Law

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Canadian province of British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, alleging that the deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge could have been prevented if the company had alerted law enforcement about the shooter's use of ChatGPT to discuss and plan violence. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United States has expanded a system under which migrants are deported to countries other than their countries of origin, with thousands of people sent to nations with which they have little or no previous connection. The policy has generated legal challenges, concerns from immigration lawyers and questions about the agreements and financial arrangements used to facilitate the...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A shooting involving a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, has triggered protests and renewed demands for transparency after a 28-year-old Venezuelan man was wounded during a federal immigration operation. The man, identified by his lawyer and relatives as Wilber Rafael Garces Pérez, was shot once in the torso on Sunday afternoon in north Austin....

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. When Jasmine organises feminist activities in Beijing these days, she rarely describes them publicly as feminist events. Instead, gatherings may be presented as cultural or artistic activities, with details shared privately among trusted contacts rather than advertised openly on social media. For activists who remember the early years of China’s MeToo movement, the change is striking. What was...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Patrick Clancy, the former husband of Lindsay Clancy, has spoken publicly for the first time in a televised interview about the deaths of their three children and the events surrounding the 2023 tragedy. In an interview broadcast by 60 Minutes on Sunday, Clancy described the devastating period leading up to the killings, his efforts to understand his former...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Reform UK is facing an internal debate over how to use a record £72 million in political donations after some grassroots activists questioned party leader Nigel Farage’s plan to spend a substantial portion of the money on professional campaign managers and other paid staff. The donations, worth £36 million each, were made by cryptocurrency billionaires Ben Delo and...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Harrods is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of compensation claims linked to allegations of sexual abuse against its former owner Mohamed Al Fayed, after lawyers representing survivors said the luxury department store intends to seek reimbursement from Fayed’s estate for compensation payments it makes. The development has created a dispute over the meaning of institutional responsibility and...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House has triggered a fresh confrontation over press access, constitutional protections and the relationship between the executive branch and independent news organisations. Trump announced the restrictions on Friday, accusing the three outlets of repeatedly publishing what he described as false and excessively negative...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Pakistan is facing growing pressure over its security commitments to Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting involving Yemen’s Houthi movement raises questions about whether Islamabad could eventually be drawn into another Middle Eastern conflict. The issue has become increasingly urgent following the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye in August. Under the...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Twenty women underwent mastectomies that were later found to have been unnecessary while receiving breast cancer care at an NHS trust in north-east England, according to findings from an ongoing review into the service. The cases form part of a much wider investigation that has identified hundreds of patients who suffered harm during treatment at County Durham and...