Morning Chronicle - News around the clock from London, Great Britain and the world

Hundreds arrested in French school protests as Macron summons ministers

Apple's Cook praises EU over efforts to protect children online

WADA seeks tough anti-doping stance from Kenya

Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over

German ex-spy chief arrested for suspected espionage, treason

Quebec separatist win rattles Carney's unity push

Furyk vows US will 'do more' to end Ryder Cup losing streak

'Itching' for change: Shiffrin cuts back slaloms this season

Iyer hits ton as India hammer West Indies in T20 opener

'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands mass for tense France school protests

Mandhana named India women's team captain after Kaur quits

Caribbean tourism hotspot loses men to Russian war machine

'The sound keeps coming back': children maimed in Ethiopia's Tigray clashes

Danish reservists practice war games to respond to 'aggression'

Turkey lowers interest rate to 47.5 percent

Turkey's central bank lowered its key interest rate on Thursday, the first cut in nearly two years as it battles with double-digit inflation.

Syria authorities launch operation in Assad stronghold

Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed.

Record number of migrants lost at sea bound for Spain in 2024: NGO

At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said Thursday, more than 50 percent more than last year and the most since it began keeping a tally in 2007.

Kohli called out over shoulder bump with Konstas during fourth Test

Virat Kohli was called out by some of the game's greats on Thursday after appearing to deliberately bump shoulders with young Australian batsman Sam Konstas in the fourth Test.

Rural communities urged to flee east Australia bushfire

Australian authorities urged people in dozens of rural communities to leave home "immediately" Thursday to escape an out-of-control bushfire tearing through a national park.

Sri Lanka train memorial honours tsunami tragedy

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago.

Australia's top order fires to take charge of 4th Test against India

Australia's top four all slammed 50 or better on Thursday to take a firm grip on day one of the fourth Test against India, with fearless teenage opener Sam Konstas stealing the show.

S. Korea's opposition moves to impeach acting president

South Korea's opposition said Thursday it filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo, after he refused to appoint Constitutional Court judges to complete the process of removing his predecessor from office.

'We couldn't find their bodies': Indonesian tsunami survivors mourn the dead

Under the shade of trees at a mass grave in Indonesia's Aceh province, survivors and mourners recited Islamic prayers, commemorating the deaths of tens of thousands killed when a tsunami decimated the area two decades ago.

Azerbaijan mourns 38 killed in plane crash in Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan began a national day of mourning Thursday after a passenger jet from the flag carrier crashed in western Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 of the 67 people onboard.

In The News

Konstas and Khawaja put Australia on top in 4th Test against India