Airlines and safety bodies around the world grounded some versions of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets pending inspections Sunday, with dozens of flights cancelled over the weekend after a panel blew out of one of the planes over the western US state of Oregon. The Federal Aviation Administration "is requiring immediate inspections of certain [...]
Washington's top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East "doesn't spread", as he held meetings in Turkey and Greece. Blinken, on a new tour of the Middle East, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Crete on Saturday, a few hours after a long meeting [...]
Bombing continued across Gaza on Friday as the United Nations warned Israel's war with militant group Hamas, now approaching its fourth month, had made the territory "uninhabitable". With much of the Gaza Strip already reduced to rubble, air strikes hit the southern cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah as well as parts of central Gaza, [...]
Former Seychelles' President James Michel has released a new book entitled "Revisiting the Ocean - Living The Blue Economy" as a celebration of the ocean and for those who advocate for its potential to be harnessed and protected. Funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation, the book comes seven years after Michel wrote his first one about [...]
Kenya said Friday it had welcomed the first batch of foreign tourists who arrived under a simplified entry system it hopes will encourage more visitors. The government's immigration services department said the "maiden visa-free arrivals" landed in Nairobi from Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and more were expected to touch down in coming days. Immigration and [...]
Guests at the Kempinski Seychelles Resort have the opportunity to indulge in a globally renowned and distinctive dinner theatre event known as 'Le Petit Chef', said the restaurant manager of the resort, Vijay Gopal. Gopal told SNA that the new addition to the resort's array of activities is a concept that is available in over 90 [...]
Seychelles has seen a 6 percent increase in tourist arrivals in 2023 compared to 2022, however latest developments in several parts of the world show a need to diversify the island nation's markets, said a top official on Friday. The statement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, who praised [...]
In the aftermath of the explosion at the CCCL storage facility at the Providence Industrial Estate on December 7, many individuals and businesses that were affected are looking for glass to replace the ones damaged. Seychelles suffered two major blows on December 7 when heavy rainfall caused severe damage to roads, flooding, and landslides, with damage [...]
The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa's large birds of prey facing a human-driven "extinction crisis" researchers said on Thursday. Previous research has shown that rapid human and agricultural expansion has had a particularly dire impact on vultures in Africa, due to habitat change and poisoning. But [...]
Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of Sudanese paramilitary forces that are fighting the national army, met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Thursday as part of a tour of African capitals. Daglo has also met regional leaders in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Djibouti since late December, his first visits abroad since the start [...]
