries, including the EU, have now agreed to ratify the treaty, and 10 others, including the UK, have agreed to ratify it by the end of the year, enabling it to come into force next year. The landmark treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction was agreed two years ago but needs ratification by 60 countries. It is a critical lever for implementing global commitments to protect 30 per cent of marine waters. Despite the progress, the failure to significantly scale up protection of oceans from deep-sea mining and sea beds from 'bottom trawling' was widely criticised. Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the sea floor to catch large quantities of commonly eaten fish such as cod, hake, haddock, halibut and sole as well as shrimp. READ MORE [ UN Ocean Conference 3: will it lead to protecting the high seas from all extraction, forever? Opens in new window ] More than 50 global leaders present heard illegal fishing practices pose a fundamental threat to marine ecosystems. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing costs up to $23.5 billion annually (€20.3 billion). This activity is creating complex security challenges that threaten global fish stocks and the stability of coastal communities . A member of the Ocean Rebellion activist group dressed as French president Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the UN ocean conference in Nice. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images The UN ocean treaty during the opening session of the third oceans conference in Nice. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images Global environmental campaign group Greenpeace said significant progress was made towards ratifying the treaty with a strong statement on a new plastics treaty signed by 95 governments. 'Once ratified, [the high seas treaty] will be the only legal tool that can create protected areas in international waters, making it fundamental to protecting 30 per cent of the world's oceans by 2030,' it added. UN secretary general António Guterres told the UN Oceans Conference that the deep sea should not become the wild west , in an apparent reference to US moves to facilitate sea mining. French president Emmanuel Macron , who co-hosted the summit, said a mining moratorium is an international necessity. Four new countries pledged their support for a moratorium, bringing the total to 37. 'High Seas Treaty ratification is within touching distance, but the progress made here in Nice feels hollow as this conference ends without more tangible commitments to stopping deep-sea mining,' added Greenpeace head of delegation Megan Randles. Mr Macron announced the creation of one of the world's largest networks of marine protected areas, with a target of 4 million km² under protection, of which 900km² is highly protected. This is being led by the government of French Polynesia. Coinciding with the conference, the European Commission adopted a European ocean pact, designed to promote a thriving blue economy and support the wellbeing of people living in coastal areas. Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, announced an investment of €1 billion in Nice to support ocean conservation, marine science and sustainable fishing. Protesters on the Promenade des Anglais ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, south-eastern France, this week. Photograph: Valery Hache/ AFP via Getty Images The UN Ocean Conference saw many announcements from individual countries and groups of countries on marine protection measures. Ghana announced it will ban bottom trawling and all industrial fishing from its waters, while the UK announced a ban over 48,000km2 of its offshore areas already designated as protected. A total of 22 Pacific nations committed to a joint effort on sustainable ocean management and conservation. Tanzania declared two new marine protected areas to safeguard vital coral reefs, seagrasses, mangroves and habitats of threatened sharks and rays. In addition, 11 governments signed a new pledge to safeguard coral reefs with the best chance of long-term survival in the face of climate change. 'With the overall state of the ocean continuing to deteriorate, we are disappointed by the lack of responsibility shown by states who were unable to agree on a clear pathway forward that defines tangible conservation action,' said Fabienne McLellan, director of international marine conservation group OceanCare. 'The health of the ocean is in free fall, and non-binding declarations will not reverse this trajectory. We needed a concrete action plan with clear timelines, but instead we got aspirational language,' she added.
Malay Mail
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
What is the UN high seas treaty and how could it change global ocean conservation?
UNITED NATIONS (US), June 11 — The high seas treaty could be law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swathes of ocean that belong to no one. The treaty was adopted by UN member states in June 2023. It has been ratified by 49 nations plus the European Union, according to the UN, and comes into force 120 days after its 60th ratification. The US signed the treaty in 2023 under Joe Biden's administration but is not expected to ratify it while Donald Trump is president. Here are the key points of the treaty text: International waters The treaty covers international waters, which fall outside the jurisdiction of any single state, and account for more than 60 per cent of the world's oceans. Specifically, it applies to waters beyond countries' exclusive economic zones, which extend up to 200 nautical miles from the coast. It also covers what is known as 'the Area', shorthand for seabed and subsoil beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. The Area comprises just over half of the planet's seabed. Once enacted, a decision-making body — a Conference of the Parties (COP) — would have to work with regional and global organisations that already oversee different aspects of the oceans. These include regional fisheries bodies and the International Seabed Authority, the arena where nations are hotly contesting a proposed set of rules to govern deep-sea mining. Trump's decision to sidestep the authority — to which the US is not a member — and issue deep-sea mining permits in international waters has raised tricky questions of jurisdiction. Marine protected areas Currently, almost all protected marine areas (MPAs) are within national territorial waters. The treaty, however, allows for these reserves to be created in the open ocean. Most decisions would be taken by a consensus of the COP, but an MPA can be voted into existence with a three-quarters majority, to prevent deadlock caused by a single country. One crucial shortcoming: the text does not say how these conservation measures will be monitored and enforced over remote swathes of the ocean — a task that will fall to the COP. Some experts say satellites could be used to spot infractions. Individual countries are already responsible for certain activities on the high seas that they have jurisdiction over, such as those of ships flying their flags. Sharing the bounty? On the high seas, countries and entities under their jurisdiction will be allowed to collect animal, plant, or microbial matter whose genetic material might prove useful, even commercially. Scientists, for example, have discovered molecules with the potential to treat cancer or other diseases in microbes scooped up in sediment, or produced by sponges or marine mollusks. Benefits-sharing of those resources has been a key point of contention between wealthy and poorer nations. The treaty establishes frameworks for the transfer of marine research technologies to developing countries and a strengthening of their research capacities, as well as open access to data. But it is left to the COP to decide exactly how any monetary benefits will eventually be shared, with options including a system based on specific commercialised products, or more generalised payment systems. Environmental impact studies The treaty requires signatories to assess the environmental impacts of planned activities under their control on the high seas before they are authorised in instances when such activities may have more than a minor or transitory effect. It also calls for countries to assess the potential impact on international waters of activities within national jurisdictions that may cause 'substantial pollution' or harm the high sea marine environment. Ultimately, states are responsible for giving the green light to any potentially harmful activity — a role NGOs hoped would go to the COP, to make controversial approvals more difficult. The treaty also requires states to publish updates on an activity's environmental impacts. Approvals can be called into question if unanticipated impacts arise. Though they are not specifically listed in the treaty, activities that could come under regulation include transport and fishing, as well as more controversial subjects such as deep-sea mining or even geo-engineering initiatives to mitigate global warming. — AFP
