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The fresh rally came after the Gen Z movement called for a general strike and rejected President Andry Rajoelina's attempts to defuse the tensions rocking the Indian Ocean island.

Polls opened in the Indian Ocean islands nation of the Seychelles on Thursday for a presidential run-off, with environmental and economic questions at the forefront of the election.

The EU Court of Justice on Thursday handed Greece a heavy daily fine for failing to shut down an illegal landfill in a key marine park on the tourist island of Zakynthos.

China claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce using force to bring it under its control.

Having nearly depleted their island’s resources, and lacking a large enough canoe to leave, they face eventual extinction.