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Oscars red carpet: old school glamour, loads of pink, stylish men

Hollywood's biggest stars strutted their stuff on the Oscars red carpet Sunday, and a few trends emerged: old school glamour, metallic gowns, lots of pink, trousers on the women... and one stunning gown on a man. Here is a look at some of the top looks from Tinseltown's biggest night: - Ready for their close-up [...]

By | 2019-02-25T10:00:00+00:00 February 25th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Oscars red carpet: old school glamour, loads of pink, stylish men

Explosion of colours, free-form animals: Artist opens new exhibit in Seychelles

Floating human forms alongside animals with mutated bodies within landscapes of smudged colours. Those are some of the most prominent features that will strike visitors at the newly opened art exhibition at the Eden Art Space Gallery in the Eden Plaza. The paintings by Gabriele Schnitzenbaumer, a German-born artist, will take you into a world [...]

By | 2019-02-24T11:45:00+00:00 February 24th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Explosion of colours, free-form animals: Artist opens new exhibit in Seychelles

Nigerians wait for election results as polls close

Nigerians on Saturday waited to hear who their next president will be as voting in delayed elections drew to a close and the counting began. Results from nearly 120,000 polling stations were being collated at local and state level before being sent to the capital, Abuja, on Sunday. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral [...]

By | 2019-02-24T10:45:00+00:00 February 24th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Nigerians wait for election results as polls close

Seychelles’ Silhouette island showcases museum from plantation era

Visitors to Silhouette -- Seychelles’ third-largest island -- can learn more about the colonial life in the island nation through exhibits in a museum renovated last year. Since the beginning of the year, the Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort and Spa located on Silhouette is raising awareness of the museum. "We want to share with the [...]

By | 2019-02-23T15:36:38+00:00 February 23rd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seychelles’ Silhouette island showcases museum from plantation era

Seychelles' top court dismisses charge of rape levied by Russian travel writer

The Seychelles Supreme Court has ruled that there is no case to answer in the criminal case of a Mauritian man charged with sexual abuse for an alleged attack against a Russian travel writer at a resort last year. The defence lawyer, Basil Hoareau, told SNA that he is very satisfied with the ruling as his client [...]

By | 2019-02-23T12:53:50+00:00 February 23rd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seychelles' top court dismisses charge of rape levied by Russian travel writer

World Court to rule in Chagos islands row

The UN' top court will hand down its view Monday in a bitter dispute between Britain and Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos islands, home to key UK and US military base. Judges at the International Court of Justice will give their opinion on the future status of the remote Indian Ocean archipelago housing [...]

By | 2019-02-23T08:55:00+00:00 February 23rd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on World Court to rule in Chagos islands row

Competing concerts to duel on Venezuelan border

Arenri Roque endured three days on a bus to take in a fund-raising concert Friday for Venezuela's opposition -- one thrust of a musical duel with the government, which is staging a show of its own. The odd battleground is the Tienditas bridge linking Venezuela with the Colombian city of Cucuta, where Roque walked around [...]

By | 2019-02-22T22:30:00+00:00 February 22nd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Competing concerts to duel on Venezuelan border

Asmallworld AG to take over North Island Resort in Seychelles as part of luxury hotel grouping

Asmallworld AG will be taking over the management of the iconic North Island Resort in the Seychelles in December, the private social network announced on Thursday. The network will oversee the day-to-day operations of the resort and its integration into Marriott International's Luxury Collection brand portfolio. "We are very excited to launch the ASmallWorld Hotel Collection with such [...]

By | 2019-02-22T19:12:03+00:00 February 22nd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Asmallworld AG to take over North Island Resort in Seychelles as part of luxury hotel grouping

$ 6.6 million allocated for biodiversity, climate change projects in Seychelles

New projects in Seychelles addressing priority areas in biodiversity, land degradation and climate change mitigation will be considered for funding under the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This is possible now that the island nation has been allocated $6.6 million from the seventh replenishment of the Facility. The Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change on [...]

By | 2019-02-22T12:22:04+00:00 February 22nd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on $ 6.6 million allocated for biodiversity, climate change projects in Seychelles

Kim must make 'meaningful' gesture to see sanctions ease: Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must make a "meaningful" gesture if he wants to see sanctions lifted, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday ahead of a second summit between the two men. "The sanctions are on in full. I haven't taken sanctions off," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I'd love to be [...]

By | 2019-02-22T09:30:00+00:00 February 22nd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Kim must make 'meaningful' gesture to see sanctions ease: Trump