A rare sheet of 10 stamps depicting Audrey Hepburn fetched €430,000 at a charity auction in Berlin, two-thirds of which will go to help educate children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts delivered a sparkling new lab to the international space station, but had to delay installing it by a day because of a crew member’s medical problem.

Swiss prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the collision between two airliners that killed 71 people 35,000ft above southern Germany.

Swiss prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the collision between two airliners that killed 71 people 35,000ft above southern Germany.