- TheBlast
Cyndi Lauper has announced her farewell tour for later this year
'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' singer Cyndi Lauper has announced plans for her last ever tour.
- Associated Press
Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say
Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and runs a pilot program involving service dogs. The VA can prescribe service dogs to certain veterans diagnosed with a visual, hearing or substantial mobility impairment, including eligible veterans with PTSD, and will cover some costs associated with having a service dog.
- Reuters
Crude oil tanker market grappling with ageing fleet, says Trafigura
The crude oil tanker market is grappling with an ageing fleet of vessels which need to be replaced, posing a challenge as shipyards are focused on building other types of ships, a top executive with commodity trader Trafigura said on Tuesday. The crude tanker market, including VLCC supertankers, has remained strong in recent months partly due to longer voyages made by some vessels sailing via southern Africa amid Red Sea attacks by the Houthis, which has tightened availability. In addition, up to 850 tankers are estimated to have left conventional trading to transport sanctioned oil including from Russia, Iran and Venezuela as part of the so-called shadow fleet.
