The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has maintained a relaxed monetary policy at an interest of 2 percent for the third quarter of 2022, said the governor on Tuesday. The policy has not changed since the start of the year and it is mainly due to the rebound of the tourism industry that was badly affected by [...]
South African police were on Monday combing a township tavern where 21 teenagers mysteriously died as survivors described a battle to escape the jam-packed premises and one reported a suffocating smell. Officials have ruled out a stampede as the cause of the deaths. Most of the victims, some as young as 13, were found dead [...]
Two foreign nationals who were arrested in Seychelles last month in connection with robberies that took place at two foreign currency exchange bureaus have been deported, a top government official said on Tuesday. The Minister for Internal Affairs, Errol Fonseka, made the statement when answering a private notice question from the Leader of the Opposition [...]
CNN's Salma Abdelaziz visits the site of a training program in Ukraine where volunteers are learning to use US-supplied weapons. Source: Latest CNN News
The Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SINCHA) is looking for an alternative place to house the country's National Archives following the announcement recently that it will no longer be in the same building as the National Library. SINCHA's Permanent Secretary Cecile Kalebi announced that "we have plans for a new building of which we will [...]
International and local relief organisations are shifting their focus from the immediate to longer term for areas of Afghanistan hit by last week's killer earthquake, officials said Monday. The 5.9-magnitude quake early last Wednesday hit hardest in impoverished Paktika province in the east, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. While [...]
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Instagram-friendly meal kit service Daily Harvest is facing a firestorm of online backlash over the voluntary recall of one of its products, after a slew of people who consumed it reported becoming ill with mysterious symptoms, including extremely elevated liver enzymes. Source: Latest CNN News
Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage. Source: Latest CNN News
Forty-four migrants have been found dead inside of a semi-truck in San Antonio, according to city councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia, who says she was briefed on the situation by the San Antonio police chief. Source: Latest CNN News