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Published: 29 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A BBC journalist has been barred from leaving Vietnam and subjected to multiple days of interrogation, highlighting the country’s ongoing crackdown on press freedom. The journalist, a Vietnamese national who lives and works in Thailand, returned home in August to renew their passport, sources familiar with the situation told The English Chronicle. Although the passport was officially reissued,...

Published: 29 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Documents disclosed by The Guardian reveal that Boris Johnson, then UK foreign secretary, approved China’s proposal to establish a sprawling “super-embassy” in London in 2018. The approval, sent in a letter to China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, described the development as “China’s largest overseas diplomatic investment” and laid the groundwork for what would become one of the most...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A British woman detained in Iran has told her family she is “losing hope” as her ordeal drags on, following a court appearance that reportedly went badly. Lindsay Foreman, from East Sussex, has been imprisoned in Iran since January alongside her husband, Craig Foreman, both accused of espionage—charges they firmly deny. Her son, Joe Bennett, said that he...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Experts have expressed growing concern over Russia’s Burevestnik missile, describing it as a weapon that could disrupt international arms control frameworks and exacerbate global tensions. “This is a bad development,” Mr Lewis told The New York Times. “It is one more science fiction weapon that is going to be destabilising and hard to address in arms control.” Despite...

Published: ২৭ October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to lead a high-profile delegation of senior British business leaders to Saudi Arabia on Monday, marking her first visit to the Gulf in six years. The mission is part of the UK government’s ongoing efforts to deepen economic and trade relations with a region that has long faced international criticism for its...

Published: ২৭ October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. In a quiet field near Great Bardfield in Essex, the echoes of a long-forgotten tragedy are being carefully unearthed. Over 80 years ago, on 26 January 1944, 23-year-old US Air Force pilot 2nd Lieutenant Lester Lowry embarked on a routine training flight in his P-47 Thunderbolt, a powerful warplane nicknamed “Lucky Boy.” Tragically, the aircraft spiraled out of...

Published: ২৭ October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. In a bid to salvage rapidly deteriorating ties with Washington, Russia dispatched Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s top economic envoy, to the United States in what experts describe as a desperate attempt to influence US policy. Dmitriev, a Stanford-educated former Wall Street executive, arrived with a high-stakes mission: to demonstrate Moscow’s willingness to engage in constructive dialogue, even as...

Published: 26 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. In a night that will long be remembered in British boxing, Fabio Wardley delivered the most significant victory of his career by stopping former world titleholder Joseph Parker in sensational fashion at London’s O2 Arena. The 11th-round stoppage not only cemented Wardley’s status as a rising force in the heavyweight division but also set him on course for...

Published: 24 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Ireland heads to the polls on Friday to elect a new president, with voters choosing between two female candidates for the largely ceremonial role that carries a seven-year term. The election comes as the country prepares to replace Michael D. Higgins, who has served the maximum two terms since 2011. Catherine Connolly, a 68-year-old left-wing independent lawmaker backed...

Published: 24 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 21-year-old British man who carried out a series of arson attacks on behalf of the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group has been described in court as an “easy puppet” for Russian operatives, manipulated through his obsession with online gaming. Dylan Earl, a labourer from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, admitted receiving payments from the Wagner mercenary group to firebomb an east London...