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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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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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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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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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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Tue 18 October 2022: Regional train traffic in France was reduced by about 50% on Tuesday amid calls for a nationwide strike from several unions. The strike occurs when inflation is at its highest. The strikes to raise the minimum wage in response to rising prices have been ongoing for a few days now. Fuel […]
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Tue 18 October 2022: In the second day of Moscow’s raids, a new wave of Russian air attacks hit several locations in Ukraine, including key energy infrastructure in the north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, causing several explosions, according to officials. According to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, three Russian strikes on […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: The Council of State, France’s highest administrative court, has ordered the government to pay millions of euros in fines for poor air quality in French cities. According to the court’s statement on Monday, the government did not do enough to ensure good air quality. The sanction comes after a first 10 […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), child poverty has increased by 19% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia as a result of the Ukraine crisis and the skyrocketing living costs it has caused. The report stated that”The war in Ukraine and rising inflation have driven an additional four million […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: The US rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and Parlement Technologies announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement in principle for the purchase of Parler, a popular social media platform known for its lack of right-wing opinion policing. “Parlement Technologies is pleased to announce that it has entered […]
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