Firefighters struggled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heatwave showed no sign of abating, with Britain poised to set new temperature records this coming week. Blazes raging in France, Greece, Portugal and Spain have destroyed thousands of hectares of land, forced scores from their homes and killed several emergency personnel [...]
President Joe Biden assured Arab leaders the United States would remain fully engaged in the Middle East on Saturday, as he wrapped up his first tour of the region since taking office. "We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran," Biden said during a summit in [...]
A newly developed seagrass identification card given to citizen scientists, snorkellers, divers and marine researchers will allow Seychelles to learn more about the seagrass present in its waters and provide valuable data in conservation work. Developed by the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) under the Coastal Wetlands & Climate Change project, the cards were recently [...]
The Seychelles' Ministry of Tourism has recently introduced a mentorship programme for Seychellois graduates of Shannon College of Hotel Management in Ireland in a bid to retain them in the local tourism industry. The decision follows a visit by the tourism minister, Sylvestre Radegonde, made to the Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA). Since the signing of an [...]
President Joe Biden departed Tel Aviv on Friday aboard a historic direct flight from Israel to Saudi Arabia, the latest stop on his first Middle East tour as US leader. Hours ahead of the president's arrival in Jeddah, the oil-rich Gulf kingdom changed its aviation rules in an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel. The [...]
The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday after the leader fled his country earlier this week, prompting relief among protesters camped outside his former offices. The formal declaration makes Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- once known as "The Terminator" for his ruthless crushing of the Tamil rebellion -- [...]
Two members of the Seychelles National Assembly have been elected to head two caucuses of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) at its sixth session, the National Assembly said on Friday. Terence Mondon, the elected member for the Takamaka district from the ruling Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) party, was elected as the chairperson of the Eastern Caucus at [...]
Golf in Seychelles faces an uncertain future after the property where the Anse Aux Pins golf course is located is up for sale. The Seychelles Golf Club (SGC) and the Seychelles Golf Federation (SGF) have been using the golf course owned by Guinness Overseas Limited, a parent company of Seychelles Breweries, for many years. This [...]
Seychellois businessman Mukesh Valabhji and Sarah Zarqhani Rene, the wife of former president France Albert Rene, both pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 15 new charges brought against them by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACCS) in relation to the missing $50 million case. The new amended charges, 10 against Valabhji and four against Zarqhani Rene, were [...]
The Seychelles' health authorities have removed with immediate effect the remaining restrictions on nightclubs and mass gatherings in a revision of the measures put in place to curb the increase of COVID-19. The Public Health Commissioner, Dr Jude Gedeon, made the announcement in a press interview on Thursday. Gedeon said that the restrictions are being removed [...]
