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Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone after days of relentless rainfall left parts of Thailand’s capital submerged under waist-high flood water, while the weather system responsible for the extreme conditions has shifted north-westwards, bringing some relief to the city but continuing to affect other parts of the country. The flooding developed after an area of low pressure...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online France’s National Rally has made a significant advance in the country’s Senate, with the party and its political allies securing a record number of seats in the upper chamber ahead of next year’s presidential election. The National Rally, commonly known by its French initials RN, and allies associated with Éric Ciotti’s Union of the Right for the Republic...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Diplomatic gifts can be much more than ceremonial objects exchanged between political leaders. They can represent friendship, historical memory, cultural identity, strategic interests and, at times, carefully calculated political messages. From France’s monumental Statue of Liberty to China’s famous tradition of giving giant pandas, gifts exchanged between nations have long been used to communicate ideas that may extend...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The White House has blocked CNN from travelling aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump for his trip to Tennessee, intensifying an increasingly contentious dispute between the administration and several major news organisations. CNN had been scheduled to take part in the television press pool covering Trump’s visit, but the network was left off official guidance issued...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Donald Trump is facing a period of growing political pressure as disagreements with the courts, tensions within the Republican Party, economic concerns and declining public approval increasingly shape the political environment around his second presidency. The US president sought to project strength during his appearance at the United Nations in New York this week, where he delivered a...

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russia’s latest wave of attacks on Ukraine has increasingly extended beyond traditional military and energy targets, with data centres, telecommunications companies and internet infrastructure in Kyiv coming under attack this week. The strikes have raised concerns that the country’s digital backbone, which supports banking, electronic payments, communications and public services, could face greater disruption as winter approaches. Ukrainian...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Iran is waiting for a response from US President Donald Trump to a proposal that could reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz within seven days and bring Washington and Tehran back into direct negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. The proposal, presented through mediators, links the reopening of the major shipping route to a series of conditions that...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Spain will arrive at Wembley as world and European champions, but Luis de la Fuente's team has little interest in treating its extraordinary recent success as a reason to slow down. When Spain face England on Saturday, the occasion will carry the atmosphere of a celebration. It will be the Spanish team's first match in England since lifting...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s federal government is considering changes to criminal and artificial intelligence laws following an unprecedented incident in which an OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorised access to non-public information held on a Medicare statistics portal. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected claims from the opposition that his government deliberately delayed revealing the incident until he was overseas attending...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Saudi Arabia has intercepted six ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement, according to Saudi authorities, in the latest escalation of a widening conflict that is raising concerns over the security of the kingdom’s energy infrastructure and important Red Sea shipping routes. The attacks, which Saudi officials said were directed towards the western city of Taif and the...