PLANES WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ACCESS SPACEX SATELLITE INTERNET AT SPEEDS OF 350 MBPS

Wed 19 October 2022: With the official launch of Starlink Aviation next year, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has announced that its satellite internet service Starlink will soon be accessible on some airplanes. The company reportedly stated that the service would provide internet speeds of up to 350mbps to every aircraft fitted with its Aero Terminal, which […]

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RUSSIA’S PUTIN IN ‘INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT POSITION’ IN UKRAINE WAR: BIDEN

Wed 19 October 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin is in a “incredibly difficult position” in Ukraine, according to US Vice President Joe Biden, and has run out of options beyond trying to “brutalize” civilians into surrender. “I think that Vladimir Putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position,” Biden told reporters at the White House. […]

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UK’S BRAVERMAN HAS LEFT JOB; GRANT SHAPPS APPOINTED NEW INTERIOR MINISTER

Wed 19 October 2022: Britain’s Suella Braverman has left her job as interior minister, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, adding to the turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Liz Truss’s six-week premiership. The Sun’s political editor said Braverman had been fired. If confirmed Braverman’s departure would mark the second of Truss’s most senior ministers to be replaced in less […]

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PUTIN ANNOUNCES MARTIAL LAW IN FOUR ‘ANNEXED’ REGIONS

Wed 19 October 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree imposing martial law in four “annexed” regions of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson. “It will immediately be sent for approval to the Federation Council, and the State Duma will be informed of the decision,” Putin said in televised remarks at the […]

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UK INFLATION JUMPS BACK TO 10.1% AS COST OF LIVING CRISIS CONTINUED TO HIT HOUSEHOLDS

Wed 19 October 2022: Britain’s annual consumer inflation rate increased to 10.1% in September, up from 9.9% in August, official data showed on Wednesday. The figure returned to July’s 40-year high due to rising food prices, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement. The prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages jumped 14.5% […]

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BRITS WARNED OF ‘DEEPEST, DARKEST EVENINGS’ THIS WINTER

Tue 18 October 2022: Households in Britain may see blackouts and gas outages in the coming winter between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. amid an ongoing energy crisis, the head of the National Grid warned. John Pettigrew said electricity and gas may be switched off on “those deepest, darkest evenings in January and February” if energy supplies suffer due to the war in Ukraine. The move […]

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SITUATION ‘TENSE’ IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA’S NEW UKRAINE COMMANDER

Tue 18 October 2022: Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that the situation in Ukraine is remaining tense for Russian troops. According to RIA, he also stated that the army is getting ready to evict Kherson’s populace. “The situation in the area of the special military operation can […]

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BIRD FLU ‘PREVENTION ZONE’ DECLARED ACROSS WHOLE OF GREAT BRITAIN

Tue 18 October 2022: Free-range eggs will be banned soon in Britain after the government declared an avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) in the country on Monday.  The measure comes as Britain grapples with its largest-ever outbreak of bird flu. The situation is most severe in the east of England. As a consequence of the […]

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