The British government was to send a first plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday despite last-gasp legal bids and protests against the controversial policy. A chartered plane was to leave one of London's airports overnight and land in Kigali on Tuesday, campaigners said, after UK judges rejected an appeal against the deportations. [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday assented to an amendment to the Constitution that gives the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) the right to enforce domestic law in relation to public security, environmental protection and maritime security. The amendment gives a fifth function to the military and enables it to work alongside the Seychelles Police outside of [...]
Pope Francis has said that the war in Ukraine "was perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented" in remarks published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday. Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles' Environment Trust Fund has received more than $775,000 (SCR10 million) as voluntary contributions made by travellers to the island nation through the Seychelles Travel Authorisation Platform as of June 2022. The announcement was made in a press statement from the Ministry for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment on Monday. Visitors to Seychelles are able to [...]
Russian president Vladimir Putin has shifted his rhetoric on the invasion of Ukraine -- from "denazifying Ukraine" at the initial stage to a complete land takeover in an imperial style. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports. Source: Latest CNN News
Spain was on Monday in the grips of a heatwave expected to reach "extreme" levels with France set to follow suit as meteorologists blame the unusually high seasonal temperatures on global warming. The "unusual" temperatures in the first-half of June come after Spain experienced its hottest May in at least 100 years, Ruben del Campo, [...]
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In recorded testimony released by the House January 6 committee, Trump administration officials, including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and former campaign manager Bill Stepien recount how election night unfolded at the White House. Source: Latest CNN News
An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep sank Sunday in Sudan's Red Sea port of Suakin drowning most animals on board but with all crew surviving, officials said. The livestock vessel was exporting the animals from Sudan to Saudi Arabia when it sank after several thousand more animals were loaded on board than it [...]
The Seychelles Police have confirmed that they have sought the expertise of the Kenyan ballistics experts to assist in an ongoing case of illegal possession of firearms. The Nairobi Review newspaper stated in a recent article that "the government of Seychelles has contracted the services of experts drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Forensic [...]
