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Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A federal judge has declined to temporarily block the Pentagon from dismissing journalists at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, allowing the US Department of Defense to proceed with the firings while a broader legal dispute over press freedom and editorial independence continues. The ruling represents a setback for three journalists who challenged the Pentagon’s actions in federal...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. An 18th-century painting stolen by the Nazis from the collection of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker must be returned to his heir, an Argentine judge has ruled, bringing a decades-long search for the artwork closer to a historic resolution. The painting, Portrait of a Lady, by Italian Baroque artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, had been missing for more than...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A survivor of child sexual abuse has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, alleging that its Grok chatbot used photographs connected to her past abuse to generate new illegal sexual images depicting her. The lawsuit, filed in a US federal court in California last week, accuses xAI of creating and distributing child sexual abuse material...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The proportion of secondary school students in England being removed from their normal classrooms and placed in internal exclusion has nearly tripled over three years, according to newly analysed education data, raising concerns about the growing use of classroom removal as a disciplinary measure. The figures show that 13% of secondary school pupils were placed in internal exclusion at...

Published: 03 September 2026 .The English Chronicle Desk .The English Chronicle Online. The wife of a British man facing deportation from Sweden has appealed to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to intervene, as concerns continue to grow over the treatment of British citizens whose residency cases remain unresolved following Brexit. Charles, a retired former business consultant who has asked not to be fully identified, was detained by Swedish police in...

Published: 29 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The University of Exeter has approved plans for a formal partnership with Saudi Arabia that will see its academics provide advanced education and training to senior military officers and government officials in Riyadh, prompting criticism over the university’s relationship with a government long criticised for its human rights record. The agreement could generate millions of pounds for the...

Published: 27 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The closely watched trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy is approaching its final stage, with closing arguments expected to begin as jurors prepare to decide whether she is legally responsible for the deaths of her three young children. Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder over the January 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, five,...

Published: 26 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The US immigration enforcement system recorded its highest monthly number of arrests during President Donald Trump's second administration in July, according to newly released government data, providing fresh evidence that the White House's deportation campaign has continued to expand even as enforcement tactics have become less visible. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 49,571 people in July,...

Published: 07 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A crisis over the handling of missing persons cases on South Korea's popular holiday island of Jeju has deepened after four people were found dead within days, prompting renewed scrutiny of police procedures and a sweeping reform order from President Lee Jae Myung. The discoveries have intensified public anger after authorities were criticised for allegedly failing to conduct...

Published: 24 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A woman who was groomed and raped by her music teacher as a teenager has spoken publicly about the abuse for the first time after keeping it secret for more than 30 years. The woman, who is now in her 40s and lives in Sussex, was 15 when she met Keith Allen, then a supply teacher at her...