Held annually on Easdale Island in Argyll, Scotland, the World Stone Skimming Championships (www.stoneskimming.com) attract more than 200 of the best stone skimmers from around the world, along with many spectators. The 2018 event will begin at 12 p.m. on Sept. 23 at a pool in a former slate quarry.

Anyone can compete. Registration, at the Eastdale Island Community Hall, opens at 10 a.m. the day of the contest and continues to 1 p.m. or until 350 competitors have signed up. There are...

Kenya has banned all disposable plastic bags of less than 0.6 millimeters in thickness, which include grocery, shopping and garbage bags. Travelers who have disposable plastic bags in their luggage upon arrival, such as from duty-free shops, will have those bags taken from them at the airport.

Zip-lock-style disposable food bags are included in the ban, but it is not clear if travelers using them to store items in their carry-ons will have the bags confiscated. Zippered clear plastic...

In 1967, Princess Cruises (800/774-6237, www.princess.com) was the first cruise company to send a ship through the Panama Canal. On Oct. 26, 50 years later, the line’s Caribbean Princess became the first neo-panamax cruise ship (holding more than 3,000 passengers) to go through the new, expanded locks of the canal. 

Opened in June 2016, the canal expansion enables larger ships to pass through the locks, allowing an increase in the maximum length of ships from 294 to 366...