Heir to the throne now that his father has become king, Prince William has stepped up to royal duties after the exit of his brother, Harry, and uncle, Andrew. William has grown up with a strong sense of his future responsibilities, with Charles's reign inevitably set to be shorter than that of his mother, Queen [...]
Tearful crowds outside Buckingham Palace sang a forlorn "God Save the Queen" as news broke of Elizabeth II's death on Thursday. Hundreds braved torrential rain to stand at the palace gates after it was announced that doctors had placed the monarch under medical supervision at Balmoral, her Scottish estate. A vivid rainbow temporarily lifted spirits, [...]
A high-level tourism delegation from Sierra Leone, led by the country's tourism minister, is in Seychelles to study the best practices in tourism destination management, development, and marketing with an emphasis on sustainability. Sierra Leone's Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Memunatu Pratt, paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, [...]
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss was on Thursday expected to unveil a costly plan to freeze domestic fuel bills to help ease the burden of a soaring cost-of-living crisis. Truss only took over from Boris Johnson on Tuesday, but has vowed to hit the ground running as calls mount for urgent action to help [...]
As the cost of living in Seychelles is continuing to rise due to the higher prices of global commodities that are imported into the country, the government of Seychelles has decided to introduce new measures to mitigate the impact. As of October 1, 2022, commodities classed as category one, will have a maximum retail price [...]
The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck southwest China rose to 82, state media reported Thursday, as rain and possible mudslides threatened the search for dozens of missing people. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 [...]
Seychelles’ tourism industry players were shown on Wednesday the archipelago’s ‘modernised’ brand with newly infused “'energy', in a bid to remain on the same level with competitors in the field. The refreshed logo still maintains elements of the initial shape representative of important Seychelles icons, from palm trees and flowers to endemic birds like the [...]
A total of 22 African start-up companies have been provided with the platform to present their innovation and revolutionising ideas, contributing to finding solutions within the blue economy sector. This is being made possible through the BlueInvest Africa Forum, a European Union initiative to promote the Blue Economy, being held in Seychelles between September 7-8. [...]
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was "impossible" to isolate Russia and hailed Asia's growing global influence, as Moscow looks east in the face of unprecedented Western sanctions over Ukraine. Washington and Brussels have pummelled Moscow with a barrage of economic and personal sanctions after Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24. Facing deteriorating [...]
Liz Truss on Tuesday unveiled her new top team as she formally took over from Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, with no place for white men in any of the three senior-most cabinet posts for the first time ever. As expected, she rewarded allies to her during her victorious Conservative leadership campaign, promoting Kwasi [...]
