Seychelles' Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020 has won a gold award for Best Exhibition Design in the sustainability thematic district, presented in a ceremony on Thursday on the closing day of the event. In presenting his heartiest congratulations to the Seychelles Expo 2020 team, Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan said that "as one of the [...]
The Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, may have abated for now, but fighting still rages in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, amid signs that it will become the focus of the war in coming weeks. Source: Latest CNN News
A Russian official accused Ukraine of mounting a helicopter attack on a fuel depot inside Russian territory Friday, as footage surfaced of the facility engulfed in flames. Source: Latest CNN News
Military personnel from Seychelles and India have learned how to work together to carry out counterinsurgency, counter-terrorism and anti-piracy operations in a 10-day joint exercise. The 'Exercise Lamitye,' which translates from Creole to 'Friendship Exercise,' took place in Seychelles from March 22 to 31 with the participation of the main units of the Seychelles Defence Forces [...]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) was due on Friday to hold an emergency meeting on possible new measures to calm the global oil market amid soaring prices sparked by the Ukraine war. "We are going to discuss what kind of steps we can take in order to provide stability to the oil markets," IEA executive [...]
Sri Lanka's capital was under heavy security on Friday after hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president's home in a night of violence and anger at a dire economic crisis. The South Asian nation is seeing severe shortages of essentials, sharp price rises and crippling power cuts in its most painful downturn since independence [...]
Russian authorities say a fire broke out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, Russia, after an air strike coming from two helicopters belonging to the Ukrainian Armed forces. CNN is unable to verify this claim. Source: Latest CNN News
Western intelligence agencies are waging a psychological war over Ukraine directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an expert at the genre, who is now effectively taking a dose of his own medicine. Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles' Supreme Court sentenced a Zimbabwean female national to five years in prison for the importation and trafficking of controlled drugs on Thursday. According to the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB), Elsie Esther Vambe, 45, was sentenced to five years in prison for the importation of a controlled drug and another five years for trafficking a controlled drug. The [...]
A child's doll lies curb side, covered in dirt and debris, in the war-torn Kyiv suburb of Irpin. Source: Latest CNN News