Claims relating to the massive explosion at Civil Construction Company Limited (CCCL) at the Providence Industrial Estate, which caused enormous damages to businesses in the area and residential houses nearby on December 7 are still being processed by the respective insurers. In the aftermath of the explosion, one of the main concerns raised was whether this incident would [...]
Rescue teams on Tuesday evacuated a flood-ravaged town in northeastern Australia, racing to airlift hundreds of people to safety before they run out of food and water. Surging floodwaters have cut off the town of Wujal Wujal in Queensland state, engulfing houses, washing away roads and forcing some trapped residents to shelter on roofs. The [...]
Rescuers in remote villages of northwest China dug through the rubble of collapsed homes on Tuesday after China's deadliest earthquake in years killed at least 118 people and injured hundreds more. Officials in impoverished Gansu province said the shallow tremor just before midnight had caused the deaths of at least 105 and injured almost 400 [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent a message of condolences to Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the new Emir of Kuwait, following the passing of his brother Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al-Sabah, said State House on Monday. Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah died on Saturday, December 16, at the age of 86. He is succeeded by his [...]
The Seychelles' Court of Appeal has sent a pollution case back to Justice Melchior Vidot to decide on the damages that the petitioners will get from the Ministry of Environment in its last session for the year on Monday. The case relates to Woodlands Holdings, a private company in Seychelles, and its director as petitioners, who won [...]
Fishers in the semi-industrial industry in Seychelles have recorded a 17 percent increase in the amount of fish they caught during the third quarter of this year compared to last year during the same period. According to the fisheries research section at the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), the preliminary semi-industrial catch data for 2023 show that the [...]
Two more major shipping firms, Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM, said Saturday they were suspending passage through a Red Sea strait vital for global trade after Yemeni rebel attacks in the area. The announcement by Italian-Swiss giant MSC and France's CMA CGM follows a similar decision Friday by two of the world's largest shipping [...]
Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santas and marching bands are missing this year. There are no festive lights strung overhead and no sign of the huge tree normally erected to celebrate the event that Christians believe took [...]
Polls opened in a Chad on Sunday for a referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, but postponed, by the ruling military junta. A large section of the opposition and civil society in the central African country have called for a [...]
December 4, 2023, was a historic day for the island nation of Seychelles as it joined a global movement to advance inclusive education through sports for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This was through signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Family and the Special Olympics of Seychelles, [...]
