Many companies want to exploit deep sea minerals but campaigners warn it could damage fragile ecosystems.

The 40-year-old allegedly contacted a man via the dark web to paralyse his ex-girlfriend.

"How could it happen," police in Norway ask of the man who died with no-one reporting him missing.

Hideki Matsuyama and Brian Harman share the early clubhouse lead at the Masters as Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood struggle.

Their predictions include growing uncertainty and instability, and more polarisation and populism.

Preview followed by live coverage of Thursday's Europa League game between Arsenal and Slavia Prague.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is available to face Granada in Thursday's Europa League quarter-final first-leg clash.

A woman in Japan becomes the world's first Covid patient to receive a transplant from living donors.

Initially priced at $1,800, the painting could be a long-lost Renaissance masterpiece, experts say.

The UK's leading sports bodies are backing the use of 'vaccine passports' and Covid testing as a "credible" means of allowing full capacities at venues.

How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days?

The suspect killed himself after allegedly shooting five people in South Carolina home on Wednesday.

In conservative Singapore, start-ups give young adults discreet access to sexual health products.

President Bolsonaro has downplayed the pandemic and resisted lockdowns - and could now face criminal charges.

Brawling puffins, warbling warblers and swooping swallows - some of this year's shortlisted images.

Yellow fever, slavery and distrust of government all contributed to resistance to official checks.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

Are the activities of the fishing industry destroying the world's oceans as a new film suggests?

Trucking is a big employer but autonomous trucks are on the horizon - are they a threat?

A veteran Bavarian leader is tipped to run for chancellor as the Merkel era ends this year.

The 57-year-old was diagnosed with a "really rapid, really aggressive" bladder cancer last year.