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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,...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his willingness for “honest work” with the United States as discussions around a potential peace plan to end the war with Russia gain momentum. The plan, presented to Kyiv by US officials, has sparked intense debate and raised questions about the path forward for Ukraine, which has been engaged in a...

Published: 20 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Turkey is now poised to host the COP31 United Nations climate summit in 2026 after a rare and unexpected diplomatic compromise between Ankara and Canberra broke a long-standing deadlock. The decision, reached during intensive negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, marks one of the most unusual arrangements in the history of the UN climate process and has...

Published: 20 November 2025 Thursday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ethiopia has officially received a remarkable collection of historical artefacts that had been kept in Germany for more than a century, marking a symbolic and emotional moment in the country’s ongoing efforts to recover cultural treasures taken abroad during the turbulent years of colonial expansion and foreign influence across Africa. The twelve artefacts, deeply rooted in...

Published: 20 November 2025 Thursday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Senior US military officials have arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, for high-level talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, focusing on efforts to end the ongoing war with Russia. The visit, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, comes amid reports of a potential peace plan being developed by Washington and Moscow, although neither side has confirmed the details....

Published: 20 November 2025 Thursday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Scotland football fans have already begun planning celebrations for next year’s World Cup after the men’s national team secured a spot in the tournament for the first time since 1998. Steve Clarke’s squad etched their names into Scottish football history with a thrilling 4-2 victory over Denmark, a match that will be remembered for its intensity...