It was Sunday night when the news broke that we were in the midst of an outbreak of the coronavirus.
Hundreds of refugees and migrants flocked to the Turkish border with Greece yesterday after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signalled he would no longer stop them entering Europe, a move meant to pile pressure on the West to give more support to Turkey over Syria.
France's film industry was in turmoil after the entire cast and crew of Roman Polanski's new film pulled out of the César awards ceremony last night.
The rapid spread of coronavirus has spooked us all.
The sign of peace will be suspended in most Catholic Masses here to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
A moderate ally of Angela Merkel consolidated his lead in the race to become leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) after securing the crucial endorsement of party members in Germany's most populous state.