US News

Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A stark climate analysis warns that the world is rapidly approaching a new era of global warming of around 1.7°C above pre‑industrial levels, a threshold that scientists say could make the impacts of climate change much more visible and damaging to economies, ecosystems and human life — and critics blame recent political shifts, including actions by US President Donald Trump,...

Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Visiting Greenland recently offered a stark reminder of why United States President Donald Trump continues to make the vast Arctic island a central focus of his foreign policy — and why that ambition is fuelling tensions between Washington, Copenhagen and other Western capitals. In a dispatch from the remote territory, it’s clear that Greenland’s geostrategic and economic value has not...

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...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A tragic domestic dispute at a youth ice hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA took the lives of an ex‑wife and her adult son after a shooter opened fire inside an ice rink, police said. The shooting, which occurred on 16 February 2026 during a high school hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, left multiple people dead and others...

Published: 19 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A dramatic rescue unfolded on the Hudson River this week as officers from a local police department sprang into action to save an injured bald eagle struggling in freezing waters, in a moment captured on video that has since drawn widespread attention and praise. The majestic bird, the national symbol of the United States, was seen clinging to a patch of ice...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US talk show host Stephen Colbert has claimed that CBS declined to air an interview with a Democratic politician due to concerns about possible scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a report by BBC. Colbert, who hosts The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, told his audience that a pre-recorded segment featuring a member of the...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Iran has announced that it and the United States have reached agreement on a set of “guiding principles” during the latest round of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme in Geneva, signalling cautious progress in efforts to resolve one of the world’s longest-running foreign policy disputes. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the understanding reached on the broader...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez finds herself navigating a perilous political tightrope after the dramatic ouster and capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces in January. With U.S. pressure under President Donald Trump intense and expectations high for cooperation, Rodríguez appears to be using a blend of domestic and diplomatic levers to maintain power and avoid becoming a...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A dangerous wildfire season is unfolding across the southwestern United States, where fast-moving blazes fuelled by strong winds, dry vegetation and critically low humidity have forced evacuations and pushed fire danger to unusually high levels for the time of year. Fire weather warnings, including Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches, have been issued across parts of Oklahoma,...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United States government has confirmed that it supports a controversial agreement under which the United Kingdom will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands — a strategically vital chain of islands in the Indian Ocean — to Mauritius, even as political tensions and criticism continue to swirl around the plan. Washington says it backs the deal’s implementation, especially...