Law

Published: 24 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Andrew Weissmann, a prominent former federal prosecutor and a central figure in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election, has issued a stark call for systemic legal reform to protect the integrity of American democracy. In his new book, Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, Weissmann argues that the current political...

Published: 24 May 2026.The English Chronicle Desk.The English Chronicle Online. Irish gangland figure Gerry “the Monk” Hutch has failed in his bid to secure a seat in the Irish parliament after coming fourth in a closely watched Dublin byelection dominated by debates over cost of living, immigration, and political trust. The 63-year-old, who has long been associated with organised crime and has been named in court as a leader of...

Published: 24 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Washington DC was thrust into another moment of high security alarm after a suspected gunman was shot dead following an exchange of gunfire with United States Secret Service agents near a White House checkpoint. The dramatic incident unfolded on Saturday evening near one of the heavily guarded entrances to the presidential complex, triggering an immediate lockdown of surrounding...

Published: 24 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has sharply criticised United States sanctions imposed on members of the court, warning that political pressure against international judges threatens the future of global justice institutions and undermines international law. Fatou Bensouda, who served as the ICC’s chief prosecutor from 2012 to 2021, called for the European Union to...

Published: 24 May  2026.  The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing number of conflicts around the world are increasingly using hunger as a weapon of war, with new analysis revealing more than 20,000 documented incidents of attacks on food systems, markets, farmland, and aid distribution networks since 2018. The findings, based on data compiled by researchers at Insecurity Insight and released ahead of the anniversary of UN...

Published: 24 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 16-year-old victim has strongly criticised a UK court’s decision not to send teenage boys to prison after they were convicted of rape in Hampshire, describing the sentence as feeling like “a rock straight in my face”. The case, heard at Southampton Crown Court, involved two separate serious sexual assaults against two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, carried out...

Published: 23 May  2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. At a recent White House gathering that mixed political theatre with carnival-style celebration, Donald Trump was seen moving through a lawn filled with games, food stalls, and music as members of Congress and their families mingled at the annual picnic. Yet beneath the surface of the festive setting, a sharper political reality was unfolding: a widening internal war...

Published: 23 May 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online. Health authorities and aid agencies in the Democratic Republic of Congo have raised urgent concerns over a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak that is overwhelming hospitals, with officials warning that the country’s fragile healthcare system is under severe strain and struggling to cope with the rising number of suspected cases. According to aid workers and local health...

Published: 23 May  2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online A devastating gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has killed at least 90 people, marking one of the country’s deadliest mining disasters in more than a decade, state media reported on Saturday. The blast occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coalmine in Qinyuan county, where 247 workers were underground at...

Published: 23 May  2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The resignation of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence has brought an abrupt end to one of the most controversial and politically charged leadership periods in recent American intelligence history. After just 15 months in office, Gabbard’s departure closes a tenure marked by internal tensions, ideological conflict, and an increasingly strained relationship with the administration of Donald...