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18 July 2021

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News imageA nurse prepares to vaccinate locals with Sputnik V vaccine at a local clinic on July 9, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Global healthcare workers miss out on Covid jabs

Campaigners say millions have not had even one vaccine dose, raising concerns for their communities.

News imageAn photo of a fan and sunlight

How to cool your home in a warming world

Low-energy designs and technologies can keep homes comfortable, come rain or shine.

News imageA woman cries as the casket of a relative is brought to Ibrahim Babanginda Square in the Benue State capital Makurdi, on January 11, 2018, during a funeral service for scores who died following clashes between Fulani herdsmen and natives of Guma and Logo districts.

Five reasons why Nigerians don't feel safe

Almost every part of Nigeria is facing a security crisis - from kidnapping to extremist insurgencies.

News imageAn Indonesian student reacts as he receives his first dose of China"s Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a high school, as the cases surge in Jakarta, Indonesia, 1 July 2021.

Is China's vaccine success waning in Asia?

Thailand and Indonesia's switch to other Covid jabs has raised questions about Chinese vaccines.

News imageMahdi Jafargholizadeh

Iranian athletes defy threats to back Olympic ban

Olympics organisers are being urged to investigate allegations of threats, discrimination and abuse.

News imageAn Indian farmer at the ongoing protest in Delhi.

Living on a highway in protest

Seven months on, farmers are still striking against contentious new laws outside the national capital.

News imageAn Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv.

Spyware used to target activists, leak suggests

Israeli tech firm NSO denies media reports that its software has been sold to authoritarian regimes.

News imageHome schooling

Home-educated child numbers soar by 75%

"Covid anxiety" is among the explanations for the increasing popularity of out-of-school teaching.

News imagegirls shopping

Restrictions ease as Scotland moves to level zero

The whole of Scotland has now moved to the lowest level of Covid regulations.

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