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Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has sharply criticised delays in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza after a shipment of more than 1,100 tents it sent took over a year to reach the territory. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper expressed concerns that other UK-funded aid had also struggled to reach residents, despite the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. She described the...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday as efforts intensify to reach a deal aimed at ending the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has acted as an outside adviser in previous diplomatic discussions, is also expected to attend. The summit follows two...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the East China Sea, tensions flared again as Chinese and Japanese coast guards reported conflicting accounts of a maritime confrontation near a cluster of geopolitically sensitive islands. China’s Coast Guard (CCG) stated that a Japanese fishing vessel had entered waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands — which Tokyo administers as the Senkaku Islands — without authorization. Beijing...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Japanese court has upheld the country's ban on same-sex marriage, ruling it constitutional, in a verdict that defies a series of other high court decisions across Japan that had suggested a trend toward marriage equality. The decision disappointed plaintiffs and their legal team, who gathered outside the Tokyo courthouse holding signs that read "unjust verdict." Judge...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An unusually early outbreak of bird flu is affecting large numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North America, raising fears of a repeat of past crises that triggered mass culling and food price spikes. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has previously led to the culling of hundreds of...

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...