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Hunger claims children in forgotten corner of Uganda

Shawdesh Desk: In one of Uganda’s poorest and most lawless regions, anxious mothers clutch bone-thin infants in a malnutrition ward, terrified their child could be next to succumb to starvation

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100m Americans under heat wave warnings as triple-digit temps move east

Shawdesh desk: More than 100 million Americans were under some form of heat warning or advisory Monday as a withering, potentially record-breaking heat wave made its way toward the central

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Saudi eases Covid measures as first hajj pilgrims arrive

Shawdesh Desk: Saudi Arabia said Monday it would no longer require masks in most enclosed spaces, further easing pandemic restrictions ahead of next month’s hajj pilgrimage. The move comes as

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Attack on poultry farm in Mexico leaves six dead

Shawdesh Desk: Six people were killed and two others wounded Saturday in a gun attack on workers at a chicken farm in Mexico’s troubled southeastern state of Guerrero, the regional

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18.4 mn people reels under acute food insecurity in Horn of Africa: UN

Shawdesh desk: At least 18.4 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and

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US drops Covid testing requirement for international travellers

Shawdesh Desk: The Biden administration will drop the Covid-19 testing requirement for inbound air travelers from abroad on Sunday, ending one of the longest-running travel restrictions of the pandemic, reports

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Indian Govt’s welfare schemes changed lives of minorities for better

Shawdesh desk: Shujaat Ali Quadri, Chairman of the Muslim Students Organisation of India said that several welfare schemes run by the Minority Affairs Ministry have changed the lives of minorities

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AL leader Tipu murder: Prime suspect Musa brought back from Oman

Shawdesh desk: Sumon Sikdar Musa, a prime suspect in the murder of Motijheel Awami League leader Zahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Priti, has been brought back to

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