Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadym Prystaiko, after he criticised the president's response to a row over British military aid. Prystaiko had criticised Zelensky's sarcastic response to suggestions from British defence minister Ben Wallace that Ukraine should show more gratitude for arms supplies from its allies. [...]
New Zealand beat Norway 1-0 for a first Women's World Cup win ever and Australia battled past Ireland by the same scoreline on a triumphant opening day for the co-hosts on Thursday. Both games played out to bumper crowds -- the more than 42,000 who witnessed a piece of history at Auckland's Eden Park was [...]
Vladimir Putin, who is under an international arrest warrant, will not attend in-person, a BRICS nations summit in South Africa next month, Pretoria said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation over whether the Russian President would show up. Putin's potential visit has been a thorny diplomatic issue for Pretoria. The Russian leader is the target [...]
The population of Seychelles is 119,878, according to the latest estimated figures of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), following a population and housing census completed in 2022. The figures for the census in 2010 was 89,770 and the latest results show an additional 30,108 inhabitants, an increase of 33 percent. According to NBS, the [...]
African fishermen, mostly from Senegal and Ivory Coast who work on dozens of European Union vessels that operate in West Africa and the Indian Ocean, took part in a strike that lasted from June 5-8, alleging wage violations. Around 40 vessels flying the European Union (EU) flag are allowed to fish in Seychelles waters under [...]
Clients of Absa Bank Seychelles now have the option of buying goods at any shop in Seychelles and paying later with the introduction of the bank's new product on Thursday. The new product is called 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (BNPL) and was launched in a ceremony held at one of Seychelles' top household shops, Abhaye [...]
Russian strikes hit the Ukrainian port of Odesa for a third consecutive night since Moscow pulled out of a grain export deal, officials said Thursday, as Crimean authorities said a teenager had died in Kyiv's latest attack on the peninsula. At least 20 people were wounded following strikes on Odesa and the southern port city [...]
Kenya braced Wednesday for a new round of protests despite the government warning it would not tolerate further unrest after earlier demonstrations turned violent with more than a dozen people killed. The opposition has vowed three straight days of protests against President William Ruto's government, alarming the international community which has joined calls for a [...]
A sustained spell of dangerous heat was impacting the lives of millions of people across three continents on Wednesday as fires raged and health worries mounted. Greece was battling wildfires that have been exacerbated by scorching weather and temperature records have been broken repeatedly in the United States, Europe and China. Experts have said climate [...]
Research conducted by a group of students from the ETH University in Zurich will give the Seychelles' tourism department valuable insight into the areas that need to be addressed in terms of sustainability, said a top government official on Tuesday. The students presented preliminary results of a Trans-disciplinary Assessment Study, which had the theme of [...]
