Every day, hundreds, or even thousands, of people are trying to flee the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, gathering up whatever they can cram into their cars, or even piling onto tractors. Source: Latest CNN News
India will be helping Seychelles with the installation of a coast guard radar system and other defence matters, the Indian High Commissioner said on Friday. General Dalbir Singh Suhag, a former chief of army staff of the Indian Army, spoke of the donation of the radar system during a handing over ceremony of three ceremonial guns and ammunition and [...]
Finland's government announced Sunday it will apply to join NATO, ditching decades of wartime neutrality and ignoring Russian threats of possible retaliation as the Nordic country attempts to strengthen its security following the onset of the war in Ukraine. Source: Latest CNN News
Somali lawmakers gathered in Mogadishu Sunday to vote in the country's long-overdue presidential election, with 35 candidates vying for the top job in the troubled Horn of Africa nation as it battles an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. The poll has been dogged by claims of irregularities and is well over a year [...]
William "Bill" McAteer, a British-Seychellois historian, has published a new book on the history of Seychelles. The book - Another Story -The History of Seychelles 1976 to 2020 - charts the most recent and controversial parts of the country's history as an independent state including the coup d'état of 1977 that introduced one-party rule by [...]
More than a month after the Ukrainian army retook Irpin from the Russians, Volodymyr Klimashevskyi is still finding the little nail-like projectiles scattered around his garden and embedded deep in the walls of his house. Source: Latest CNN News
Ukraine's folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest, surfing a wave of goodwill from European nations to clinch the country's third win at the glitzy event. Source: Latest CNN News
CNN's Sara Sidner reports on how Ukraine is using facial recognition technology to identify Russian soldiers killed in battle. Source: Latest CNN News
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan died Friday aged 73 after a years-long battle with illness, triggering a period of mourning and a handover of power in the oil-rich Gulf state. Sheikh Khalifa, who was in office during a time of rocketing fortunes for the United Arab Emirates but was rarely seen in public, [...]
The qualities needed to become top athletes and the sacrifices that will have to be made were part of an experience sharing session conducted by two professional athletes with young aspiring Seychellois swimmers, cyclists, weightlifters and sailors. The young athletes met on Thursday to engage with Seychellois-British former Chelsea FC star Michael Mancienne and US Olympic [...]
