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World's oldest man's birthday party cancelled due to coronavirus

Bob Weighton is about to turn 112 – but he won’t be living it up with family and friends tomorrow. He is in isolation due to coronavirus, and celebrations have had to […]
World’s shortest mobile man dies aged 27

The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records (GWR), has died at a hospital in Nepal at the age of 27. Khagendra Thapa Magar, from Nepal’s Baglung […]
Kane Tanaka: World’s oldest woman celebrates her 117th birthday

The oldest woman in the world has extended her record by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in southern Japan. Kane Tanaka marked the occasion with a party at the […]
World's largest Starbucks boasting four floors and a cocktail bar opens in Chicago

THE world’s largest Starbucks is set to open in Chicago. The Starbucks Reserve Roastery, which opens its doors to the public on Friday in the Windy City marks the coffee giant’s sixth […]
World’s largest 5G commercial services up and running

Beijing: China launched 5G mobile phone services on Friday, with analysts saying it is expected to become the world's largest 5G commercial market. Ten million subscribers had pre-registered ahead of the launch. […]
World’s fastest ant can cover a yard in a second – the same as a human running 360mph – The Sun

SCIENTISTS have found the fastest ant in the world. The Saharan silver can cover almost a yard in a second — 108 times its body length and the equivalent of a human […]
Former world’s fattest man begs NHS for £100,000 surgery to save life

‘I just need them to help me one last time’: Former world’s fattest man begs NHS for £100,000 surgery to save his life AGAIN as his weight balloons back to 36 stone […]
France insists world’s ‘oldest woman’ was not fake

French officials have refused to change the death certificate of the oldest person on record despite claims of fraud by Russian researchers. Jeanne Calment died in 1997 aged 122 but a recent […]
World’s rarest leopard seen feeding in the wild for the first time

THE world’s rarest leopard has been caught on camera feeding in the wild for the first time in astonishing never before seen photos. The rare strawberry leopard was snapped by a motion-triggered […]
Man finds ‘world’s biggest Frazzle’ inside packet of crisps

This frazzled worker got more than he bargained for after finding a ginormous crisp in his snack. Sean Stewart could well have found the world’s biggest Frazzle, which was three times the […]
The world’s oldest sitting president

Tunisia’s Beji Caid Essebsi, who has died at the age of 92, was the world’s oldest sitting president. He was prominent in politics for more than half a century, and was affable, […]
June 2019 was ‘world’s hottest on record’

The world experienced its hottest June on record last month, with an average temperature worldwide of 61.6F (16.4C), according to new data. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the […]
World’s shortest motorway built to shame a nation

An entrepreneur has built a one-metre-long stretch of motorway in north-eastern Romania to protest about his country’s poor highway infrastructure. Fed up with the sparse motorway network in his home region of […]
One of world's rarest whale species has mini-baby boom off New England coast

In this Thursday photo provided by the Center for Coastal Studies, a baby right whale swims with its mother in Cape Cod Bay off Massachusetts. Researchers say they have located three right […]
Doubts over world’s most expensive painting the Salvator Mundi emerge

Fresh doubts over world’s most expensive painting the Salvator Mundi emerge amid claim National Gallery failed to record suspicions it may not have been by Leonardo Da Vinci before $450m sale Art […]
India to vote in world’s largest election

Indians will head to the polls on Thursday to vote in the first phase of a general election that is being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tens of […]
Is this the world’s most eco-friendly school?

Secmol is a school pioneering practical green education in one of the world’s harshest environments. Its campus is perched nearly 11,000ft (3,350m) up in the pre-Himalayan mountains along the Indus River in […]
Crane collapses on world’s fourth biggest cruise ship injuring eight

Eight people are injured as a crane collapses on one of the world’s biggest cruise ships while the £1bn liner was in dock in the Bahamas Oasis of the Seas was hit […]
World’s most popular Airbnb is tiny mushroom shaped cabin in the woods

Champignon of all rentals! World’s most popular Airbnb is a tiny mushroom-shaped cabin in the woods near San Francisco costing $130-a-night The world’s most popular Airbnb is a tiny cabin in the […]
The world’s happiest countries REVEALED: Finland comes top and UK 15th

The world’s happiest countries REVEALED: Finland comes top while South Sudan is the bleakest as the UK climbs the table and the US falls to its lowest ranking EVER The World Happiness […]

Analysis & Comment

Coffee maker JDE Peet's shares pop 15% after $17 billion virtual IPO

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Shares in coffee maker JDE Peet’s surged 15% in their stock market debut on Friday as investors […]

Commentary: The strange revisionism of Pompeo’s Cairo speech

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s much-marketed speech in Cairo was rich in straw man fallacies while short on substantive specifics, […]

Coffee rush for JDE Peet's as fast-tracks $2.9 billion IPO

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Coffee maker JDE Peet’s plans to make its stock market debut on Friday, sooner than originally planned, […]

Novo Banco seeks to offload Spanish retail network: sources

LISBON/LONDON (Reuters) – Portuguese lender Novo Banco is looking to sell its loss-making retail network in Spain as it faces […]