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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 The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has abruptly withdrawn an invitation for Canada to join his newly announced global “board of peace”, escalating an already tense public exchange with Canadian Prime Minister Mark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...

Published: 21 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Tensions between Washington and Europe sharpened this week as remarks from a senior US official reignited the Greenland dispute, sending diplomatic shockwaves through global markets and political circles. The comments, delivered during the World Economic Forum in Davos, underscored the growing strain between the Trump administration and several long-standing allies. They also highlighted how a remote Arctic island...

Published: 18 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online When Donald Trump publicly declared that he would “rescue” Iranian protesters if security forces opened fire, Siavash Shirzad chose to believe him. For the 38-year-old father, it was a promise unlike anything he had heard before. Iranian demonstrations had erupted and been crushed many times in his lifetime, but never had a sitting US president openly pledged support...

Published: 18 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The idea that democracy can be delivered at the point of a missile has long haunted modern geopolitics. From Baghdad to Kabul, history has repeatedly shown that bombs may topple regimes, but they rarely build stable, free societies in their wake. As Donald Trump once again threatens military action against Iran, that lesson feels more urgent than ever....

Published: 18 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online European leaders have issued a firm and coordinated rebuke to Donald Trump after the US president threatened sweeping tariffs against several European nations in an attempt to pressure them into supporting his controversial bid to purchase Greenland. The extraordinary warning, which included the possibility of imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Denmark, France, Germany and the United...