Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the US has offered convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for the release of two Americans held by Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, according to people briefed on the matter. CNN's Fred Pleitgen explains the details of the potential trade. Source: Latest CNN News
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President Cyril Ramaphosa rolled out the red carpet for South Africa's women on Wednesday, saying they deserved to be paid as much as their male counterparts after they won their first Africa Cup of Nations. South Africa beat tournament hosts Morocco 2-1 in the final on Saturday in Rabat, thanks to a double from striker [...]
The US is facing fierce backlash from Beijing over a proposed visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island of Taiwan. CNN's Beijing correspondent Selina Wang explains. Source: Latest CNN News
The Victoria Waterfront development project aimed at making the Seychelles' capital more lively is underway and is expected to be completed in five years, said a top government official on Tuesday. In the revised project plan which is part of the Victoria Masterplan 2040, the New Port, ex-children's playground and all the way to the building [...]
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least five people in the northern Philippines Wednesday, toppling buildings and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres (185 miles) away in the capital Manila. The shallow and powerful quake struck the mountainous and lightly populated province of Abra on the main island of Luzon at 8:43 am (0043 GMT), [...]
Two Saudi sisters found dead in their Sydney apartment in "unusual" circumstances last month have been identified by police, as authorities appealed for more information. Source: Latest CNN News
Two Chevening Alumni scholars are currently on a working visit to Seychelles, to learn from the island nations' best practices in the Blue Economy sector and environmental protection. The Chevening Alumni are past foreign students with leadership qualities who attended international scholarships in the United Kingdom funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The [...]
Poland is buying almost 1,000 tanks, more than 600 pieces of artillery and dozens of fighter jets from South Korea, in part to replace equipment donated to Ukraine to help Kyiv fight the Russian invasion, the Polish Ministry of Defense told CNN on Tuesday. Source: Latest CNN News
The Chinese metropolis of Wuhan has shut down a district of almost a million people after detecting four asymptomatic Covid cases, as the original epicenter of the pandemic takes no chances in preventing another outbreak under China's stringent zero-Covid policy. Source: Latest CNN News
