Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev is showing «severe signs of brain damage», having been placed in a medically induced coma after collapsing on his way out of the ring following an 11th-round TKO loss to Subriel Matias on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has been labeled a “disgrace” for announcing that Gareth Bale is set to leave the club, but the Frenchman is right to dump the injury-prone forward as he undertakes a Bernabeu rebuild. Read Full Article at RT.com

Details have emerged of the incident which led to UFC light heavyweight champ Jon 'Bones' Jones being charged with battery, with the alleged victim describing the shocking claims regarding their reported strip club encounter. Read Full Article at RT.com

HANOI, Vietnam--- The United States said it's concerned by reports of China's interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Vietnam accuses Beijing of violating its sovereignty.   State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that China's «repeated provocative actions aimed at the offshore oil and gas development of other claimant states threaten regional energy security and undermine the free and open Indo-Pacific energy market.»   Vietnam on Friday demanded China remove a survey ship from Vanguard Bank, which it says lies within Vietnam's 200-mile exclusive economic zone. China claims the South ...Keep on reading: U.S. ‘concerned’ about China’s oil, gas activity in South China Sea

  Drama, intrigue and disinformation aptly describe the political events that cropped up and stirred the nation before the opening session of the Philippine 18th Congress that is now packed with pro-administration political allies. The suspense of who will lead the House of Representatives ended in an I-told-you-so moment: Alan Peter Cayetano was chosen as Speaker in a term-sharing deal. https://youtu.be/nwh_E8ICO74...Keep on reading: The 18th Congress: Drama and denouement

NEW YORK---First, Don the Con tells neophyte congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib---all women of color---to «go back» to their «countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe» in order to «help fix» them. Three of the women were born in the US, while Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota came to the United States as a Somali refugee when she was ten, and subsequently became a naturalized citizen. Don the Racist doubles down on his vile invective even in the face of outrage, and then at a rally in North Carolina, turns the crowd into a mob in his scurrilous attack on Omar, a Muslim. Trump accused her, falsely, of glo...Keep on reading: ‘Go back where you came from!’

WASHINGTON, DC -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation will hold a hearing on the human rights situation in the Philippines on Thursday, July 25.   The hearing will cover three other countries in Southeast Asia in addition to the Philippines-- Vietnam, Cambodia and Rohingya, Committee Chair Rep. Brad Sherman announced Thursday, July 18.   The announcement comes a week after the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution calling for a comprehensive investigation into the human rights situation in the Philippines.   Since his election in 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called war on drugs have earned the ...Keep on reading: Capitol Hill hearings on human rights in PH set for July 25

  LAS VEGAS--- When Senator Manny Pacquiao's split-decision win over Keith Thurman was announced last Saturday, all of the 14,000 spectators at MGM Grand Garden Arena erupted in thunderous applause. Many had been rooting for Pac-Man from beginning to end.   Pac-Man successfully defended his welterweight world title in 12 grueling rounds. At 40 years old, he remains boxing's only eight-division world champion and is hailed by many as a living legend. Pacquiao proved to everyone that his age is just a number.   INQUIRER caught up with some celebrities who watched the fight live. Many thought that the split decision was unfounded.   When asked if...Keep on reading: Celebrities turn thumbs down on Pac-Thurman split decision

Lawmakers say the DP has been indicted by extension and should apologise for misleading Kenyans.

The U.S.-based research arm of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd - Futurewei Technologies Inc - announced worker layoffs on Monday, according to two Futurewei employees.

President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka has faced the wrath of the eternally woke for gifting her eight-year-old daughter a white dog. Enraged liberals immediately saw Nazi symbolism in the cutesy image. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Donald Trump is seeking help from Pakistan to extricate Washington from the war in Afghanistan, saying that he could “win” that war in a week if he wanted to kill millions and wipe off the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

With former special counsel Robert Mueller set to testify before two Congressional committees and Democratic lawmakers talking impeachment, has America finally moved on? Read Full Article at RT.com

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The Seychelles Institute of Technology (SIT) has been recognized as one of the world's 10 innovative technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions. The institute is working closely with the UNESCO-UNEVOC, which is based in Bonn, Germany and is an international centre for connecting the UNESCO Member States worldwide to develop and strengthen TVET. The TVET sector in Seychelles is being guided by the UNESCO Education 2030 Framework of Action as well as the UNESCO TVET strategy 2016-2021. “As a testimony to our engagement one of our professional centers, SIT has been recognized as one of the UNEVOC centres participating actively in the skills for innovation – innovation-hub project – being piloted by UNESCO-UNEVOC,” said Minister for Education and Human Resources Development, Jeanne Simeon. Hubert Barbe, SIT’s director, told SNA on Tuesday that the recognition comes after the center has actively undertaken initiatives in sustainability, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. “For instance, we have trained our students doing plumbing to install rainwater harvesting system and through this, we have partnered with different organisations and installed these systems in different places in the community,” explained Barbe. SIT was established in 2015 and its vision is to be a premier professional centre providing high quality technical and vocational education and training in the engineering, built environment and information and communication technology fields. (Seychelles Nation) Photo License:  CC-BY Lecturers are also being trained through a programme with La Reunion – a French department in the Indian Ocean – to train future technicians in the installations of photovoltaic panels and solar water heaters. “We are also training our students to retrofit containers as energy-efficient that can be used as offices,” said Barbe. SIT students were also included in training and built the first-ever gabion rock barrage on the island nation. This was through a project using an approach that emphasises a natural approach to advanced engineering.  This has led to sufficient water supply for a farming community in the south of the main island of Mahe, which for years has faced severe water shortages. SIT was established in 2015 and its vision is to be a premier professional centre providing high quality technical and vocational education and training in the engineering, built environment and information and communication technology fields. SIT students were also included in training and built the first-ever gabion rock barrage on the island nation. This was through a project using an approach that emphasises a natural approach to advanced engineering. (Salifa Karapetyan, Seychelles News Agency) Photo License: CC-BY The director-general for TVET and Entrepreneurship in the Ministry for Education, Jean Alcindor, said that SIT should be commended for greening its curriculum. “It is two years now since SIT has entered into a partnership with UNESVOC from which the institution has been recognized for its initiative for greening the campus, installing PV panels amongst others. And greening TVET is something that is very high on UNEVOC’s agenda,” explained Alcindor. Later this year TVET representatives from Malta and Kenya will come to Seychelles  -115 islands in the western Indian Ocean  -- to learn more about what the institution is doing. “Our initiatives and that of the other nine TVET centers will be used as a basis for a manual of guidelines being developed which will then be shared with TVET centers in other countries,” explained Barbe. The Seychelles Institute of Technology is also considering introducing an innovation award for its students.    

Severe floods and lightning have claimed the lives of more than 650 people across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, officials said Monday as the annual monsoon took its toll on the rainfed region. More than 10 million people in the South Asian countries have been affected by the deluge, which has also forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. In India, heavy rains since the start of July have killed at least 467 people with many districts in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam states cut off because of flooding. In Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, lightning strikes killed 37 people in separate incidents, a disaster management official told AFP. The latest fatalities took the northern state's toll to 228 dead. Eight children playing in the open in Bihar's Nawada district were also killed by lightning on Friday, taking the toll in the eastern state to more than 100 as rivers overflowed their banks and swept away people, houses and cattle. In Assam, 67 people have perished but the situation was likely to improve with no heavy rains predicted in the coming days. But the prospects were grim for southern India's coastal state of Kerala where authorities Monday warned of «extremely heavy falls» in isolated places. India's coastal Karnataka, West Bengal and Himalayan Sikkim states were also bracing for heavy downpours. More than 70 people have also died in building collapses in Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh states following substantial rainfalls. In neighbouring Nepal, 90 people have died and another 29 are missing, although the worst seems to be over in the Himalayan country. «Rains have been predicted this week and we are on alert, but we don't expect it to have a severe impact,» home ministry official Bedh Nidhi Khanal said. Torrential rains in flood-prone Bangladesh have killed more than 97 people -- most by drowning and lightning strikes -- in the last two weeks, with swathes of agricultural fields lying inundated. A third of the country has been submerged as major rivers including the Brahmaputra -- which broke a 44-year water-level record last week -- and the Ganges burst their banks from heavy rains and from water from India and Nepal. At least 30 people have also lost their lives in Pakistan. While the annual rains are crucial to replenishing water supplies in the impoverished region, they often turn deadly. Experts blame poor planning, the lack of drainage facilities and tardy relief operations for the casualties. © Agence France-Presse

La principale coalition de l'opposition des Seychelles, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS), a annoncé au cours du week-end le processus de sélection d'un candidat pour l'élection présidentielle de l'année prochaine. Toute personne souhaitant se porter candidat à la présidence pour LDS peut soumettre sa lettre d'intérêt. La date limite est le 31 août. Lors d’une réunion des militants au Centre international de conférences de Victoria, samedi, Roger Mancienne, chef du parti, a déclaré que le parti souhaitait avoir un processus de nomination démocratique et juste permettant à tous les membres de participer. «Nous appelons tous les membres qui pensent satisfaire aux critères à se présenter en tant que candidat à manifester leur intérêt par le biais d'une lettre adressée à notre conseil exécutif. Ce processus est ouvert et transparent et signifie que tous les membres ont une chance égale de postuler pour le poste de candidat du parti », a déclaré M. Mancienne. À ce jour, seul le chef de l’opposition Wavel Ramkalawan a annoncé son intention de se porter candidat. Il était également candidat à la présidentielle pour le Parti national des Seychelles en 2015 lorsqu'il s'est classé deuxième lors d'un vote extrêmement serré remporté par l'ancien président James Michel, qui a par la suite démissionné. C'est la première fois que la coalition d'opposition lance ce processus. Lors de la dernière élection présidentielle de 2015, les partis étaient des entités distinctes.  Lors d’une réunion des militants au Centre international de conférences de Victoria à Victoria, le chef du parti, Roger Mancienne, a déclaré que le parti souhaitait avoir un processus de nomination démocratique et juste permettant à tous les membres de participer   (Thomas Meriton) Photo License: CC-BY        Au mois de juin dernier, United Seychelles - le parti au pouvoir - a lancé le processus de sélection d'un candidat et invité tous les membres du parti intéressés à présenter une déclaration d'intérêt. La semaine dernière, le parti a annoncé son candidat: Danny Faure, l'actuel président de la nation insulaire. La coalition d'opposition LDS est composée de trois principaux partis d'opposition, le Parti national des Seychelles (SNP), le Parti des Seychelles pour la justice sociale et la démocratie (SPSD) et le Parti unifié des Seychelles. Un quatrième parti d'opposition, Lalyans Seselwa, a quitté la coalition en 2018. LDS détient la majorité au parlement du pays. Outre leurs données personnelles, la lettre doit comporter un énoncé de qualités et d’expérience justifiant leur candidature et leur capacité à servir de président. Il devrait également avoir la vision du candidat pour LDS, pour le gouvernement ainsi que 20 signatures des membres du parti comme appui pour leur nomination. Les candidats sont également invités à divulguer toute information susceptible de nuire à leur candidature. M. Mancienne a déclaré que le conseil étudierait et examinerait toutes les candidatures le 5 septembre et que s’il n’y avait qu’un candidat, le nom de la personne serait alors présenté à la convention du parti. «S'il y a plus d'un candidat lors de notre congrès du 15 septembre, tous les candidats auront l'occasion de s'exprimer devant le public pour expliquer pourquoi ils sont le meilleur candidat pour représenter le parti. Ensuite, nous aurons une deuxième réunion le 20 octobre, où nous aurons un vote final », a déclaré M. Mancienne. Il a ajouté qu'entre ces deux dates, ceux qui auront soumis leur candidature pourront faire campagne et demander l'appui pour ce dernier. Lors de la manifestation de samedi, M. Mancienne a également exhorté les chefs de parti et les militants à rester concentrés sur leur tâche, à savoir former le prochain gouvernement de la nation insulaire. «Au cours de cette courte période au sein de l'Assemblée nationale où nous détenons la majorité, nous avons été en mesure d'apporter certains changements en faisant pression pour plus de vérité, de transparence, de responsabilité et une gouvernance plus responsable de la part de l'exécutif», a expliqué M. Mancienne. M. Mancienne a également ajouté: «Bien que nous ayons fait quelques progrès, nous ne devons pas faire preuve de trop de retenue dans notre approche et rester sur la voie de notre mission qui est de former le prochain gouvernement." M. Ramkalawan, chef de l’opposition à l’Assemblée nationale, a déclaré que leurs travaux à l’Assemblée nationale avaient été le fer de lance du mouvement démocratique aux Seychelles - un groupe de 115 îles situées dans l’océan Indien occidental, qui permettait à chaque Seychellois de connaître ses droits. «Le travail que nous accomplissons consiste à apporter un changement pour la génération future. Grâce à notre travail au parlement et à travers votre travail auprès de la population, je suis confiant que LDS remportera la prochaine élection présidentielle, mais nous devons travailler dur pour l'obtenir », a déclaré M. Ramkalawan. Linyon Demokratik Seselwa a été formée en 2016 pour contester les élections législatives et a remporté la majorité. C’était la première fois que l’opposition contrôlait le parlement du pays.  

A few days ago the regime in Asmara reported that the 25th Anniversary of National Service Program will be celebrated during the first week of August all over Eritrea. The story that appeared on Eritrea Profile, the government's paper published in English, reads as follows: «The Silver Jubilee of the beginning of Eritrea’s National Service Program will be celebrated in Sawa from 1-4 August, under the theme “Sawa: The perfect choice for sustainability!”, the Commander of the Sawa Center of Education and Military training, Col. Ezra Woldegebriel, stated.» Read More ...

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Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has launched a blistering attack on the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for stalking the already fragile political situation with petrol bombings to trigger the state of emergency. Chakwera said this on Monday at a news conference in Lilongwe just hours after MCP offices were petrol bombed […] The post Chakwera says DPP plot ‘state of emergency’ to restrict rights of Malawi citizens appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times.

The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets are swiftly washing away a graffiti on Providence Secondary School fence wall which says ‘APM must fall’. The graffiti was put just last night on the fence wall in Mulanje central, the constituency of hitherto president Peter Mutharika’s blue eyed boy, Kondwani Nankhumwa. Mulanje is regarded as the […] The post DPP washes away ‘APM must fall’ graffiti appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times.

President Peter Mutharika has filed his response and sworn statements in opposition to the consolidated petitions of UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) at Constitution Court challenging results of the presidential race in the May 21 Tripartite Elections which favoured Mutharika. Chilima and Chakwera filed separate petitions disputing […] The post Mutharika files court response to discredit evidence of Chilima, Chakwera in polls case: ‘Petitioners fail to prove alleged irregularities’ appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times.

Former president Bakili Muluzi has stepped in to end the current wave of protests and violence by calling for a meeting with the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) as the leadership of the grouping has confirmed and accepted. A letter from the office of the former president dated July 22, 2019 and duly signed by […] The post Malawi ex-president Muluzi calls for talks with HRDC to pacify violent protests appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times.

The IGP and the CID boss, COP Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah have for the third time failed to show up at an Accra High Court where they have been cited for contempt.

Lawyers for murder suspect in the late legislator, J.B. Danquah-Adu’s Daniel Asiedu are challenging a medical report that declared him sane to stand trial.

Many pedestrians still cross the dangerous Adenta-Madina highway despite violent protests eight months ago which led to the construction of footbridges along the stretch.

Причиной конфликта послужила установка флагштока жителями села Ворух (Таджикистан) на въезде в этот населенный пункт. Жители села Аксай (Киргизия) выступили против установки флагштока, в связи с чем произошла словесная перепалка между селянами, а потом одна из сторон применила охотничье оружие.

The New York Times’ editorial board, fresh from peddling anti-Russia conspiracies for two years, has made a remarkable about-turn. Now the paper wants closer relations with the Kremlin, all to thwart China’s ambitions. Read Full Article at RT.com