Politics

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation compelling the release of documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote was 427 in favor and only a single lawmaker opposed the measure. That lone dissenting vote came from Republican Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana, who...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A US federal court has blocked Texas from implementing newly redrawn voting maps that were widely criticised as politically motivated, ruling that the state’s Republican-led redistricting plan constitutes racial gerrymandering. The decision represents a significant legal setback for Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature, which had redrawn the state’s congressional districts in an effort to...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The shape of the UK’s migration landscape shifted once again this week as newly revised figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that net migration in 2024 was substantially lower than previously believed. According to the updated analysis, the figure now stands at 345,000—a reduction of 86,000 from the initial estimate and a revision that...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has entered a defining moment in its attempts to overhaul Britain’s asylum system, as Communities Secretary Steve Reed insisted that ministers remain “absolutely committed” to pushing through a sweeping package of reforms despite growing unease within Labour’s own ranks. His remarks followed a series of increasingly heated reactions across the political spectrum triggered...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government’s new Troubles legacy legislation has cleared another significant hurdle at Westminster, passing its latest stage with a comfortable majority despite renewed criticism from former military commanders and lingering political unease on both sides of the Irish Sea. After more than three hours of debate in the House of Commons, MPs voted 320 to...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has issued one of its clearest and most forceful warnings in recent years regarding foreign interference, after MI5 circulated an alert to Members of Parliament, peers and parliamentary staff about suspected Chinese espionage activity targeting individuals within the heart of British politics. Security minister Dan Jarvis said the UK would not tolerate what...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing rift is emerging within Russia’s liberal opposition, revealing a persistent and often unchallenged pattern of anti-Palestinian sentiment among its most influential voices. This trend, long embedded in segments of the Russian intellectual and dissident community, surfaced again last July when Israeli writer Dina Rubina, originally from Uzbekistan and widely celebrated in Russian-speaking literary circles,...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online When news broke in Dhaka that former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been sentenced to death, crowds of protesters erupted in cheers. For many of the young activists who had led the months-long movement that forced her from power last year, the verdict delivered a sense of long-awaited justice. Among them was twenty-four-year-old University of...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity following her role in a violent crackdown on student-led protests that ultimately led to her ousting from power. The verdict, delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, highlighting both the scale of...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online India’s election season has long been powered by handouts, but the rising scale and cost of these freebies is raising serious questions about the financial sustainability of state governments. From bicycles and televisions to cash transfers, election promises are increasingly blurring the line between welfare measures and pre-poll populism in the world’s largest democracy. In recent years,...