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As Trump Retreats from Climate Goals, China Is Becoming a Green Superpower
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As the United States under President Donald Trump pulls back from longstanding climate commitments, including dismantling foundational climate regulations, China is surging ahead to position itself as a dominant force in the clean energy era, reshaping global energy markets and geopolitical influence. In recent months Trump’s administration has repealed the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding” — a core legal...
Japan Braces as Takaichi Begins New Term with Huge Mandate for Low‑Tax, Ultra‑Conservative Agenda
Published: 20 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Japan is gearing up for a period of political and policy change after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was reappointed with a commanding legislative mandate following a landslide election victory for her ruling coalition, giving her government a supermajority in the lower house of the National Diet and the muscle to push through a bold conservative agenda. Takaichi, who made history as Japan’s...
India Sentences Three Men to Death for Attack on Israeli Tourist and Hosts
Published: 20 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A court in southern India has handed down the death penalty to three men convicted of a brutal attack last year that saw an Israeli tourist and her Indian homestay host raped and a male tourist killed, judicial and media sources report. The verdict highlights both the severity of the crime and mounting public concern over the safety of travellers...
China Shows Off Nunchuck‑Wielding Humanoid Robots for Lunar New Year
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online China has turned heads this Lunar New Year by starring a troupe of advanced humanoid robots in martial‑arts performances at the China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, one of the world’s most‑watched television events. The robots — developed by domestic AI and robotics firms such as Unitree Robotics, Galbot, Noetix and MagicLab — displayed impressive coordination, athleticism, and even weapon‑handling...
Indian University Kicked Out of AI Summit for Claiming Chinese Robot Dog as Its Own Invention
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a bizarre episode at a high‑profile artificial intelligence conference in New Delhi, an Indian university was ordered to leave the event after one of its representatives appeared to present a Chinese‑made robot dog as an innovation developed on campus, triggering widespread criticism and embarrassment for organisers and officials. At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, staff from Galgotias University...
Britain’s Reliance on China Makes Us ‘Weak Link in the West’, Warn MPs
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Senior British lawmakers have issued a stark warning that the United Kingdom’s growing economic and strategic dependence on China is turning the country into a “weak link” within Western alliances, raising alarm among politicians across party lines about national security, supply‑chain resilience and geopolitical influence. In a series of parliamentary debates and committee reports this week, MPs from the Commons...
Leave Chagos Now, Britain Tells Returning Islanders
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The British government has issued a stark warning to a group of Chagos Islanders who recently returned to their homeland, telling them they must leave the islands immediately or face legal consequences, in a dramatic escalation of tensions surrounding the disputed territory’s future. This comes after four Chagossians landed on one of the remote atolls in the Indian Ocean in...
Ukraine Peace Talks End in Acrimony After Two Hours
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A fresh round of peace negotiations aimed at ending the nearly four‑year‑long war between Ukraine and Russia collapsed in acrimony on Wednesday after lasting just two hours in Geneva, raising fresh doubts about prospects for a diplomatic settlement to one of Europe’s most destructive conflicts. The talks, mediated by the United States, were abruptly cut short with no breakthrough on...
Shutting North Sea ‘Will Drive Up Carbon Emissions’
Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A new debate has erupted over the future of North Sea oil and gas production after experts warned that ending extraction in the UK could paradoxically increase global carbon emissions rather than reduce them. A discussion paper from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) argues that policies aimed at phasing out North Sea fossil fuel production under net‑zero goals and...
US Pushes to Recruit Organised Crime Gangs into Gaza Police Force
Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a remarkable and controversial development in international policy, senior US officials have quietly advanced a proposal to recruit organised crime and drug‑dealing gangs to join and form the backbone of a new police force in the Gaza Strip, according to internal diplomatic sources. The revelation has shocked diplomatic, human rights and Middle East policy circles, raising urgent...
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