Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80% A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

Phil Lynott and Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy, at London's Hammersmith Odeon, 1978. Photo: Gus Stewart/Redferns.

EU’s energy crisis response is broader than expected: remote work mandates, heat pump subsidies, EV leasing schemes — plus electrification targets and new laws to tax electricity below fossil fuels.

Me hitting 50

Nick Anderson, Raw Story

6/11🧵

I have only one problem with disaster movies: there isn't nearly enough swearing.

#photography #streetart

The oil painting "The Fall - Girl from Bicycle" by Michele Del Campo (2014) is the first in his series, depicting people after a sudden fall symbolizing emotional or life changes.

The oil painting "The Fall - Girl from Bicycle" by Michele Del Campo (2014) is the first in his series, depicting people after a sudden fall symbolizing emotional or life changes.

Zelensky Says Oil Sanctions Relief Provides Billions for Russian Military - The Moscow Times Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the United States extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle E...

"Every dollar paid for Russian oil is money for the war" and is used for devastating strikes on Ukraine, Zelensky said.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/19/z...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky waits to welcome Sweden's King Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (unseen) in Lviv, Ukraine on April 17, 2026

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the United States extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle East war ➡️ u.afp.com/SEEZ

Aer Lingus cutting flights this summer amid warnings over oil crisis It follows reporting that the airline is cutting more than 500 flights from its schedule for this upcoming holiday season.

Aer Lingus says the "vast majority" of customers will be reaccommodated on same day services if their flights are cancelled this summer.

It follows reporting that the airline could cut 500 flights over the coming months, amid fears for jet fuel supply.
www.thejournal.ie/aer-lingus-c...

President of Internal + External Excretions

Yesterday we had a journalist post on Threads to say the press doesn't like Labour and holds Labour to higher standards than other parties.

It confirms what we all knew and see every day.

But shocking that someone in the media bubble actually said it out loud!

Faiza Shaheen: "This just sends a message.. that this is a group of elites that support each other, that help each other regardless of the types of behaviour.. this really stinks & I think many people wont understand the particulars but what they will hear is this is corruption"

GARY OLDMAN as Cary Grant from ‘North By Northwest’ for a photo project whereby Actors posed for a role they always dreamt of playing.

(It had to be self-deprecating, ironic, absurd, a bit twisted and kind of like a funny/bad dream take on the movie.)

Love it.

Eiffel Tower, Paris March 17th

Kash is suffering from the same allergy Don, Jr. has—a hankering for even more cocaine.

Iran says Strait of Hormuz closed again over US ‘piracy’ Tens of thousands of people forcibly displaced by Israeli attacks on Lebanon use first day of ceasefire to return home.

BREAKING: Trump 'talks too much', says Iran's deputy foreign minister.

Hormuz Strait shut down again over US ‘piracy’, says Tehran.

Investigators examine whether Ukraine terrorist attack was directed by Russia The attacker, who killed six people in Kyiv before police shot him dead, was a Ukrainian citizen born in Moscow

There was a mass shooting earlier today in Kyiv that has a lot of people I know shook up because it's very rare there (unlike in the US, where it's called "Tuesday"). Six dead, at least a dozen injured. He took hostages in a supermarket (shown in photo).

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

In the meantime, our GOP-run Congress has decided it really doesn't want to know who is making inside trades with foreknowledge of Trump's tweets... because it knows exactly who.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

It's not betting when there's no risk involved. It's corruption.

Betting involves risk; corruption involves being in Trump's or Hegseth's inner circle in order to know for certain what is planned and when.

Five people killed after gunman opens fire in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that at least 10 people were hospitalised with wounds and trauma after the shooting.

Five people were killed in Kyiv today after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in the Ukrainian capital before being killed during an arrest attempt, officials said jrnl.ie/7017031

Creep!!

If you think someone quoting a made up Bible verse understands what he’s doing in the Persian Gulf, think again, says former Navy Commander and MeidasTouch Host Bobby Jones.

After the ceasefire in Lebanon took hold, Samah Hajoul headed back to her apartment in south Beirut -- but only long enough to grab fresh clothes, feeling safer in her tent as she wonders whether the truce will last. u.afp.com/SELV

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