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Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Singaporean businessman who sought to recover almost half a million Singapore dollars from his former girlfriend after their relationship ended has lost his case, with the High Court ruling that the money was given as gifts rather than loans. Senior Judge Lee Seiu Kin dismissed Chander Agarwal’s claim for S$468,090, finding that the evidence showed a man...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Abhijeet Dipke was an ordinary graduate student in Boston just a few months ago. Today, the 30-year-old activist is one of the most recognisable faces of a new generation of Indian protest politics, after a satirical campaign sparked by a controversial remark about unemployed young people evolved into a national movement and helped force a senior cabinet minister...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. North Korea has built a new facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex that could significantly increase its ability to produce weapons-grade uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has expressed serious concern over the continued expansion of Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. The development comes as North Korea continues to strengthen its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. KATHMANDU — Nepal has called on the world’s biggest polluting economies to accept greater responsibility for the consequences of climate change after catastrophic floods and landslides left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the Himalayan country. The Nepalese government has formally requested $20 million in climate-related compensation from the United Nations fund established to help vulnerable...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Typhoon Saudel has caused widespread flooding, landslides and infrastructure damage across parts of south-east China, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate as torrential rainfall overwhelmed rivers, roads and vulnerable communities. The storm has also been accompanied by severe weather elsewhere, with powerful thunderstorms affecting north-western South Africa and a prolonged spell of oppressive heat gripping parts...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The rescue of two hydropower workers who survived for nine days inside a flooded tunnel in Nepal has been described by an international tunnelling expert as a remarkable victory for human resilience, offering renewed hope to families still waiting for news of hundreds of people missing after catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharajan...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The full scale of Nepal’s devastating floods is becoming clearer as rescue teams reach some of the country’s worst-hit communities, revealing scenes of destruction, missing families and survivors struggling to recover loved ones from the mud and debris. More than 1,200 people have been reported dead across Nepal and Tibet following catastrophic flooding in the Himalayan region, while thousands...

**Published: 01 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** Nepal's death toll from devastating floods and landslides along the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000, as rescuers race against time to locate hundreds of workers believed to be trapped inside mud-filled tunnels at hydropower projects along the Trishuli River. The disaster has left more than 3,900 people missing, according to Nepal's disaster authorities. More than 600 of...

Published: 11 August 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online At the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, families arrive carrying whatever remains of lives they were forced to abandon. Elderly people struggle forward on crutches, children clutch chickens and small belongings, while exhausted parents wait in queues beneath the heat to complete registration before beginning an uncertain new chapter. For many, the return to...

Published: 31 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Rescue teams in Nepal are racing against time to reach more than 900 people believed to be trapped inside hydropower tunnels and underground facilities after catastrophic flash floods devastated parts of the Nepal-Tibet border region. The disaster has already claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands of people missing, turning remote Himalayan valleys into vast fields of mud,...