Scientists investigating whether we have entered a new geological age are seeking a suitable "spike" in the environmental record that betrays significant human influence.

Actor and director Mel Brooks leads an outpouring of tributes from entertainment figures to actor Gene Wilder, who has died aged 83.

Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission rules.

A truck bomb explodes outside a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, in a heavily secured area close to the gates of the presidential palace.

A state funeral for 37 victims of the Italian earthquake is held in Amatrice, the town that bore the brunt of the disaster.

About 6,500 migrants are rescued in a series of 40 co-ordinated operations off the coast of Libya, the Italian coast guard says.

Mexico's federal police chief, Enrique Galindo, has been sacked following allegations police killed at least 22 suspected members of a drugs cartel.

A New Zealand judge allows internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to livestream his appeal against extradition to the US on YouTube.