Category: News
No annual growth target for virus-hit China, a first in years
China took the rare move of not setting an annual growth target this year after the coronavirus battered the world's second-largest economy and ravage [...]
12 percent of Seychelles is multi-dimensionally poor, study finds
A new study has found that 12 percent of the population of Seychelles is multi-dimensionally poor and experiencing deprivation related to the standard [...]
Air Seychelles flight to repatriate 95 Seychellois nationals stranded in India and Sri Lanka
Air Seychelles will repatriate 95 Seychellois nationals stranded in India and Sri Lanka due to the COVID-19 pandemic on a special flight on Saturday, [...]
WHO reports record virus cases as Trump mulls in-person G7
The World Health Organization has reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, as US President Donald Trump proposed hosting world l [...]
5 ways kids have been keeping busy during COVID home confinement
Self-isolation and home confinement may be the most challenging change that people have had to cope with during COVID-19. And for children, this can b [...]
Super cyclone leaves trail of destruction in Bangladesh, India
The most powerful cyclone to hit Bangladesh and eastern India in more than 20 years tore down homes, carried cars down flooded streets and claimed the [...]
Private sector, civil society, government convening to help Seychelles back on its post-COVID feet
A tripartite team has come together to help businesses in Seychelles reinvent themselves and think outside the box to find solutions to problems broug [...]
Global CO2 emissions to drop 4-7% in 2020, but will it matter?
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even this dramatic decl [...]
Courts in Seychelles to resume June 1 with priority cases
Courts in Seychelles will start hearing priority and scheduled cases on June 1 and full functions will resume two weeks later, the judiciary said on M [...]
Guterres warns virus could send millions in Africa into ‘extreme poverty’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that millions of people could be pushed into extreme poverty in Africa due to the coronavirus pandemic an [...]