Mar 24, 2021
Lodged container ship snarls traffic in Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is blocked by a large container ship in Cairo, Egypt, on March 24, 2021.
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A giant container ship has gotten stuck on the banks of Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking a critical global shipping corridor that sees 10% of the world's trade pass through each day. Plus, the European Union plans to propose tougher controls on vaccine exports. And, researchers say COVID vaccines, vaccine passports and forged negative test papers are being sold on the darknet.
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