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Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, the consequences of the World Trade Center disaster continue to emerge in the lives of people who survived it. For one British journalist who reported from New York in the immediate aftermath, returning to the Ground Zero memorial this year carried a deeply personal significance. He was no longer...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Donald Trump has never been a conventional political campaigner. He has repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to discard established political habits, challenge traditional campaign messaging and turn major political events into highly personal appeals to voters. Yet his latest promise may be one of the most striking examples of that approach. Speaking at the Republican Party's first-ever midterm convention...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Anthropic says it has disrupted attempts to misuse its artificial intelligence systems for activities that could contribute to the development of biological and conventional weapons, highlighting the increasingly difficult challenge of controlling powerful AI tools while preserving their legitimate scientific uses. The California-based company said its Claude models had been misused in a wide range of activities during...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed how Facebook user information could be harvested and exploited for political purposes, the social media company is facing a major trial in New Mexico over allegations that it failed to protect hundreds of thousands of residents from misuse of their personal data. The case, which opened in Santa Fe,...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks transformed the United States and reshaped global security policy, experts are warning that the country’s counter-terrorism capabilities are facing renewed pressure as resources are redirected, experienced officials leave government service and terrorism receives less attention within the broader national security agenda. The warning comes as the United States marks a quarter-century...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump has pledged to give every adult American citizen $5,000 if Republicans retain control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, making the extraordinary promise during a lengthy speech at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas. The proposal, which could cost the federal government more than $1...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A year after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the organisation he founded is still grappling with grief, political pressure and deep questions over how to move forward without the man who built it from a small youth movement into a powerful force within American conservative politics. Turning Point USA, the ultraconservative activist organisation founded by Kirk in...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump gave substantial cash holiday gifts to four White House aides, including $45,000 payments to executive assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris, according to financial disclosure forms released by the administration. The disclosures provide a rare glimpse into the personal financial benefits received by senior figures...

Published: 09 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 22-year-old Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the United States to helping organise one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever prosecuted by American authorities, admitting his role in a conspiracy that stole approximately $245m (£181m) in bitcoin. Malone Lam pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in a US court after prosecutors accused him of...

Published: 09 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United States has announced new restrictions on a range of Canadian imports, including alcoholic drinks, dairy products and motorbikes, intensifying an already damaging trade dispute between the two neighbouring countries. The measures, announced through a series of executive orders by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, are due to take effect on 29 September. The White House...