The work to ensure that the vulnerability of small island states is recognised and supported by the international community is one of the greatest accomplishments of the outgoing Australian High Commissioner to Seychelles, Kate O'Shaughnessy. O'Shaughnessy made the statement to the press after she paid a farewell visit to Seychelles' President, Wavel Ramkalawan, at State House on Tuesday. She [...]
The United Kingdom has a jobs problem. There just aren't enough workers to keep its economy moving forward, and many employees are growing angry about inflation taking a large bite out of their paychecks. Source: Latest CNN News
CNN's Scott McLean reports from London Bridge station, where the usual morning rush hour has come to a halt due to the largest rail strike in decades. Thousands of rail workers in Britain are on strike over pay and job cuts. Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has announced that the financial difficulties Air Seychelles was previously facing have been resolved and that the government is considering an increase in social assistance for people earning less than SCR8,500 ($645). In his introduction at the second presidential press conference for this year at State House on Monday, Ramkalawan talked [...]
Hundreds of people belonging to the Amhara ethnic group were killed by rebels in Ethiopia's Oromia region over the weekend, survivors said Monday, but the insurgents denied the claims, blaming government forces for the deaths. Fighting erupted on Saturday morning in Oromia's Gimbi district between pro-government forces and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a rebel [...]
It's been nearly two months since Russian forces began their assault on the city of Severodonetsk. But despite overwhelming firepower, they still can't dislodge determined Ukrainian resistance -- nor cut the supply lines that provide the city's remaining defenders with a drip-feed of weapons and ammunition. Source: Latest CNN News
CNN's Victor Blackwell talks to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) about the potential benefits and drawbacks of having former President Donald Trump speak under oath at the January 6 hearings after he publicly asked for "equal time" to share his side of the story. Source: Latest CNN News
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Seychelles has joined three other countries in a regional workshop to develop a road map for building a national security detection architecture for nuclear and other radioactive materials out of regulatory control. The event, which is hosted by Seychelles from June 20-24, is organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in collaboration with Seychelles' Ministry of Employment and [...]
Temperature screening at points of entry in public places in Seychelles is no longer necessary and wearing of mask outdoors is optional as health authorities have revised public health measures. The announcement was made on Friday after a meeting of the COVID-19 Platinum Command. The Public Health Commissioner, Dr Jude Gedeon, said that the wearing [...]
