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Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. MAGDEBURG — A historic election victory by Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has left residents in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt confronting sharply different emotions, from celebration and frustration to fear and disbelief. The AfD secured almost 44% of the vote in Sunday’s state election, recording its strongest result in the state and raising fresh questions about...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Sweden’s drive to expand mining and secure access to strategically important minerals has opened a growing political dispute over the rights of the country’s Indigenous Sami population, with reindeer herders in the northern town of Kiruna warning that industrial expansion could threaten both their traditional livelihoods and the cultural practices that have sustained their communities for generations. The...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon has said her outspoken support for Palestinians continues to affect her professional career, claiming that she has recently lost film opportunities because some parts of the entertainment industry remain unwilling to hire actors who publicly criticise Israel. Sarandon, 79, made the remarks while attending the Venice Film Festival, where she is promoting her latest...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing legal and corporate dispute in Ukraine has drawn a British theatre producer and her billionaire family into a battle over one of the country’s largest bottled-water businesses, as Ukrainian authorities move to take control of assets linked to Russian investors. At the centre of the dispute is IDS Ukraine, a major producer of bottled drinking water...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom’s planned move to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories has been welcomed by United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese as a potentially important change in British policy, but she has warned that the measure will have little meaning unless it is backed by broader and more concrete action. Speaking about the...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Traffic around the Port of Dover in Kent was brought to a standstill on Saturday morning after a large group of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked roads leading into and out of one of the UK's busiest ferry terminals. The disruption began early in the morning, with police attending what authorities described as a public...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The rescue of two hydropower workers who survived for nine days inside a flooded tunnel in Nepal has been described by an international tunnelling expert as a remarkable victory for human resilience, offering renewed hope to families still waiting for news of hundreds of people missing after catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharajan...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump has sought to downplay the scale and seriousness of the ongoing conflict with Iran, describing the military confrontation as “small potatoes” despite the deaths of 18 American service members and the wounding of more than 750 others. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump rejected the characterization of the conflict as...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The return of the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain for a major exhibition in London has become more than a landmark cultural event. After centuries of rivalry, cooperation, conflict and reconciliation between Britain and France, the arrival of the medieval masterpiece has provided an unusually powerful symbol of renewed Franco-British friendship. French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to make the...

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...