Life & Society

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Actor RJ Mitte, best known for his role as Walter White Jr in the acclaimed television drama Breaking Bad, has died aged 34 in Brownsville, Texas. Mitte, whose own experience with cerebral palsy informed his performance on the series, was also widely recognised for his work advocating greater disability representation and inclusion in the entertainment industry. Mitte’s representatives...

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: 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 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 Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspended its provincial government, sharply escalating an already tense confrontation with imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. PTI has condemned the decision as an attempt to remove its elected administration under the cover of an emergency, warning that the move...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Authorities in India’s capital, New Delhi, closed six metro stations and announced extensive traffic restrictions on Monday as opposition parties prepared to march towards the Supreme Court over a controversial revision of electoral voter lists. The measures came amid days of demonstrations, mass detentions and growing political tensions surrounding allegations that millions of eligible voters may have been...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Green Party of England and Wales is facing growing internal divisions over its controversial decision to classify Zionism as racism, with senior MP Ellie Chowns warning that the party must strengthen its internal decision-making processes to prevent extremists and racists from gaining disproportionate influence. The dispute has intensified pressure on party leader Zack Polanski following a difficult...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Students at a high school in Sevran, a disadvantaged suburb north-east of Paris, are continuing their protests over deteriorating school conditions, teacher shortages and educational inequality, saying they feel abandoned by the French state and are being denied the basic resources needed to succeed. The demonstrations have become part of a wider youth movement that has spread across...