IF every generation is destined to have its Ladysmith, its Nanking, its Stalingrad or its Sarajevo, then it is not hard to identify the most recent stage for atrocity and barbarism. 

Jockey Shabalala, a member of South Africa’s most famous a cappella ensemble, has died, the group’s record company said Tuesday. He was 62.

Dozens of people were injured when a tornado tore apart a town in the US, levelling a church and a petrol station, witnesses and officials said.