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Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Argentina temporarily closed tourist access to the world-famous Iguazu Falls after exceptionally heavy rainfall caused the Iguazu River to swell to more than six times its normal flow, raising concerns that rapidly rising water levels could create dangerous conditions around one of South America’s most visited natural attractions. Officials at Iguazu National Park took the precautionary decision on...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australian airline Qantas has been forced to take a Boeing 787 Dreamliner out of service in Rome after bedbugs were discovered in its economy-class cabin, disrupting international travel plans and prompting an intensive cleaning operation. The incident led to the cancellation of a scheduled flight from Rome to Perth, leaving affected passengers facing delays while the airline arranged...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The global economy is approaching a potentially dangerous turning point as dwindling emergency oil reserves, rising government debt and persistent geopolitical tensions threaten to undermine its ability to withstand further shocks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Although economic growth has proved more resilient than many policymakers initially expected, the international financial institution cautions that governments may...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online At least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel battered Mexico’s Pacific coast, triggering flash floods, damaging infrastructure and leaving communities struggling to cope with dangerous weather conditions. Emergency services have launched rescue operations, using helicopters to evacuate stranded residents as floodwaters inundate homes, roads become impassable and electricity infrastructure suffers extensive damage. The...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have jointly won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for research that has transformed how governments and central banks understand economic fluctuations and design policies to maintain stability. Their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation helped establish the New Keynesian approach, a framework now widely used to...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A British father living in France has faced an unexpected obstacle in trying to secure a UK passport for his teenage daughter after being asked to consider a DNA test to prove his paternity. The request, which could cost approximately £600, has highlighted the difficulties some British families living overseas are experiencing under post-Brexit travel rules that require...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A newly identified Roman military fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales, could provide important archaeological evidence behind a medieval Welsh legend involving the fourth-century emperor Magnus Maximus. The discovery of Roman coins, pottery, tiles and military structures near Frenni Fawr hill has raised the possibility that a traditional story preserved for centuries may have been rooted in historical events rather...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The European Union has agreed to limit imports of hybrid electric vehicles from China to 350,000 cars annually, marking a significant shift in its trade policy as Brussels seeks to protect European manufacturing, address an expanding trade imbalance and respond to concerns about industrial decline. The restriction, expected to take effect in December, forms part of a broader...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A decades-old wedding album discovered abandoned outside a café in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, has been returned to the family after an online appeal and determined research by a local historian uncovered its remarkable story. The photographs, taken at a wedding in 1957, belonged to Maxwell Dawson and Barbara Parr and were among the few surviving images of the...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Millions of van and pickup drivers across the United Kingdom are facing a sharp increase in fuel expenditure, with new estimates suggesting that rising diesel prices could add approximately £2.5bn to their collective costs this year. The growing financial pressure is prompting calls for the government to abandon planned fuel duty increases, as transport operators warn that higher...