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Australia gives users control over social media algorithms

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australia is preparing legislation that would give social media users aged 16 and over greater control over the algorithms that determine what appears in their online feeds, in a major proposed expansion of the country’s digital safety rules. The draft laws would allow eligible users to switch off algorithmically recommended content and instead view posts primarily from people,...

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Argentina to file criminal charges over Falklands oil drilling

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. BUENOS AIRES — Argentina is preparing to file criminal charges against Israeli energy company Navitas Petroleum and several of its executives over oil exploration and production activities in the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-running dispute with the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the South Atlantic territory. The planned legal action follows a renewed push by Argentine President Javier...

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Nepal seeks $20m climate compensation after deadly floods

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...

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Renoir Museum hit by €9m art theft on French Riviera

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. CAGNES-SUR-MER — Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir on the French Riviera early Tuesday, stealing four artworks in a raid that authorities estimate could involve works worth about €9 million. The incident took place at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in southern France, where the painter spent the final years of...

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AfD election surge leaves Magdeburg residents deeply uneasy

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. MAGDEBURG — A historic election victory by Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has left residents in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt confronting sharply different emotions, from celebration and frustration to fear and disbelief. The AfD secured almost 44% of the vote in Sunday’s state election, recording its strongest result in the state and raising fresh questions about...

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UK House Prices Fall as Mortgage Rates Rise

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. UK house prices have fallen on an annual basis for the first time in almost three years, highlighting growing pressure on the property market as higher mortgage costs, persistent inflation concerns, geopolitical uncertainty and stretched household finances weigh on prospective buyers. According to Lloyds, the average UK property was worth £298,468 in August, representing a 0.4% decline compared...

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Typhoon Saudel Triggers Mass Evacuations in China

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...

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Swedish Mining Push Puts Sami Land Rights Under Pressure

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Sweden’s drive to expand mining and secure access to strategically important minerals has opened a growing political dispute over the rights of the country’s Indigenous Sami population, with reindeer herders in the northern town of Kiruna warning that industrial expansion could threaten both their traditional livelihoods and the cultural practices that have sustained their communities for generations. The...

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Ministers Condemn Far-Right Unrest in Portsmouth

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. British ministers have condemned what they described as intimidating and aggressive behaviour by far-right activists during unrest in Portsmouth, after hundreds of protesters gathered following the arrival of a boat carrying asylum seekers in the city. The confrontation continued into the early hours of Monday as demonstrators attempted to prevent asylum seekers from being transported away for processing....

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Armed Suspect Attacks Ohio Governor Candidate

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Democratic Ohio governor candidate Amy Acton was targeted in an apparent attack during a campaign appearance at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, after an armed suspect allegedly lunged toward her campaign tent and knocked several people to the ground, according to campaign officials and local authorities. Acton was not injured in the incident, but several people were reportedly...

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