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Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Hurricane Isaias is emerging as a major test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ability to respond to a large-scale natural disaster after sweeping staffing reductions and restructuring under the Trump administration. While officials across Gulf states say they are prepared for the storm, emergency management experts warn that the agency could face serious challenges if Isaias requires...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has said Washington is engaged in productive discussions with Iran and indicated that the United States will not launch an attack against Tehran before the country’s midterm elections on 3 November. The remarks have added a new dimension to an already tense confrontation between Washington and Tehran, with both sides continuing to signal that...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Brazil’s right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has secured the backing of Augusto Cury, the candidate who finished third in the first round of voting, strengthening his position ahead of a closely contested battle against incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Cury’s endorsement could prove significant as both leading candidates seek to attract voters whose preferred candidate...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online With the US midterm elections approaching, candidates in three closely contested Senate races have exchanged sharp personal attacks over the economy, immigration-related security concerns, tariffs, the war in Iran and abortion rights. The debates in Georgia, Michigan and Maine on Thursday highlighted the deep political divisions shaping the campaign, with both major parties fighting for control of the...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A shooting involving a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in New York City has sparked public outrage, protests and renewed scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement after a man was shot and injured during an operation in the Bronx while a five-year-old child was reportedly inside his vehicle. City officials said the child was physically unharmed, while...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The US Department of Defense has announced that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, will be livestreamed when the sentence is carried out on 3 December. The announcement has brought renewed attention to one of the deadliest attacks on a US military installation, the...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Sherrod Brown, the former Democratic senator from Ohio, is making opposition to the rapid expansion of data centers a central part of his campaign to return to the US Senate, arguing that the artificial intelligence boom is imposing hidden costs on ordinary residents while providing disproportionate benefits to wealthy technology investors. At campaign events across Ohio, Brown has...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The USS Abraham Lincoln is set to return to its home port in San Diego after completing an extraordinary 265 consecutive days at sea, ending a deployment that became closely associated with the US military's involvement in the war with Iran and growing concerns about the pressures placed on sailors and their families. The aircraft carrier, carrying roughly...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump has again said he believes he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, while acknowledging uncertainty over whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee will recognise his claims to have helped end international conflicts. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Trump suggested that people like him may not be favoured by the committee when it...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Leon Botstein has resigned from all positions at Bard College after Democratic lawmakers called for a criminal investigation into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and raised questions about an email allegedly sent by the longtime academic to the convicted sex offender concerning a young woman. The resignation marks a dramatic development for Botstein, who led Bard College as...