Juan Vicente Pérez started working in 1914 at the ripe old age of five years old on his family's coffee and sugar cane farm.
Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world.
The world’s oldest boxer, Steve Ward, has called out John Fury. The Nottingham puncher, who holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest boxer to compete in a sanctioned bout at 64, c
The shop sells pre-loved clothes and bric-a-brac and is managed by Vivienne Wood, daughter of Hurt founder Sadie O’Reilly. Vivienne has a passion for expanding and increasing the turnover the shop has built up so far and says she has a great team of loyal volunteers. Local charity HURT was set up many years ago by Sadie and its aims are to help those struggling with addiction. Mrs. O’Reilly also paid tribute to all the volunteers who have helped the business go from strength-to- strength and...
A Jamaican teenager has made history by breaking Usian Bolt’s world record in the Under-17 400m event. Nickecoy Bramwell has shattered the eight-time Olympic gold medallist’s time by 0.
The world’s oldest living conjoined twins have passed away at the age of 62.
She was pictured on the front page of a number of newspapers with the accompanying headline declaring “Arrest me”. It was as if she was channelling Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry. She may as well have added “Go on, punk, make my day”. She then ruined the whole show of bravado by adding that she was actually out of the country at the time. Of course, no-one with a scintilla of common sense would have been in the least bit surprised that Police Scotland weren’t taking a battering ram to her front...
Perez was officially confirmed as the oldest man alive on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old, according to Guinness. (FILES) 112-year-old Venezuelan farmer Juan Vicente Pérez gestures at his home in San Jose de Bolivar, Tachira state, Venezuela, on January 24, 2022. – Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, certified in […]
In an incredible testament to resilience and moderation, John Tinniswood, a venerable 111-year-old from the United Kingdom, has been officially recognised as the world’s oldest living man. Until recently John was the third oldest man in the world. The recognition has come following the passing of Juan Vicente Perez Mora of Venezuela on April 3 […]
THE world’s first artificial intelligence-generated beauty pageant is not receiving the alluring praise from techies that the event’s creators hoped for. AI creators will have an opport
Morristown High School senior Izzy Bergeron, who met Steinem through a New York City nonprofit in 2021, was asked by the Ford Foundation for Social Justice to speak last month at the activist's birthday celebration.
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24The world’s oldest living conjoined twins have died at the age of 62 in their native Pennsylvania.Lori and George Schappell died on 7 April at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to an obituary. A cause of death was not disclosed. Continue reading