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Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online London has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the world’s most attractive destinations for billionaires and other ultra-high-net-worth individuals, combining financial influence, luxury, culture and international connectivity with a tax environment that historically offered considerable advantages to wealthy foreign residents. But a growing number of departures and complaints from some of Britain’s richest people are raising questions...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s opposition Coalition is facing growing questions over the financial credibility of its newly announced immigration policy after senior MPs acknowledged that the plan has not yet undergone a full costing by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office. Coalition leader Angus Taylor has repeatedly defended the package as “budget neutral” and said the party had worked closely with the...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online France has temporarily suspended the use of stun grenades by police at high-school demonstrations after a 15-year-old protester suffered a devastating hand injury during a demonstration in the northern city of Lens, intensifying an already heated national debate over police tactics and the treatment of young protesters. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the decision on Wednesday, saying the...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Frankfurt Book Fair, widely regarded as the world’s largest international publishing event, has opened in Germany with thousands of publishers, authors and creative-industry professionals gathering for one of the most important annual meetings of the global literary world. The 78th edition of the fair is taking place in Frankfurt and will continue until Sunday, 11 October. Around...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Richard Morecroft was widely recognised as one of Australia’s familiar television news faces, but away from the studio and the seriousness of the evening bulletin, he devoted much of his life to something very different: rescuing vulnerable wildlife. The former ABC presenter, who has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, is being remembered...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A detective became visibly emotional in court while recalling the moment she discovered the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, whose deaths are at the centre of a high-profile murder trial in Sydney. Detective Senior Constable Christine Abela told the New South Wales Supreme Court that she had been involved in the search for the two men...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Shell is expecting its refineries to generate almost twice as much profit from each barrel of fuel produced during the third quarter of 2026, as severe supply shortages and disruptions to refining capacity drive fuel prices to unprecedented levels. The energy giant has forecast refining margins of around $42 a barrel for the period from July to September,...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nicolas Ghesquière has turned the Louis Vuitton runway in Paris into a vision of urban life in a warmer future, combining lightweight clothing, futuristic imagery and an extraordinary setting beneath the historic architecture of the Louvre. The latest Louis Vuitton show presented a striking contrast between France’s centuries-old cultural heritage and an imagined city of the future. Models...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Police forces across England and Wales are routinely failing to properly investigate complaints involving the non-consensual taking, sharing or creation of intimate images, according to new research that has prompted a formal police super-complaint. Lawyers and women's rights organisations say the current response to image-based abuse is inconsistent and inadequate, leaving many survivors without effective support while perpetrators...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online UK house prices remained virtually unchanged in September as higher mortgage costs, stretched affordability and wider economic uncertainty continued to weigh on the housing market, according to a major property price index. The average price of a UK home stood at £298,441 during September, broadly unchanged from both the previous month and the same period a year earlier....