Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sir Richard Branson in 2006, in a publicity stunt to promote the ‘Britain’ island of The World, two years before the crash. Dubai World, the government investment arm in charge of the project, was revealed to have debts of $60bn. Facebook Twitter Pinterest An underwater bedroom on the Floating Seahorse villa in 2018. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Burj Khalifa as seen today from The World, Dubai. “We have already tested floating palm trees.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest The World, right, and its fellow artificial archipelago the Palm Jumeirah, seen from space.

Source: The Guardian February 13, 2018 06:00 UTC