2016: With five months left how bad can it get?

Terror attacks in France, political turmoil as Britain abandons the European Union, and a Trump White House looking possible — Peter Apps asks what else can happen this year.

IN SOME ways, the most worrying thing about 2016 is that there are still more than five months of it left. Given just how much bad news has been packed into the year so far, the question has to be asked — what else could go wrong?

The answer, of course, is a lot.