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Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the volatile heart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri Province, a new and terrifying chapter of viral history is being written. Barely five months after the conclusion of the country’s previous epidemic, a high-mortality outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo ebolavirus has emerged, triggering a global health alert and plunging the region into a state of...

Lebanon says 19 killed in Israeli air strikes 2026 Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a devastating escalation that has further strained the U.S.-brokered ceasefire currently governing the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, at least 19 people—including women and children—were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The strikes, which Lebanese health officials have termed a "massacre," targeted multiple locations, including...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a move that has further fractured the Texas Republican establishment and drawn sharp criticism even from within his own inner circle, President Donald Trump has officially endorsed embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for re-election. The endorsement, delivered via a late-night social media post, is being viewed by political analysts as a defiant, "asymmetric" gamble on a...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the aftermath of the devastating attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego this past Monday, May 18, 2026, the community and the nation are mourning the loss of three pillars of the mosque, while simultaneously celebrating the extraordinary valor of one man. Amin Abdullah, the 51-year-old security guard who was among the three individuals killed, is...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a move that has sent shockwaves through the diplomatic community and left senior officials in Whitehall scrambling for damage control, the Deputy British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Alistair Thorne, has abruptly departed his post. The announcement, released as a sparse, one-sentence statement via the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) late Tuesday evening, cited "personal...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The delicate veneer of diplomacy shattered violently in southern Lebanon on Tuesday after a series of intensive Israeli airstrikes claimed the lives of at least nineteen people. This latest surge in violence underlines the severe fragility of a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement that has repeatedly failed to hold ground. Among the dead identified by Lebanese health officials were...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a harrowing incident that has sent shockwaves through the city, 56-year-old Donike Gocaj of Briarcliff Manor, New York, died late Monday night after stepping out of her vehicle and plunging into an uncovered maintenance hole in Midtown Manhattan. The tragedy occurred just before 11:20 p.m. on Fifth Avenue, directly in front of the iconic Cartier mansion near...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a development that has sent shockwaves through the corridors of Washington, a prominent Republican lawmaker has publicly broken with the White House, branding the administration’s newly established $1.776 billion compensation fund as fundamentally flawed and lacking in necessary oversight. The fund, which was quietly announced by the Justice Department earlier this week as part of a settlement...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a result that marks a seismic shift in the hierarchy of the Republican Party, seven-term Congressman Thomas Massie was decisively defeated in Kentucky’s fourth district primary on Tuesday, falling to a challenger hand-picked and heavily bolstered by President Donald Trump. Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL and farmer, secured 54.8% of the vote, effectively ending Massie’s tenure...

Published: 20 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The grand backdrop of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing bore witness to another dramatic shift in global diplomacy on Wednesday morning. Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin with an elaborate display of military pomp and national pageantry. The carefully orchestrated reception featured ranks of elite Chinese soldiers standing at strict attention against...