The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, got jammed across the canal on March 23 and remained stuck for six days, stopping traffic in both directions.

It has been held in a lake between two stretches of the canal since being dislodged on March 29, amid a dispute over a $916 million claim by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) against Japanese owner Shoei Kisen for compensation over the incident.

China’s Waterdrop raises $360 mln in New York IPO -sources

May 9, 2021

The pricing of the IPO at the top end showed investors overlooked regulatory scrutiny of the fintech sector currently underway in China and some concerns on whether the IPO will even go ahead, said one of the sources.

UK court to reconsider $6.9 bln Brazil dam lawsuit against BHP

May 9, 2021

The collapse of the Fundao dam, owned by the Samarco venture between BHP and Brazilian iron ore mining giant Vale , killed 19 and sent a flood of mining waste into communities, the Doce river and the Atlantic Ocean, 650 km (400 miles) away.

Samarco has since filed for bankruptcy protection.

Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all

May 9, 2021

“Delays and shortages of vaccine supplies are driving African countries to slip further behind the rest of the world in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the continent now accounts for only 1% of the vaccines administered worldwide,” WHO warned Thursday.

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