Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has banned setting agricultural and forest fires as the country enters the dry season.
Britain, the United States and Canada have accused Russian hackers of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a coronavirus vaccine, warning scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be alert for suspicious activity.
Only a generous Government support package for the pub industry will prevent hundreds of outlets from failing to reopen after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Priests and parishes are busy with the "huge task" of rescheduling thousands of first communions, with social distancing doubling the number of ceremonies involved.
The pandemic has reversed the rise in rents and led to a sharp fall-off in the number of new tenancies registered.
Caroline Cunningham says her first pregnancy was "really good... I couldn't really complain". But by the time she was 38 weeks she was facing the possibility of giving birth during a pandemic, without her husband, all while still working on the frontline as a clinical nurse manager at Temple Street Children's Hospital.
A breach in Twitter's security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said yesterday.