Pope Francis's recovery from his recent hernia operation was steady, his doctors said Sunday. Francis underwent a three-hour operation at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday, the latest health procedure for the 86-year-old leader of the Catholic Church. The doctors said the pope does not have a fever and has completed respiratory physiotherapy. He [...]
Visitors to the island nation have a new activity to help them experience the Seychellois way of life, through history, culture, and cuisine, not from just anybody but from the wisest group of the society – the elders. Grandma's "savoir-faire", or know-how, is an initiative of the Seychelles National Heritage Resource Council (SNHRC) and allows [...]
Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early Saturday. The children, who survived a small plane crash in the jungle, were transported by army medical plane to a military airport at around 00:30 am Saturday (0530 [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan will undertake a state visit to the Maldives from June 10 to 14 at the invitation of the President of Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, according to State House on Saturday. "President Ramkalawan and President Solih have previously interacted on various international platforms and most recently met on the sidelines of the [...]
After an absence of four years, the popular Seychelles Regatta Festival will return along the northern Mahe beach of Beau Vallon from August 25-27 and funds raised will go towards the redevelopment of the site. The event, which will celebrate its golden anniversary this year, was officially launched on Saturday at La Plaine St Andre, [...]
Tourists travelling to Seychelles will now be able to have updated maps of the islands to use during their travels with a new "Seychelles in your pocket" map. On the pocket-sized folded map produced by a local company, Antik Colony, travellers will be able to see the map, updated with all the new features of the [...]
Exactly 60 years after becoming the first Seychellois Anglican priest on June 9, 1963, Seychelles bid farewell to its beloved Archbishop Emeritus French Chang-Him in a state funeral held at the Anglican St Paul's Cathedral in the capital city of Victoria on Friday, and was later laid to rest at the St Luc Cemetery, Bel Ombre. [...]
Donald Trump said Thursday he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the US ex-president's most serious legal threat yet as he pursues a second White House term. "The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax," Trump wrote on his [...]
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of shelling rescuers and evacuees in the flood-hit Kherson region on Thursday as Moscow said its forces fought off a Ukrainian offensive in another part of the front line. Emergency services were still racing to rescue people stranded by the flood-swollen waters of the Dnipro River, which have forced [...]
The Seychelles' Supreme Court on Friday set the trial date time for the Valabjhi's arms and terrorism case for July 4. The presiding judge, Chief Justice Rony Govinden, set the date to begin hearing the illegal possession of firearms case involving prominent Seychellois businessman Mukesh Valabhji and his wife Laura, a lawyer, and three others. The [...]
