France's top constitutional court is on Friday to decide whether it approves President Emmanuel Macron's contentious pensions reform after months of protests against the legislation. If the Constitutional Council gives its green light for the core parts of the bill, the centrist 45-year-old leader hopes to sign the changes into law immediately, clearing the way [...]
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service in London who are investigating the 1985 murder of Gerard Hoarau, a former political figure from Seychelles, are appealing for information more than 37 years after the killing. According to a press release from the Met Police on Friday, the ongoing investigation is being led by detectives from the [...]
More Seychellois athletes are expected to benefit from high-level training in South Africa through the formalisation of an agreement between the High-Performance Centre (hpc) of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Seychelles' Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Family. Swimming and athletics competitors will be the first to have the chance to develop their abilities through [...]
A malaria vaccine developed by Britain's Oxford University is to be used in Ghana, the first time it has received regulatory clearance anywhere in the world. "The vaccine has been approved for use in children aged 5-36 months, the age group at highest risk of death from malaria," the university said in a statement. "It [...]
Seychelles has a low risk for non-profit organisations (NPOs) to be used to finance terrorist activities according to a national risk assessment report shows. This was outlined in a validation workshop of the first draft of the inherent risk report on Wednesday at the Eden Bleu hotel. Non-profit organisations are groups set up for a particular purpose and the funds [...]
A trove of highly sensitive US government documents circulating online includes secret assessments of the Ukraine conflict as well as reports that point to surveillance of close American allies. The Pentagon says the breach poses a "very serious risk to national security," and the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the matter. US [...]
Seychelles sprinter Sharry Dodin is a man on a mission. From a country where athletics faces an uphill battle with football in the popularity stakes, Dodin is in a race against time to boost his speed in a bid to qualify for the World Championships in Budapest in August and the 2024 Olympics in Paris. [...]
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to crippling political paralysis in the British province. Biden emerged from Air Force One at Dublin airport to driving wind and rain, and was greeted by the Irish Taoiseach [...]
Seychelles has been upgraded on another five recommendations set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) showing further progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing. According to a press release from the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade on Wednesday, the upgrade came after a delegation attended the 45th meeting of the [...]
A new Chinese medical team will replace the one currently working in Seychelles since 1985 in the coming weeks, said a Chinese diplomat on Tuesday. The rotation will coincide with the 60th anniversary of China dispatching its first medical aid team abroad. As a South-South cooperation project, China began to send a medical team to [...]
