Meet the crack team fighting to free the Suez container ship
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<p>Dredgers, tugboats, helicopters, and a legendary team of salvage experts: <a href="https://apple.news/AGzfR70eUST6Qsyy0vyzW6w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> reports on the Herculean effort to free the giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal.</p> <p>Gas prices are rising and could go even higher during the summer, energy-market watchers say. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7DRdZfm9SXi_CV4Wv4IyGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains the factors behind the surge.</p> <p>Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for children under 13. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ad5SXn3zwRKKdY6mZDYk0CA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks into why social-media companies are focusing on younger kids.</p> <p>How does aging wine in outer space affect its taste? The <a href="https://apple.news/AzpSy27sXSMqMx0rVOoXNFA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Times of London</a> has the results of an experiment that saw prized Bordeaux blasted into orbit.</p>
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