In 1981, a businessman named Tung Chao-yung purchased a newly made supertanker from Japan's Sumitomo Heavy Industries.

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A U.S.-led ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, and a renewed push to force Russia to end attacks on Ukraine, add ...