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Campaign group A Human Right, which is supported by the UN, has called on the Department for International Development to contribute a substantial amount to the engineering costs of connecting the island to the South Atlantic Express, a new superfast fibre optic cable being laid by South African firm eFive.
BBC: Technology
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Huffington was on a United Express flight operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines from Washington to New York on Saturday night when a fellow traveler became upset when she allegedly continued to use her smartphone after the pilot asked passengers to turn off electronic devices before takeoff.
CNN: Arianna Huffington's phone use upsets passenger
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Hitchens wrote for numerous publications including The Times Literary Supplement, the Daily Express, the London Evening Standard, Newsday and The Atlantic.
BBC: Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer
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Both Visa and MasterCard are under investigation by antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic for alleged anti-competitive practices, such as jointly banning members from issuing American Express cards.
ECONOMIST: Paying online