Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, says that the roots of the problem must be tackled due to the sad events that have taken place in society recently.

According to the order, the Russian Foreign Ministry is to determine the number of the embassy staff and to endorse the schedule

The deputy prime minister pointed out that the presence of high-ranking officials at the meeting was meaningful for Serbia

Former Flames coach Kinnah Phiri and former Flames lethal striker Esau Kanyeda, both speaking on their capacity as a football legend, have ignited calls for coach Patrick Mabedi to mend fences with forward Frank Gabadinho Mhango for the good of the country. The calls come in wake the of the Flames’ 2-3 loss at home […] The post Kinna Phiri, Esau Kanyenda wants Mabedi to bring Gabadinho back in the Flames squad appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Malawi President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has returned home from Beijing,  China, where he went to attend this year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Accompanied by the First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera, the president arrived in the country via Chileka International Airport in the Commercial City of Blantyre. Malawi Vice President Dr Micheal Bizwick Usi, Senior […] The post Chakwera returns, urges China to remove tariffs charged on Malawi products appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The Malawi Law Society’s (MLS) decision to stage demonstrations on September 12, 2024, to demand the government table critical judicial reform bills shines a spotlight on President Lazarus Chakwera’s failure to fulfill a key pillar of his “Hi-5” agenda: the promotion of the rule of law. This agenda, which was a central part of Chakwera’s […] The post Analysis: President Chakwera’s Hi-5 agenda and Law Society protest on the rule of law appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

President of People’s Party (PP) Mrs Joyce Banda has come out strong, challenging his newly-appointed National Executive Committee (NEC) to hit the ground running as the party seeks to canvass support ahead of the general elections scheduled for September next year. Speaking at the party’s convention held at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, she urged the […] The post Go and woo Malawians to vote for PP, Joyce Banda challenges newly elected NEC members appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Assistant Commissioner of Police and Director of Airports, Alex Simenti, has called on communities surrounding Chileka International Airport to cease vandalism and encroachment on airport facilities. Addressing a sensitization meeting in Blantyre with traditional leaders and local residents, Simenti emphasized the importance of community cooperation in safeguarding the airport’s infrastructure. Simenti expressed his concern over […] The post Airport Director urges community to protect Chileka International Airport facilities appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Seventeen boys were confirmed dead and 70 missing after a fire tore through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya, officials said Friday, leaving distraught relatives desperate for news of their loved ones. The blaze at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county broke out around midnight, engulfing rooms where more than 150 boys were sleeping. President William Ruto declared three days of national mourning starting from Monday after what he described as an «unfathomable tragedy». He said 17 children aged between nine and 13 had lost their lives, vowing to find out how the disaster had happened and hold those responsible accountable. Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua told reporters at the scene of the disaster that 70 youngsters were still unaccounted for, while 27 were in hospital. He described the scene as «gory» and said painstaking investigative work using DNA would be required to help identify the victims, also urging relatives and members of the community to help in tracing the missing. «The bodies recovered at the scene were burnt beyond recognition,» national police spokesperson Resila Onyango told AFP. Tensions were running high among families gathered at the school as they anxiously awaited news. Many broke down into anguished wailing and tears after officials took them to see the charred bodies in the destroyed dorm. «Please look for my kid. He can't be dead. I want my child,» one woman cried in distress as she left the school. - 'Panic mode' - The cause of the inferno was not yet known but Kenya's National Gender and Equality Commission said initial reports indicated the dorm was «overcrowded, in violation of safety standards», and called for an immediate inquiry. «We parents are in panic mode,» said Timothy Kinuthia, who has been hunting for news of his 13-year-old boy. «We have been here since 5:00 am and we have been told nothing.» AFP footage showed the blackened shell of the dormitory, with its corrugated iron roof completely collapsed. The destroyed building was sealed off by yellow police tape, with officers stationed at all access points. The school, which reportedly catered to some 800 children, is located in a semi-rural area around 170 kilometres (100 miles) north of the capital Nairobi. An AFP journalist saw survivors wrapped in blue blankets against the cold, being loaded into school buses. Alice Wanjiku said she had come from Nairobi to search for her orphaned nephew. «We have not heard anything since morning. I will camp here until I find our baby. He is the joy of our family and I hope to find him.» - 'Traumatised' children - Speaking at the scene, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said some of the pupils had ended up in neighbouring homes. «There are some children who are alive and well, but they are of course traumatised and they are in the hands of those who gave them refuge last night,» said Kindiki. The Kenyan Red Cross said it was on the ground assisting a multi-agency response team and providing psychosocial support. There have been numerous school fires in Kenya and across East Africa. In 2016, nine students were killed by a fire at a girls' high school in the sprawling slum neighbourhood of Kibera in Nairobi. In 2001, 67 pupils were killed in an arson attack on their dormitory at a secondary school Kenya's southern Machakos district. Two pupils were charged with murder, and the headmaster and deputy of the school were convicted of negligence. In 1994, 40 school children were burned alive and 47 injured in a fire that tore through a girls' school in Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region. In 2022, a blaze ravaged a school for the blind in eastern Uganda. Eleven pupils died after they were trapped inside their shared bedroom because the building had been burglar-proofed, government ministers said at the time. © Agence France-Presse

Peter Antonov, 14, who attends King's College School in Wimbledon, pictured, returned home safely, the Metropolitan Police confirmed after being missing since Monday.

According to the data, from October last year, «40,939 people have been killed, 94,616 have been injured» as a result of attacks by Israeli forces in various areas of the Strip

According to him, it is necessary to remove existing legislative barriers, primarily in the area of taxation and currency control

The ambassador stressed that «this is the West's approach not only to Ukraine».

The match was scheduled to take place on September 7, but was canceled due to bad weather

The Russian Defense Ministry added that since the beginning of the special military operation, Russian troops have destroyed 17,953 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 14,226 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 25,766 special military vehicles

The Russian President called Moscow a symbol and a reliable stronghold of Russian statehood

A 41-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 48-year-old woman to death. The alleged murder took place at about 1am today at Maxwell Food Centre. It is understood that the suspect was Mr Wu Tau, a vendor who ran a Chinese-Thai stall called Dao Xiang Ju, and the deceased was Ms Kamonwan, a vendor who ran a Thai stall nearby. Another vendor at the food centre told Shin Min Daily News that the man and woman opened Dao Xiang Ju together about a year ago, with Ms Kamonwan apparently investing a large sum of money into the stall. About a month ago, the she started selling Thai food three stalls away from Dao Xiang Ju. It is not known what happened to the partnership between Mr Wu and Ms Kamonwan and the vendor told the Chinese daily that the duo had never been spotted arguing at the food centre. Other vendors said they did not notice anything unusual when they left the food centre at 11pm on Sept 6 and they found out about the incident only when they arrived at 7.30am the next day. Ms Kamonwan's body had already been removed by then.

The RCMP arrested a 20-year-old man who was allegedly in the process of planning a deadly terror attack targeting Jewish citizens in the United States. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shazeb Jadoon, was arrested on Wednesday in Ormstown, Que., located 61 km southwest of Montreal.

Jigjiga (HOL) — Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) Commander Field Marshal Birhanu Jula has vowed that Ethiopian troops are prepared to defend the nation's sovereignty and counter any potential threats, accusing Somali leaders of collaborating with Ethiopia's adversaries.

The Pontiff has touched down in the PNG capital Port Moresby, taking in the second leg of his 12-day swing through the region.

House Republicans’ investigation was forecast to end this month, just as the Afghanistan war’s deadly endgame emerged as Trump’s new line of attack on Harris.

Robert F. Kennedy made his reputation as an environmental lawyer and activist, but some involved in his most prominent cases say he failed them.

Just weeks before her death, Queen Elizabeth took one final ride on her beloved pony, Emma, knowing it would be the last time they met.

On the same day the Liberal government’s House leader told reporters she was “confident" her party’s governance agreement with the NDP would last until June 2025, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was busy filming a video in front of Parliament saying he was ripping that deal up. 

Despite facing heavy pressure to ramp up military spending, the Department of National Defence has slow-rolled one of the least complex of its vehicle replacement programs.

It’s becoming harder and harder to escape the heat, especially if you live in an urban area. And with most Canadians living in cities, experts say it’s time to focus on building cooler cities.

Dickon Mitchell, prime minister of Grenada and chairman of CARICOM, and Dr Terrance Drew, prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis, are headlining the agenda at the 2024 Virtual Island Summit (VIS) scheduled for September 9-13, joining a panel of other...

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The City and Guilds Institute is offering a fully subsidised diploma in engineering to secondary-level students, as one of its Skills Proficiency Awards, through a contract with the Ministry of Education and Youth. A 10-year contract was signed in...

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The Department of Information Communication Technology (DICT) has announced new online tools that will help push Seychelles towards the digital era and various government services will now be accessible through the internet. The DICT What's New event was held at the Eden Bleu Hotel on Friday and the Department shared the apps and portals that will allow individuals access to government services from the comfort of their homes. «We saw that there is a lack of innovation in the country and we wanted to make things more effective, which is why we partnered with government sectors and looked at how we can make innovations to help their services reach the public more effectively,» said Kevin Marie, a senior analyst at DICT. The new applications and websites include «Mon Servis» (My Services), which is a catalogue of all online services the government provides, while «Biz Auth Portal» allows organisations that want to access these online services to register their respective staff members to access them. «For example, if an organisation wants to renew the business licence and the road fund licence of one of its cars, it can now do it through this platform,» added Marie. Other innovations include the addition of more features to the SeyID app, CertExpress - which allows users to request and pay for various government certificates, such as birth or marriage certificates, and a driving licence service through which driving licences can be renewed online. DICT also shared two concepts that it is working on - e-fines - which will allow for payment of fines online, while Sey-Address, will allow users to register their address, which can then be used as proof of address from banks and other services. All these innovations have been possible through the SeyID app, which was launched in 2022. A SeyID is required to access these services. SeyID was introduced to provide convenience and security when accessing government services online, by giving the choice to create a digital identity with an accredited identity app, which can be used to prove who you are online. According to Marie, some of these services are already available, but for people to keep up-to-date with these services, they can visit the DICT website and FaceBook page.  

The Indian Ocean Youth and Sport Commission (CJSOI) Games will be held in Seychelles from July 28 to August 10, 2024, and it has been confirmed that the Games will include 11 sporting disciplines for youths aged between 14 to 17 years.   The sports are judo, badminton, athletics, swimming, boxing, volleyball, football, basketball, sailing, beach soccer and weightlifting. In a press conference on Thursday, the chief executive of the National Sports Council (NSC), Marc Arrisol, confirmed that a steering committee has been set up and is in the process of creating a local organising committee to ensure the Games run smoothly. «The operations of the NSC is quite large and so it will be wise for us, just as in previous games, to get additional people in to take key positions for the games,» said Arissol. He added that they have identified people who have worked with previous Games organised in Seychelles to assist with this one. One of the issues that continue to plague local sports when it comes to preparing for big games, is the delays in federations submitting the proper documents concerning their budgets and training plans for the athletes. Arissol is appealing to all of them to submit all the relevant documents, with the required information, so that the NSC can proceed to offer the help needed. «We want the federations to give detailed plans and budgets so that we can evaluate and offer them the financial assistance that is needed. I want to be clear that there will be a ceiling, for example, a federation can ask for two million (Seychelles rupees), but that will not necessarily be what we give out,» added Arrisol. Another big concern ahead of the Games in 2025 is the state of the local sporting facilities. The CEO confirmed that they are receiving the necessary support from the government to ensure that all facilities are up to standard for the Games. At the moment, the athletics track at Stad Linite is ready, while there are works still ongoing at other facilities, such as the Palais des Sports. There are also plans to renovate other venues, including the Roche Caiman Dojo, and the La Promenade Gymnasium, among others are in place. For these games, there will not be a Games Village as is traditional for such events but Arrisol confirmed that athletes will be accommodated in several hotels in the country. With the Games taking place at a time when most youths in Seychelles are in school, Arissol has explained that they are in discussions with the Ministry of Education.   «Next year will be quite different in terms of the school year, because we will have two big events that will disrupt the schools, and they are the Beach Soccer World Cup (May) and of course, the CJSOI Games,» explained Arissol. «We are in discussions with the Ministry for a proposed readjusting of their school calendar to ensure the youth can attend these events.» The CJSOI Games, introduced in 1994, have as prime objectives promoting friendship between the youth of the participating nations and fostering regional cooperation. Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion - a French overseas department - Djibouti, Mayotte and Comoros as the participating countries, with sports and cultural exchanges as part of the event. The last Games were held in Mauritius in 2022 and Seychelles finished in third place with 45 medals, 12 gold, 12 silver, and 21 bronze. The winner of the event was Reunion, an overseas French Department, with 142 medals, 57 gold, 56 silver and 29 bronze. Mauritius was second with 138 medals - 46 gold, 44 silver and 48 bronze.