The future climate of Seychelles is expected to be bleak unless major changes are made in order to curb the impacts of climate change, says a top meteorological official. Much of the talk worldwide is on the effects of climate change especially on where many parts of the world are experiencing severe weather events and [...]
Marine heatwaves may last longer and be more intense in deeper water, potentially threatening sensitive species as climate change makes the extreme events more frequent, researchers said on Monday. Oceans have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat produced by the carbon pollution from human activity since the dawn of the industrial age. Marine heatwaves [...]
Developing countries on Monday urged a shake-up in the global order to help the world's poorest, at a United Nations summit on ambitious anti-poverty promises that remain far off track. Hoping to show a focus on more than the war in Ukraine, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres convened the development summit on the eve of the [...]
UN agencies warned Monday that Libya's flood-stricken city of Derna, where thousands were killed a week ago, faces the threat of disease outbreaks that could bring "a second devastating crisis". The massive flash flood that has killed over 3,000 people and left thousands more missing came as the war-scarred North African country was lashed by [...]
Relatively high-income levels, strong World Bank governance indicators, and support from multilateral creditors have helped Seychelles maintain a credit rating of 'BB-' with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings. Released on Friday, September 15, the Ratings outlined that "a strong rebound in tourist arrivals in 2022 is ebbing in 2023, owing to sluggish economic growth in key [...]
Taiwan told China on Monday to stop its "destructive unilateral actions" after more than 100 Chinese warplanes and nine navy ships were detected in areas around the self-ruled island. Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary, and has ramped up diplomatic and military pressure on Taipei [...]
Seychelles has won four gold medals at the 2023 Regional Sailing Championships in Mauritius showing that the island nation is still a major force when it comes to watersports. The winners of gold medals were Odysius Melanie, Alison Hoareau, Roy Govinden and Jean-Marc Gardette The tournament, hosted by Mauritius from September 9 to 16, [...]
The European Union said Saturday that its top official Ursula von der Leyen will head for the Italian island of Lampedusa, after Rome called on Brussels for help after a surge in migrant arrivals. The president of the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, will visit the island on Sunday with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia [...]
The National Sports Council signed an initial three-month contact with Russian boxing coach Alexey Kozlov at the beginning of August this year as part of a twin-city agreement between Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and Victoria, Seychelles, signed in December 2021. Koslov's main aim was to train Seychellois boxers for the Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) in Madagascar, [...]
Thousands of people, some dressed in traditional warrior clothes, on Saturday attended the funeral of South Africa's divisive Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who was implicated in a wave of deadly violence that marked the country's emergence from apartheid. Mourners crowded a small stadium in Ulundi, the ancient capital of the Zulu kingdom in eastern South [...]
