Seychellois Urny Mathiot, hailing from the central Mahe district of Mont Buxton, is a man of many talents - a painter, graphic artist, photographer and musician. Although fine art was his first love, he later ventured into graphics and photography and then came to music where he set up his own band "Kod Nwar" (Black [...]
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen questions a Russian official on whether President Vladimir Putin likening his Ukraine strategy to that of Peter the Great is an admission of breaching international law. Source: Latest CNN News
Two Americans fighting alongside Ukrainian forces north of Kharkiv have been missing for nearly a week and there are fears that they may have been captured by Russian forces, according to their families and a fellow fighter. Source: Latest CNN News
The United States government on Wednesday designated an individual connected to the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) -- an ultranationalist, White supremacist organization -- as a terrorist and sanctioned two others for involvement with the group. Source: Latest CNN News
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday in an aggressive move to tackle white-hot inflation that is plaguing the economy, frustrating consumers and stifling the Biden administration. Source: Latest CNN News
The Supreme Court of Seychelles has further detained three out of the five persons accused in the ongoing illegal arms and ammunition case concerning primarily businessman Mukesh Valabhji and his wife Laura, while considering whether the two can meet without a lawyer to plan their defence. Apart from the Valabhji couple, three other persons have been [...]
The Seychelles National Biosecurity Agency has embarked on a regional project to boost the supply chain of healthy seeds and plants. The project, which aims at allowing livestock farmers to rely on their own animal feed production and improve cassava production, is being funded by the European Union and implemented in partnership with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). [...]
Amid going concern that Russia may expand its control beyond the region in east Ukraine, Ukrainian president Zelensky is pleading for more western weaponry. CNN's Ben Wedeman goes to a drill where Ukrainian troops are trying out the fresh US-supplied rifles. Source: Latest CNN News
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern. The UN agency is also working to change the name of the disease, which was long confined to Western and Central Africa until more [...]
Ukraine's military is burning through Soviet-era ammunition that fits older systems as the country pleads with the West to send more heavy weaponry and Russia amasses a significant artillery advantage around two strategically important cities in eastern Ukraine. Source: Latest CNN News
