A BRITISH-born American computer game designer and two Russian cosmonauts touched down on target in Kazakhstan yesterday after a descent from the international space station.

A British-born American computer game designer and two Russian astronauts are on their way back to Earth from the international space station.

Two space station cosmonauts took a daring spacewalk to cut into the insulation of their descent capsule and remove an explosive bolt.

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN has become the first academic institution in Europe to install technology with the potential to make a patient diagnosis 200 times faster than conventional technology.

Russian president Vladimir Putin warned against political ideas “placed above basic values” as he, for the first time, joined public commemorations on the 70th anniversary of mass killings ordered by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

A SENIOR Russian lawmaker last night said Moscow would likely back a draft UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme — a statement that contrasted with the Russian foreign minister’s criticism of the draft.

One of history’s most famous murder weapons, the icepick used to kill Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, has resurfaced, just weeks before the 65th anniversary of his assassination on August 20, 1940.