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Covid vaccine ‘waning immunity’: How worried should I be?

Shawdesh Desk: There have been warnings from doctors and the UK’s Health Security Agency that waning immunity is leading to deaths even of people who have had two doses of

Cyclone and life of Reshma

Shawdesh Desk: “See, I’m blind, but I’m not deaf.” “When I hear the thundering storm or the cyclones, I’m scared for my life. I hear people screaming, things falling apart.

Access denied: Scrambling for facts on Belarus border

Shawdesh Desk: At a checkpoint near the Polish border, soft rock blared out from a patrol car blocking our path as the police radio channel sporadically burst into life. This

Silkworm cat grub smells like success

Licking its lips imperiously, a ginger cat mops up every last morsel of food from its curly whiskers, clearly undaunted by its supper’s rather unusual base ingredient — silkworm pupae.

Organic farmers find fertile ground in North Africa

Shawdesh Desk; Proudly displaying her freshly picked pomegranates, Tunisian farmer Sarah Shili says going organic is “the future of farming” — and as demand surges in North Africa and beyond,

Fans return for classic Cairo football rivalry

Shawdesh desk: For the first time in years fans returned to Cairo’s International Stadium on Friday for a classic local football clash between two of Africa’s greatest rivals, Al Ahly

Dream of Barcelona return comes true for club icon Xavi

Shawdesh Desk: Xavi Hernandez left with Barcelona the envy of the world and returns to save them from mediocrity, the club’s legendary midfielder brought back as coach with the mammoth

Why are disabled people so affected by the climate crisis?

Israeli minister Karine Elharrar made headlines around the world when it emerged she couldn’t attend the COP26 summit on Monday because it wasn’t wheelchair-accessible. For many disabled people, it was