There is nothing like nature for upending our certainties and showing us how threadbare society's comfort blankets really are.
Isil gunmen opened fire at a ceremony in Kabul yesterday, killing at least 32 people in the first major attack in the city since the United States reached an agreement with the Taliban on a phased withdrawal of US troops.
An Irish woman suspected of having the Covid-19 virus who reportedly fled from the isolation ward of an Indian hospital was subsequently found in a nearby hotel.
Cases of coronavirus surged in France and Germany yesterday as European officials warned that all countries must prepare to face epidemics on the same scale as Italy.
Employers will be allowed to pay staff ahead of tax bills if they face cash-flow problems amid the coronavirus crisis, under a dramatic new plan.
The Duke of York has hired Britain's most respected extradition lawyer as the FBI investigates his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.