Russian forces inched towards Kyiv Saturday and pounded civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities as concerns grew over the besieged southern port of Mariupol, where officials said more than 1,500 people had been killed. Air raid sirens sounded Saturday in several cities, including the capital Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipro and Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian media. More [...]
Seychellois female weightlifter, Clementina Agricole, has increased her chances to get a spot at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after winning a gold medal in the international open weightlifting championship in Mauritius. Agricole, a former Seychelles Sportswoman of the Year, clinched gold in the 59kg category with a total lift of 177kg -- 77kg [...]
The annual Seychelles Fashion Week will, for the first time this year, be held outside of the island nation with a debut at the Dubai Expo on March 16. The organiser of the event, Terry Carolla, told SNA that the move to Dubai will give more exposure to local designers and models as well showcasing [...]
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician who survived two poisoning attempts, gives CNN's Erin Burnett perspective on life in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Source: Latest CNN News
Russian forces launched multiple missile attacks on a wide range of targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Friday, striking airfields in the far west of the country and, for the first time, hitting the central city of Dnipro, to which Ukrainians from other embattled cities have fled. Source: Latest CNN News
Russia has relied far more heavily on less sophisticated, so-called "dumb" bombs than it has on its arsenal of precision-guided munitions in its punishing war on Ukraine. It's a dynamic that US officials are watching closely for clues about the state of Russia's military — as these indiscriminate weapons kill scores of civilians. Source: Latest [...]
Search and rescue at sea in Seychelles is expected to be much faster and more accurate with the introduction of new search and rescue software. The Search and Rescue Information System (SARIS) software has been set up at the search and rescue office of the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) prior to a five-day training [...]
A 40-mile-long (64km) Russian military convoy, composed of tanks, armored vehicles and towed artillery, has sparked dread among defending Ukrainians as it lumbered towards their capital, Kyiv. Source: Latest CNN News
Retired Major General James "Spider" Marks says new satellite images showing that a 40-mile Russian convoy has dispersed and repositioned is good news for Ukrainians. Source: Latest CNN News
Friday marks two years to the day since the World Health Organization first described Covid-19 as a pandemic, shaking countries into action as the disease ripped around the planet. The once-in-a-century pandemic has turned the world upside down, claiming more than six million lives and infecting at least 450 million people. But the WHO voiced [...]