Sanctions would also remove Russia's biggest bank from SWIFT
The European Union has agreed on a partial ban on Russian oil imports, according to European Council chief Charles Michel. Source: Latest CNN News
'It's a catastrophe': Russians strike Lysychansk with maximum intensity
Russian strikes in Lysychansk have increased with maximum ferocity. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports from the eastern Ukrainian city, where residents must decide between staying in their homes or fleeing for their lives. Source: Latest CNN News
EU leaders seek to break oil ban deadlock as Russia advances in Donbas
European Union leaders met in Brussels on Monday seeking to overcome Hungarian opposition to an embargo on Russian oil, as Moscow's forces made gains in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was set to address leaders at the emergency summit, expected to press the block "to kill Russian exports" as he [...]
Woman describes atrocities Russian soldiers conducted on her husband
In southern Ukraine, Russian forces continue to shell towns and villages in the Mykolaiv region. CNN's Sara Sidner met with residents, including one woman who says her husband was killed by Russian soldiers. Source: Latest CNN News
Cocaine trafficking: Seychelles' Supreme Court sentences Nigerian man to 11 years in prison
The Supreme Court of Seychelles has sentenced a Nigerian national to 11 years imprisonment for the importation of cocaine, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) said on Sunday. The ANB said that Peter Nwachukuwa, a 51-year-old Nigerian man, was handed down this sentence for importing 746 grammes of cocaine. Nwachukuwa was arrested on June 7, after his [...]
European unity against Russia tested as talks on oil embargo drag on
Europe's united front against Moscow is being put to the test as countries struggle to agree a ban on Russian oil imports. Source: Latest CNN News
Death toll mounts from Brazil downpours as search continues
Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 79 people dead and dozens missing, civil defense officials said Sunday, as rescuers capitalized on a lull in downpours to search for survivors. "As of 6:00 pm (2100 GMT) this Sunday, the number of people killed as a result of the rains has reached 79," the [...]
Flying the world solo: 16-year-old 'MackSolo' arrives in Seychelles
Why wait? You can achieve your dream even before you turn 18 years old, says a young pilot on a mission to break a world record after landing in Seychelles, one of the countries he is visiting on his solo quest. Setting out to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world, Mack [...]
On the front lines with a family fighting for Ukraine
In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. Source: Latest CNN News
French and Spanish tuna fishing groups agree to recycle fishing nets and gears with Seychelles company
Three organisations in Seychelles have signed an agreement to recycle and reuse fishing nets and gears discarded and abandoned by the tuna fishing industry. Seychellois company Brikole, OPAGAC – the Spanish Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers – and Orthongel – the French organisation of frozen and deep-frozen tuna producers – signed an agreement of [...]