The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized Moderna‘s and Pfizer‘s Covid-19 shots for children as young as 6 months old, which makes nearly every person in the U.S. now eligible for vaccination. The FDA decision comes after its committee of independent vaccine experts voted unanimously to recommend the shotsContinue Reading
Shutterstock Almost four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s policy is becoming clear. The war between Ukraine and Russia is likely to be a long one. It is becoming obvious that the western states, and particularly the countries of Europe, will have to provide assistance on an unprecedentedContinue Reading
Stuck for a good film on Netflix? Here are our picks for the best Netflix movies to feast your eyes on, updated weekly.Continue Reading
Although prime minister Boris Johnson is suffering a potentially career-ending crisis after only narrowly surviving a confidence vote in his leadership, his struggles don’t necessarily appear to be translating into a surge for the Labour opposition. A recent poll suggested that even after months of scandal, people continue to preferContinue Reading
Give me the child: Iranian children on their first day at kindergarten. Sonia Sevilla via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The Tehran Times recently hailed what it referred to as: “A new epic song themed with generational support for the Islamic Revolution…” Hello Commander, which is being sung by schoolchildren acrossContinue Reading
Review at a glance I nvesting in an actor’s album is always a risky business. Vanity generally outweighs musical talent for those Hollywood types. But just as Jessie Buckley has consistently chosen interesting acting roles – she received an Oscar nomination this year for the Elena Ferrante adaptation The LostContinue Reading
Payton Gendron, the suspect in the killing of ten people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is the latest far-right extremist to allegedly murder defenceless people in the name of white supremacy. His hate-filled manifesto is full of baffling contradictions, vile stereotypes, unhinged conspiracy theories and, predictably, NorseContinue Reading
Monkeypox is suddenly on everyone’s radar, having gone from a handful of cases outside of the area where it is endemic to over 1,600 cases in mere weeks. Given the horrors that COVID brought, it is hardly surprising that people are wondering if this is another pandemic in the making.Continue Reading
As the latest Jurassic World film hits cinemas, we’re re-running a story from The Conversation Weekly’s archives about what dinosaurs really looked liked – and how our understanding of their appearance keeps evolving. Since the release of the first Jurassic Park film nearly 30 years ago, scientists have learnt aContinue Reading
GAYLE King has been absent from CBS Mornings for two days, causing fans to wonder where she has been following a major health scare. On Sunday, Gayle, 67, shared how she has been doing after she tested positive for Covid-19. Getty Gayle King was missing from CBS Mornings on Thursday[/caption]Continue Reading
