Papua New Guinea's top diplomat has derided next month's COP climate gathering as "a total waste of time", saying Thursday that his nation will boycott the summit until "big polluters get their act together". "There's no point going if we are falling asleep because of jet lag because we're not getting anything done," Foreign Minister [...]
Spanish media said Tuesday that Real Madrid had cheapened themselves by boycotting the Ballon d'Or ceremony, with even the normally loyal Marca weighing in while Spain's national coach admitted it was "not good for football". European champions Real announced their decision to skip Monday night's gala ceremony in Paris just hours before it took place [...]
This week, the Seychelles' delegation at the 16th Conference of Parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia, will mainly examine the commitments made at the previous COP, when the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) was signed. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Flavien Joubert, Seychelles' Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, [...]
The Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority's (SPGA) operation centre will be functional next week and will serve as an information base for the conservation work of protected areas. The announcement was made by the chief executive of the SPGA, Allen Cedras, after a training session for its staff to use EarthRanger software. This is a real-time software [...]
Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. How did we get here? And what are the impacts on the environment and the climate? - Plastic boom - Global production of synthetic polymers [...]
Southern Africa's diamond-rich nation of Botswana votes in general elections Wednesday, with the ruling party seeking to extend its nearly six-decade rule and hand a second term to President Mokgweetsi Masisi. More than a million people are registered to vote after polls open at 6:30 am (0430 GMT), with four presidential candidates in the race [...]
Tinned tuna in many European countries is contaminated with dangerous levels of mercury, according to two environment pressure groups who called on retail stores and governments to take "urgent" measures. The Foodwatch and Bloom groups said that authorities had to cut the permitted levels of the heavy metal. Bloom said all of the 148 tins [...]
North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to train in Russia and likely fight Ukraine in weeks, Washington said, as Seoul warned Tuesday that the accelerating deployment posed a "significant security threat." Seoul has long accused the nuclear-armed North of sending weapons to help Moscow fight Kyiv, and after Kim Jong Un signed a mutual defence [...]
Global business leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a glitzy investor forum as conflict shakes the region and scepticism mounts over the Gulf kingdom's most ambitious development projects. The Future Investment Initiative (FII) debuted in 2017 as a showcase for de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's dream of diversifying the economy [...]
The Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) on Tuesday officially inaugurated a new tugboat that was added to its operations in mid-October, increasing its fleet to five. The new tugboat, which cost SCR86 million ($6.3 million), is a modern, state-of-the-art vessel, equipped with an Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) system. It has an overall length of 21.02m, a [...]