The UN warned Wednesday that a growing global food crisis could last years if it goes unchecked, as the World Bank announced an additional $12 billion in funding to mitigate its "devastating effects." Food insecurity is soaring due to warming temperatures, the coronavirus pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has led to critical shortages [...]
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS) on Thursday filed amended charges for money laundering against businessman Mukesh Valabji and former First Lady Sarah Zarqhani Rene, and dropped charges against three others in the case of the $50 million that went missing from government accounts. According to court documents, the counsel for ACCS, Edmund Vickers, informed the Supreme [...]
Pro-Russia online operatives falsely claimed weeks into Moscow's war against Ukraine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had committed suicide, as part of an aggressive effort to dent public morale and undermine the Ukrainian government, US cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. Source: Latest CNN News
The crew of a Sri Lankan vessel caught on suspicion of illegal fishing in Seychelles' waters is expected to appear in court on May 27. According to a press release from the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF), the vessel was intercepted by the Seychelles Coast Guard on May 11 after an alert by the Seychelles Fishing Authority [...]
Burkina Faso's government said Friday that rescue teams were struggling to pump out water from a flooded mine where eight miners have been missing for nearly three weeks. The eight -- six Burkinabe, a Zambian and a Tanzanian -- were listed as missing when an underground section of the mine flooded on April 16 following [...]
CNN's Sara Sidner speaks with Sergiy Demidov, a Ukrainian man who owns a hotel in Odesa that was just bombed by the Russians. Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles will get more international assistance in its research into bats and giant tortoises under a renewed agreement with the Green Teen Team Foundation (GTTF) and the Parco Natura Viva. The agreement signed between the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SNPA) and the GTTF in 2017 was renewed on Wednesday. The chief executive of the [...]
Just when it seemed like Finland and Sweden's accession into NATO was imminent, Turkey has taken its allies by surprise by throwing a wrench into the works. Source: Latest CNN News
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Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the "horrifying" toll of lead poisoning. Human-created waste in the air, water and soil rarely kills people immediately, but causes instead heart disease, cancer, [...]
