The United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer's anti-Covid pill for high-risk people aged 12 and up, as a surge of cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant threatened holiday plans and Americans struggled to find tests. Paxlovid, which comprises two types of tablet, was granted an emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug [...]
The Seychelles' capital Victoria has signed a twinning agreement with the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to establish friendly exchanges and city relations. The agreement seeks to promote and extend friendship links between the peoples of Seychelles and the Russian Federation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit for both cities. When signing the agreement [...]
The first Seychellois to be appointed as the interim chief executive of Cable & Wireless Seychelles said Wednesday he is honoured to have been offered the position. Cable & Wireless announced this week that Georges d'Offay will be the interim chief executive following the departure of Charles Hammond. D'Offay told SNA on Wednesday that no Seychellois has [...]
The death toll from a shipwreck off Madagascar's northeastern coast has risen to at least 64 after 25 more bodies were discovered, maritime authorities said Wednesday. A wooden vessel, believed to be a cargo ship carrying passengers illegally, sank in the Indian Ocean on Monday with 130 people on board. Forty-five passengers were rescued and [...]
As fishers are harvesting lobsters that are below the legal minimum landing size, the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) will shorten the fishing season for the species from three to two months, a top official said. "Data collected through research in 2021 has shown a change in the lobster sizes fishermen is bringing in during the [...]
France's President Emmanuel Macron Friday cancelled a trip to Mali to meet transitional leader Colonel Assimi Goita after the European country announced new measures to battle coronavirus. The French leader was to meet the Malian strongman on Monday, for the first since he was sworn into office in June after leading the country's second coup [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles has decided to maintain its monetary policy rate at 2 percent for the first quarter of 2022 as the global economy remains uncertain with the emergence of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, said a top official on Tuesday. CBS said that although visitor arrivals and earnings remain below pre-pandemic levels, [...]
The Malaysian military used boats Tuesday to distribute food to desperate people trapped in their homes after massive floods, as the death toll rose to 14 with over 70,000 displaced. Days of torrential rain triggered some of the worst flooding in years across the country at the weekend, swamping cities and villages and cutting off [...]
The first model ship that will be displayed in the Seychelles' National Maritime Museum was donated by the resident Russian ambassador on Monday. The maquette of the Russian protected cruiser, Varyag, was presented to the secretary general of the Seychelles National Institute of Culture, David Andre, by Ambassador Artem Kozhin at the Seychelles National History [...]
The fast-spreading Omicron variant is now the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the United States, health authorities reported Monday, as the WHO called for greater efforts to ensure the pandemic ends next year. The new variant has helped fuel record case surges, forcing a return to harsh restrictions in some countries. But in the United [...]