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Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing scandal involving Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court is reshaping the country’s presidential election campaign, threatening to weaken President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva while creating fresh opportunities for the political comeback of the Bolsonaro family. At the centre of the controversy is Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the judge who played a prominent role in the...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The 2026 US midterm elections are increasingly shaping up as a difficult contest for Republicans, with Democrats holding a significant advantage in many national polling projections. Yet beyond the heavily publicised races attracting the largest crowds, campaign spending and media attention, a number of less prominent contests could produce important surprises in November. These races matter because even...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The global economy is approaching a potentially dangerous turning point as dwindling emergency oil reserves, rising government debt and persistent geopolitical tensions threaten to undermine its ability to withstand further shocks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Although economic growth has proved more resilient than many policymakers initially expected, the international financial institution cautions that governments may...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online At least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel battered Mexico’s Pacific coast, triggering flash floods, damaging infrastructure and leaving communities struggling to cope with dangerous weather conditions. Emergency services have launched rescue operations, using helicopters to evacuate stranded residents as floodwaters inundate homes, roads become impassable and electricity infrastructure suffers extensive damage. The...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have jointly won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for research that has transformed how governments and central banks understand economic fluctuations and design policies to maintain stability. Their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation helped establish the New Keynesian approach, a framework now widely used to...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online French social democrat Raphaël Glucksmann has called on the country's centre-left to wage an “existential battle” to prevent the far right from winning the 2027 presidential election, presenting his candidacy as an opportunity to rebuild a divided political movement and challenge Marine Le Pen's growing influence. Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and founder of the small...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian Broadcasting Corporation climate journalist could face disciplinary action after publishing an opinion article in a financial newspaper in his capacity as an elected union leader, sparking a dispute over press freedom, workplace policies and the rights of journalists to represent their colleagues. Michael Slezak, an award-winning ABC climate reporter and federal president of the Media, Entertainment...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A fresh projectile strike at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport has intensified fears that the escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels could draw additional countries into a widening Middle Eastern war. Saudi authorities said the latest incident killed one person and injured 11 others, while a fire broke out at a passenger terminal and air...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Green Party of England and Wales is facing growing internal divisions over its controversial decision to classify Zionism as racism, with senior MP Ellie Chowns warning that the party must strengthen its internal decision-making processes to prevent extremists and racists from gaining disproportionate influence. The dispute has intensified pressure on party leader Zack Polanski following a difficult...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Students at a high school in Sevran, a disadvantaged suburb north-east of Paris, are continuing their protests over deteriorating school conditions, teacher shortages and educational inequality, saying they feel abandoned by the French state and are being denied the basic resources needed to succeed. The demonstrations have become part of a wider youth movement that has spread across...