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flag Sri Lanka orders $1 billion compensation for environmental damage from sunken ship in 2021.

flag Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ordered the owners of the Singapore-flagged container ship MV X-Press Pearl to pay $1 billion in compensation for the worst marine pollution incident in the country's history. flag The ship sank off Colombo in June 2021 after a fire, causing severe environmental damage, including the death of numerous marine species and pollution of beaches. flag The compensation is to be used for restoring the affected marine and coastal environments.

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