The toll from a Ukrainian New Year strike in Makiivka has risen to 89, Moscow said Wednesday, after Russians gathered to mourn the troops in a rare public display of anger and grief. Russia said in the early hours of Wednesday that more bodies had been found under the rubble in the town of Makiivka [...]
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led the tributes Tuesday as Brazil said its final farewell to football legend Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. A flood of fans, politicians and football dignitaries have flocked to pay their respects to the player known as "The King" in the southeastern city of [...]
Seychelles’ capital of Victoria has only two shoe cobblers left. Both men work alone and do not have someone to replace them, so the future of the profession is under threat. Armantal Lespoir has his own shoe repair business near Sir Selwyn’s Clark Market – the main market- and Flavien Alphonse owns the Island Shoe [...]
Tens of thousands of people paid their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral. They began queueing before dawn to view the German theologian's body, which was transferred early Monday from the monastery in the Vatican grounds [...]
The year 2022 brought some relief for Seychelles from the challenges of COVID-19 as restrictions were removed and the Seychelles' economy rebounded. However, the war between Russia and Ukraine created new challenges. As the world gets ready for 2023, SNA looks back at its five most-read articles of 2022. The entire SNA team thanks all of [...]
The world's eight billion people have been ushering in 2023, bidding farewell to a turbulent year marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi's World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict. Many set aside pinched budgets and a virus that is increasingly forgotten, but not gone, [...]
The popular Street Party, the main public attraction in Seychelles to welcome the New Year, was back on December 31 after a two-year absence as a result of COVID-19 restrictions that were in place. With all restrictions on movement and large gatherings removed, the Victoria Street Party had a number of activities and entertainment. The [...]
As Seychelles gets ready to embrace a new year, 2023, President Wavel Ramkalwan expressed his wish that it will bring new and positive energy, and fresh inspiration. Ramkalawan on Saturday wished all Seychellois and their families a happy new year in a televised broadcast of the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). “The year 2022 has already passed into history. [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has sent a message of condolence to Pope Francis I, following the announcement of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday, December 31, aged 95. "It is with great sadness and deep emotion that the people of Seychelles have just learned of the death of His Holiness [...]
Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. "With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican," spokesman Matteo [...]
