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Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Barcelona will make a long-awaited return to their iconic Camp Nou stadium on Saturday when they host Athletic Bilbao in a La Liga clash, marking their first competitive match at the ground in more than two-and-a-half years. The match promises to be a memorable occasion for fans, as the stadium reopens following extensive renovations. Due to ongoing...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A powerful earthquake shook Bangladesh on Friday, causing widespread panic and claiming at least three lives, health officials confirmed. The tremor struck near the crowded capital of Dhaka, raising concerns about structural safety in one of the world’s most densely populated regions. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake registered a magnitude of 5.5...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Venezuela’s political crisis has taken a dramatic turn as the nation’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has been warned that she will be considered a fugitive if she travels abroad to accept her Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement by Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarik William Saab, has added a new layer of tension to an already volatile political...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As the COP30 climate summit unfolds in the Amazonian host city of Belém, global attention has turned sharply toward India, the world’s third-largest carbon emitter, and the only major economy still holding back its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The delay has prompted mounting questions from diplomats, environmental groups, and analysts who fear that the world cannot...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday The English Chronicle Desk The English Chronicle Online Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned Miss Universe in a glimmering ceremony in Bangkok, bringing a dramatic and controversy-ridden pageant season to an unforgettable close. The 25-year-old model and social advocate stunned audiences with her poise and confidence, but her victory arrives under an unusually heavy cloud of scandals, disputes with organisers, and a global conversation...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online South Africa is once again at a defining moment in its long struggle against gender-based violence, as women’s rights groups across the country call for a nationwide demonstration demanding that gender-based violence, or GBV, be formally recognised as a national disaster. The campaign, which began as a grassroots movement on social media, has rapidly transformed into a...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online WhatsApp messages have revealed how Nathan Gill, a former MEP for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and later leader of Reform UK in Wales, took bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign in the European Parliament. Gill, who faces prison, was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews supporting a key Putin ally and to make...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Newly released images and reports from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have revealed a dramatic and harrowing sequence of events leading up to the deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 4, 2025. The investigation’s frame-by-frame photographs show one of the aircraft’s engines detaching from its left wing moments after the plane lifted...

  Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Senior US military officials have arrived in Kyiv this week for a high-profile visit aimed at assessing the situation on the ground and discussing strategies to end the ongoing war with Russia, amid rising tensions and concerns from European allies about Moscow’s intentions. The delegation, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and accompanied by top...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Central Vietnam is grappling with one of the deadliest flooding disasters in recent memory, as relentless rains and rising waters have claimed at least 41 lives since the weekend, with nine more people still missing, state media reported. The unprecedented downpour has submerged over 52,000 homes, leaving half a million households and businesses without electricity, while roads,...