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Published: 25 February 2026 . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thailand’s progressive political movement has run headlong into one of the country’s most enduring power structures: a deeply embedded provincial patronage system that continues to shape electoral outcomes across much of the kingdom. For defeated MP Chutiphong Pipoppinyo, the lesson has been blunt and personal. “One time I went to a Children’s Day fair and found myself...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year, Ukraine held widespread commemorations to honour those killed in the conflict, with ceremonies, vigils and moments of silence taking place across the country. The solemn events reflected both mourning and determination as citizens, servicemembers and international leaders paid tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who have died since...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For the first time on camera, several Russian soldiers have told the BBC that they witnessed their own comrades being killed on the orders of commanders after refusing to obey combat directives on the front lines in Ukraine, according to testimony released this week in the documentary The Zero Line: Inside Russia’s War. The soldiers’ accounts depict alleged...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australian women in a Syrian camp have offered a painful compromise. The Syrian camp holding them in north-east Syria has become central to a growing humanitarian dispute. The women say their children should return to Australia, even without them. Their plea follows years of detention after the collapse of Islamic State territory. The emotional appeal has reignited debate...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The fate of Australian children in Syria has ignited fierce debate across Canberra this month. As political tensions rise, 23 Australian children remain stranded in Roj camp in north-east Syria. Their uncertain future has drawn concern from legal experts, humanitarian groups and community leaders nationwide. While their parents’ decisions are contested, the children themselves carry no responsibility for...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a sharp critique in the escalating debate surrounding Albanese One Nation tensions, arguing the party does not stand for working Australians. In a wide-ranging interview that quickly drew national attention, he suggested the minor right-wing party was closer to billionaire interests than to the factory floor. His remarks also targeted independent senator...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Rob Jetten, a 38‑year‑old centrist politician, has been sworn in as the youngest prime minister in the history of the Netherlands, marking a new chapter in Dutch politics as his minority coalition government takes office. The three‑party cabinet, led by Jetten’s Democrats 66 (D66) party together with the centre‑right Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the liberal People’s Party...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australian police have discovered human remains believed to be those of an elderly Sydney grandfather, whose dramatic abduction earlier this month is now understood to have been a case of mistaken identity, authorities confirmed on 24 February 2026. The grim discovery marks a tragic turn in the search for 85‑year‑old Chris Baghsarian, who was abducted from his North...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Australian government has formally declared its support for a proposal to strip Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor, the estranged brother of King Charles III, of his place in the line of succession to the British throne, signalling an unprecedented stance by a Commonwealth realm on the future of the monarchy. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese conveyed the position in a letter to UK...

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Gisèle Pelicot, the 73‑year‑old French woman whose memoir recounts decades of extreme abuse and her extraordinary path to justice, was personally welcomed at Clarence House in London on 23 February 2026 by Queen Camilla, who told her the book left her “speechless” after reading it. The meeting marked the culmination of Pelicot’s UK book‑tour promotion for A Hymn to Life:...