A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor early Tuesday, injuring at least one person after rattling nearby islands, damaging homes and forcing residents to flee in panic. The epicentre of the quake was 427 kilometres (265 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 [...]
Kenya appealed on Monday to the Confederation of African Football to be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Kenya was excluded from the tournament after FIFA suspended the Kenya Football Federation (FKF) in February last year, accusing the government of interfering in the sport when it disbanded the national governing body. But FIFA [...]
Film audiences in Seychelles will be able to appreciate Japanese films in a four-day festival being held at the Deepam cinema in the capital of Victoria. The initiative is a collaboration between the Japanese Embassy in Seychelles, the Japan Foundation, the National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SNICHA) and Deepam cinema. The first film, [...]
The Seychelles' second undersea fibre optic cable is now operational and local authorities hope that internet subscribers will get more value for their money. The chairman of Seychelles Cable Systems (SCS), Benjamin Choppy, who is also the Principal Secretary of the Department of Information Communications Technology, told SNA that based on the new technologies that [...]
President Joe Biden assailed Sunday's attacks by supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as "outrageous," as condemnation poured in from around the world against mobs that smashed their way into the halls of power in Brasilia. Biden issued his one-word verdict to reporters before later tweeting to assure his support to Brazil's new leader, [...]
Ukrainians and Russians marked Orthodox Christmas on Saturday, as the 36-hour ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin ran its course with little sign the fighting had eased. War-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine saw no significant let-up in the combat. AFP journalists in the town of Chasiv Yar south of the frontline city of Bakhmut [...]
A former winner of the Seychelles Miss Regatta beauty pageant has started a beauty academy aimed at bringing more self-development and positivity among the youth. Stephanie Duval, 33, who won the Regatta pageant in 2007, has set up Liv Beauty Academy to prepare aspiring models for the various opportunities the world offers. "Liv Beauty [...]
Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy was named speaker of the US House of Representatives on Saturday as he quelled a fierce rebellion among his party's ranks that had paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress for days. McCarthy was always the frontrunner to lead the Republican-led House, but his victory in the small hours of the morning [...]
The Seychelles tourism department has expressed satisfaction with the number of visitor arrivals at the end of 2022, which has surpassed expectations. The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics for the week ending January 1 show that the year-to-date total of arrivals is 334,552 which represents an increase of 81 percent compared to the same [...]
No COVID-19 travel restrictions are to be re-introduced in Seychelles despite many countries reinforcing border controls as a rise in an Omicron sub-variant is being observed globally, a top health official said on Friday. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, said there are indications that the number of COVID-19 cases in China is on the rise [...]
