Looking for delightful, delicious jam? Then look no further as a new brand of jam made from the coco de mer kernel has just hit the Seychelles’ market. Processed locally by Willow Ventures, the jam is the brainchild of Seychellois business partners Wilson Nancy, a civil engineer by profession, and David Low Yoke, who is [...]
Music therapy, a new and unique form of health care in Seychelles, was introduced in the country this past year by two Russian specialists. This creative arts therapy is used to improve the physical and mental health of patients suffering from a wide range of health issues. Seychelles is one of four countries – including [...]
A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower. The Chang'e-4 probe touched down and sent a photo of the so-called "dark side" of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications to controllers on [...]
Seychelles is home to an endemic family of frogs called Sooglossids consisting of four species found only on the granitic islands. Due to the extended isolation of the species on a few granitic islands, these amphibians are globally significant and of high conservation value. SNA presents the four different types of endemic Sooglossid frogs. [...]
In another step to help protect the environment of Seychelles, the island nation’s ministry of environment will ban the importation of single-use plastic straws into the country as of February 1. A total ban on straws will follow in June. The ban will include straws used in cocktails and other drinks but will exempt plastic [...]
Brazil's stock market closed at a record high on Wednesday, one day after new President Jair Bolsonaro took office and in anticipation of economic reforms his government is expected to implement. The Ibovespa index in Sao Paulo's stock market finished 3.56 percent up at 91,012 points. Markets were closed on Tuesday for the January 1 [...]
Seychellois Donatien Freminot has been appointed as special foreign expert of Hainan Provincial Arts and Crafts Society for coconut carving. For the next five years, Freminot can represent the Chinese university anywhere in the world. Freminot’s appointment by the Qiongtai Normal University comes after participating in a one-week exhibition at the university in the city [...]
President Donald Trump is looking forward to another summit with Kim Jong Un, he said Tuesday, after the North Korean leader warned Pyongyang could change its approach to nuclear talks if Washington persists with sanctions. "I also look forward to meeting with Chairman Kim who realizes so well that North Korea possesses great economic potential!" [...]
Hundreds of revelers converged in a loud street party in Victoria on Monday night to say goodbye to 2018 and to welcome the New Year. Seychellois bands and local artists provided live entertainment for the crowd. The highlight of the evening was the countdown to midnight and to 2019. As the clock tower — a smaller [...]
NASA rang in the New Year on Tuesday with a historic flyby of the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever explored by humankind -- a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule -- in the hopes of learning more about how planets took shape. "Go New Horizons!" said lead scientist Alan Stern as [...]
