International cooperation is crucial to help small island nations like Seychelles address the impact of climate change, President Wavel Ramkalawan said in his keynote address at the World Government Summit in Dubai. Ramkalawan delivered his address on "The Era of Climate Change: The Urgency of Addressing Rising Seas" during the plenary session of the summit [...]
Taxi services in Seychelles are expected to become easier, faster and cheaper with a newly launched mobile application called LinkUp. The island nation currently does not have any taxi service company or phone operators that can be called to order a taxi from a central line, and taxi drivers work independently, based at different taxi [...]
The World Economic Forum's (WEF) interest in the possible integration of Seychelles on the platform was the subject of discussions between President Wavel Ramkalawan and the founder and WEF executive chairman Professor Klaus Schwab on Monday. According to State House, the discussions took place on the margins of the World Government Summit 2023 in Dubai. [...]
Among the rubble, hundreds of thousands of homeless people face cold and hunger as authorities in Turkey and Syria tackle the dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 35,000 dead. As hopes of finding people alive under the debris fade more than a week after the quake struck, the focus [...]
Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left 225,000 people without power in New Zealand Tuesday, as a national state of emergency was declared. High winds and driving rain lashed the country's populous North Island, in what Prime Minister Chris Hipkins called the "most significant weather event New Zealand has seen in this century". [...]
Seychelles voted against a proposal for the implementation of one of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission's (IOTC) latest adoptions of fish aggregating devices as the decision made was not science-based and is influenced by commercial interest. During the Sixth Special Session of the IOTC from February 3-5, a proposal calling for a 72-day ban on fish aggregating [...]
Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan and UAE President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have reaffirmed their commitment to furthering the good relations between their people and seeking new areas of cooperation that will benefit both countries. According to a press communique from State House, the two presidents met at the World Government Summit which began on [...]
Desroches Island in Seychelles is being used as a trial run for agriculture and some specialists are working with the state-owned Islands Development Company (IDC) to come up with better and more sustainable farming methods. The chief executive of IDC, Glenny Savy, told reporters last week that "at the moment, we are harvesting around 300-400 [...]
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 33,000 dead, as the UN warned the toll was set to rise far higher. A young boy and a 62-year-old woman were the latest miracle rescues after nearly seven days trapped under the wreckage of collapsed [...]
A US warplane shot down a new flying object near the Canadian border on Sunday, the latest of three mysterious devices spotted since military radar settings were cranked up in the wake of the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. Jittery Americans have been watching the skies as the mysterious incursions unfolded against a [...]
