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Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A woman has died and a man remains in serious condition after a rare double shark attack during an early morning swim at a remote beach on Australia’s east coast, an incident that marine experts have described as “highly unusual” and deeply alarming. Authorities say the two victims, both European tourists in their 20s, were swimming together...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Querétaro may not be the first name that springs to mind when planning a Mexican getaway, but this vibrant city in the country’s central highlands is increasingly capturing the imagination of travellers looking for colour, culture and contemporary energy. Once a quiet colonial centre best known for its monumental aqueduct and role in Mexico’s independence story, it...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nigeria is currently grappling with a spate of mass abductions, but the vast country—bigger than France and Germany combined—faces a multitude of security challenges. Recent attempts by US President Donald Trump and his supporters to frame the insecurity purely as persecution of Christians overlook the complexity of Africa’s most-populous nation. Nigeria is home to over 250 ethnic...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Guinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal's authorities have announced. His transfer came after negotiations by the regional West African bloc Ecowas, which worked to secure his safety amid rising tensions in Guinea-Bissau. Senegal's foreign ministry confirmed that Embaló landed...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly announced agreement with Alberta to advance a long-debated oil pipeline to Canada’s Pacific coast has already ignited significant controversy across the country. The deal, presented as a historic reset of relations between Alberta and Ottawa, marks the federal government’s strongest endorsement yet of a major energy project aimed at expanding access to...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Trump administration has announced a sweeping plan to re-examine green cards issued to immigrants from 19 countries, citing national security concerns and renewed scrutiny following a violent attack involving an Afghan national in Washington DC. The decision marks one of the most extensive immigration reviews under President Donald Trump’s current term and has reignited fierce debate...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Mr Chung still hears the last words his wife said to him: “Hang in there.” Those words, spoken in panic as flames engulfed their 31-storey public housing block in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, have echoed in his mind as the agonising hours have stretched into days. What began as a desperate phone call has turned into...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Israeli security forces have come under intense scrutiny after video emerged showing troops shooting dead two Palestinians who appeared to have surrendered during a military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The footage, which circulated widely on social media, shows the men exiting a building with their hands raised before kneeling on the ground,...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online India is facing one of its most intense national debates in years after the government moved to implement what many are calling the country’s biggest labour reform since independence. By consolidating 29 federal labour laws into four simplified codes, the government has dramatically reshaped the rules that govern the country’s vast workforce. Supporters say the reforms modernise...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Sri Lanka is reeling from one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years, with at least 56 people dead and 21 missing after relentless rainfall triggered severe floods and landslides across the island. Entire towns have been inundated, key transport networks brought to a standstill, and thousands displaced as the country braces for even more extreme...