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Published: 28 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A serious Arizona border shooting has left a man in hospital after a dramatic pursuit involving a US Border Patrol agent near the US–Mexico boundary. The incident unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday morning and has since drawn national attention, coming amid heightened scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement practices. Authorities in Pima County confirmed that the injured...

Published: 27 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The departure of Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino from Minneapolis signals a major shift in federal immigration enforcement following the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Bovino, who became the public face of the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge, was at the centre of national criticism from Democrats and civil liberties advocates. Sources confirmed that Bovino, 55,...

Published: 26 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. After weeks of federal raids, Minneapolis residents are demanding that ICE leave. Local council member Aisha Chughtai said that the community cannot recover until ICE is removed from the state. She described the trauma caused by recent federal operations targeting immigrants and condemned the violence that has shaken the city’s neighborhoods. Chughtai highlighted that two Minneapolis residents were...

Published: 26 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The aftermath of the Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti shooting has revealed alarming instances of misinformation pushed by Trump officials. Evidence shows that Trump administration figures rapidly issued statements that painted Pretti as dangerous, despite video showing he was unarmed. Social media posts, press briefings, and televised interviews presented a narrative framing Pretti as an immediate threat. The...

Published: 24 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The head of Australia’s largest veterans’ organisation has categorically rejected Donald Trump’s claim that allied soldiers “stayed a little back” from the frontlines during the US-led war in Afghanistan, describing the remarks as “unfathomable” and deeply insulting to those who fought and died alongside American forces. The comments, made by the US president during an interview on Fox...

Published: 24 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For decades in the United States, table tennis has existed in a strange cultural limbo. It is one of the most widely played recreational sports in the country, found in schools, community centres, offices and basements, yet it has long struggled to be taken seriously as a professional or cultural force. Often dismissed as little more than a...

Published: 23 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Relations between the European Union and the United States have taken a significant hit after a week of escalating tensions triggered by Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland, the EU’s foreign policy chief has said, as European leaders gathered for an emergency summit aimed at containing the fallout and reassessing the future of the transatlantic partnership. Kaja Kallas, the...

Published: 23 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has abruptly withdrawn an invitation for Canada to join his newly announced global “board of peace”, escalating an already tense public exchange with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and highlighting growing divisions among Western allies over Trump’s unconventional approach to global diplomacy. The withdrawal was announced on Thursday through a post on Trump’s Truth...

Published: 23 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, delegations from the United States, Ukraine and Russia are meeting under the same diplomatic umbrella. The landmark trilateral talks, taking place in Abu Dhabi on Friday, mark a potentially significant moment in a war that has reshaped global geopolitics, destabilised energy markets and exacted...

Published: 21 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The US supreme court will hear arguments over the Trump Fed bid, testing the president’s authority to remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor. The case involves Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, citing alleged discrepancies in mortgage applications, which his administration claims demonstrate misconduct. Legal experts warn that the outcome of this Trump Fed bid could redefine...