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Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Freedom of speech is emerging as an important issue for voters ahead of the next UK general election, with new polling indicating that a large proportion of the public could consider political parties’ positions on free expression when deciding how to vote. The research, commissioned by civil liberties organisation Liberty and conducted by More in Common, found that...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Republican senator has questioned the use of US taxpayer money to broadcast television advertisements featuring President Donald Trump, adding a rare note of criticism from within the president’s own party as the administration expands a government-funded advertising campaign ahead of the November midterm elections. Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said public officials should not use government money...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Taylor Swift and Madonna emerged as the central figures of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home major honours during a ceremony that placed female artists firmly at the centre of the night. Madonna collected three awards during the televised programme, while Swift claimed three trophies of her own, including the ceremony’s top prize for Video of...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping whether China would be interested in buying American weapons during Xi’s recent visit to Washington, according to US Ambassador to China David Perdue. The disclosure has drawn attention because it came at a time when Washington is simultaneously considering a major weapons package for Taiwan, while Beijing continues to...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone after days of relentless rainfall left parts of Thailand’s capital submerged under waist-high flood water, while the weather system responsible for the extreme conditions has shifted north-westwards, bringing some relief to the city but continuing to affect other parts of the country. The flooding developed after an area of low pressure...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A tense confrontation over a controversial Orange Order parade in Portadown, Northern Ireland, eased early Monday after hundreds of protesters dispersed from the Garvaghy Road following a day-long blockade. The standoff followed a late-night court ruling that allowed the loyalist parade to proceed along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road for the first time in almost three decades. The...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online France’s National Rally has made a significant advance in the country’s Senate, with the party and its political allies securing a record number of seats in the upper chamber ahead of next year’s presidential election. The National Rally, commonly known by its French initials RN, and allies associated with Éric Ciotti’s Union of the Right for the Republic...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For 13-year-old Muneer Farie, school once represented a path towards a different future. Every morning, he attended classes in his village in Yemen’s Taiz governorate, while afternoons were spent helping his father feed the family’s livestock. The boy, from a farming family, dreamed of becoming the first teacher among his relatives. That routine has now disappeared. Renewed fighting...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Three-quarters of the UK’s top-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles cannot use rapid public chargers, raising fresh questions about how effectively the increasingly popular vehicles can function as a practical bridge between petrol-powered motoring and full electrification. An analysis of the 20 most popular plug-in hybrid electric vehicle models sold in the UK found that only 26% of vehicles...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Labour must work to reunite voters across the centre-left and wider progressive political spectrum if it is to make the most of divisions among parties on the right, the party’s deputy leader Lucy Powell has said, as the party prepares for its annual conference in Liverpool. Powell argued that Labour now has an opportunity to rebuild its political...