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Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are preparing for a closely watched meeting in Washington, with artificial intelligence, trade and Taiwan expected to feature prominently as the two countries attempt to manage a relationship marked by deep strategic distrust. Xi’s visit is his first state visit to the United States since 2015 and represents the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Jamaica has welcomed King Charles’s decision to refer a landmark petition concerning slavery and reparations to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, describing the move as a significant development in the country’s long-running effort to seek legal clarification over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring consequences. Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange announced the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government is preparing to establish a new national agency dedicated to countering foreign disinformation, deepfakes and other forms of information warfare, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham warning that hostile states are increasingly exploiting digital platforms and social divisions to influence public opinion. Burnham announced the planned National Centre for Information Defence during his address to the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reaffirmed her country’s “consistent support” for the International Criminal Court (ICC), following renewed criticism of the institution by US President Donald Trump and growing pressure within Japan for the government to defend the court more publicly. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Takaichi linked Japan’s support...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The world’s tropical regions could remain among the last areas to experience the benefits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, according to new research suggesting that the unequal effects of climate change could persist for decades even after global emissions stop adding to atmospheric carbon dioxide. The findings highlight a significant geographical imbalance in the climate...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US Representative Veronica Escobar has accused federal immigration authorities of restricting her ability to conduct a congressional oversight visit at Camp East Montana, a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility located at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso and surrounding communities along the US-Mexico border, said she was prevented from...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has declined to rule out the possibility that reversing Brexit could feature in Labour’s manifesto at the next general election, while making clear that his immediate focus remains on strengthening the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union. Burnham made the comments as he travelled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly,...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government borrowed £18.3bn in August, significantly more than economists and the government’s independent fiscal watchdog had expected, adding to the financial pressure facing Chancellor John Healey ahead of next month’s budget. Official figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed that public sector net borrowing in August was £2.9bn higher than during the same month...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly four million records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have become searchable online, creating a new opportunity for descendants of enslaved communities to investigate family histories that have remained difficult to trace for generations. The collection contains about 300,000 pages of historical records covering enslaved people in former British colonial territories between...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. British mothers who return to the United Kingdom with their children after fleeing domestic abuse overseas could receive greater legal protection under a government review of international child abduction cases. The Ministry of Justice is examining how allegations of domestic abuse are handled in cases brought under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...