Restaurants across Beijing will temporarily ban dining-in and residents will need clear Covid tests to visit public spaces, officials said Saturday, in a major ramp up of virus controls at the start of the Labour Day holiday. The five-day break is typically one of China's busiest travel periods, but the country's worst Covid resurgence since [...]
Seychellois-Belgian model Anicca Van Hollebeke will be launching her latest swimwear line "Koko Swim" inspired by her country of birth, Seychelles, in the European summer season, which starts on June 21. "I have always had a passion for swimwear and having been born and raised in Seychelles, I grew up wearing bikinis," Van Hollebeke told SNA. Van Hollebeke, 26, [...]
Renovation work on Seychelles' Stad Linite, the national stadium, is expected to begin as soon as funding is secured, so it can meet the standards of the world football governing body, FIFA, and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) along with the National Sports Council (NSC) are working closely to upgrade [...]
The Court of Appeal on Friday rendered its judgment for over 15 cases for their April session. Among the judgement rendered, was the dismissal of the appeal of Ahmed Afif, the Vice President of Seychelles who was sued for defamation in 2015 by former chief executive of Air Seychelles, Captain Davy Savy. Court of Appeal [...]
Kenya held a state funeral on Friday for former president Mwai Kibaki, who died aged 90 last week and whose decade in power was marked by economic revival as well as scandal and violence. Kibaki was the third head of state in Kenya's history, serving from December 2002 to April 2013 following the 20-year authoritarian [...]
The Seychelles Trading Company (STC), a state-owned importer, as of May 1 will reduce prices on 82 top items purchased by families in a bid to lower the cost of living in the country. The review of the prices comes after the cabinet of ministers had requested that the company take necessary steps to lower [...]
More commuting options will soon be available to people in Seychelles following the government's approval of the creation of an omnibus policy that allows the private sector to enter the public transport industry. In a press conference held on Thursday, the Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques, explained that this decision is in line with the government's [...]
US President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a huge $33 billion package for arming and supporting Ukraine, saying that "caving" in to Russia is not an option for the West as the war stretches into a third month. Speaking in the White House, Biden also outlined proposed new laws to allow using luxury assets stripped [...]
Millions of workers staged a crippling strike in Sri Lanka on Thursday, adding to pressure on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his ruling family to quit over the country's worst-ever economic crisis. The island nation of 22 million people has been hit by months of acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines, prompting widespread protests. But [...]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decrying war as "an absurdity in the 21st century" and urging Russia to cooperate with an international investigation into atrocities. Making his first visit to Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on February 24, Guterres toured several towns and [...]
