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Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed how Facebook user information could be harvested and exploited for political purposes, the social media company is facing a major trial in New Mexico over allegations that it failed to protect hundreds of thousands of residents from misuse of their personal data. The case, which opened in Santa Fe,...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected a warning from the UK’s Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, that the government’s sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank could make British Jews less safe. Miliband, who has described himself as a “proud British Jew”, said it was possible for the UK government to challenge policies pursued by Benjamin Netanyahu’s...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Sydney woman endured years of domestic abuse before discovering that her former partner could remotely control her Tesla, manipulating the vehicle’s speed, temperature, locks and other functions to intimidate and harass her after their relationship ended. The woman, identified by the pseudonym Stacey, had already experienced four years of alleged abuse by her former partner, Enrico Pucci, before...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump gave substantial cash holiday gifts to four White House aides, including $45,000 payments to executive assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris, according to financial disclosure forms released by the administration. The disclosures provide a rare glimpse into the personal financial benefits received by senior figures...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 78-year-old British widow facing deportation from Sweden after missing a post-Brexit residency deadline has described the prospect of being forced to leave the country she has called home for more than two decades as a “death sentence”. Joyce Thomas, a retired nurse who has lived in Sweden for 22 years, was preparing to leave for the UK after...

Published: 09 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 22-year-old Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the United States to helping organise one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever prosecuted by American authorities, admitting his role in a conspiracy that stole approximately $245m (£181m) in bitcoin. Malone Lam pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in a US court after prosecutors accused him of...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Councils across England are spending more than £125 million a year to place some of the country’s most vulnerable children in care settings that are not legally registered, an investigation has found, exposing the scale of a rapidly expanding market created by a severe shortage of suitable accommodation. Analysis of local authority payment records covering the past two...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government is preparing a significant shift in its approach to Israel, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband expected to announce measures targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and to reaffirm Britain’s support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution. The proposed policy represents a more active British approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. British ministers have condemned what they described as intimidating and aggressive behaviour by far-right activists during unrest in Portsmouth, after hundreds of protesters gathered following the arrival of a boat carrying asylum seekers in the city. The confrontation continued into the early hours of Monday as demonstrators attempted to prevent asylum seekers from being transported away for processing....

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Democratic Ohio governor candidate Amy Acton was targeted in an apparent attack during a campaign appearance at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, after an armed suspect allegedly lunged toward her campaign tent and knocked several people to the ground, according to campaign officials and local authorities. Acton was not injured in the incident, but several people were reportedly...