Tag: Worlds

The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman, died Wednesday, a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday. Misao Okawa died of heart failure and stopped...

Moviegoers in China spent 17 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) on tickets last year, turning the country into the second-largest film market in the world,...

World’s 100 richest people added $241 Billion to their net worth iThe world’s richest people just got richer. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index,...

A 115-year-old Iowa woman's granddaughter says the woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world's oldest person. Dina Manfredini's...

Scientists may be one step closer to uncovering the origins of cheese-making, as evidence thousands of years old has been uncovered. What would a...

Between 700,000 and one million species live in the world’s oceans, according to a thorough new analysis, which also estimated that between one-third and...

Air Koryo, the North Korean carrier described as “the world’s worst airline”, has finally moved into the digital age with its first online booking...

Famed cocktail bartender Salvatore Calabrese has broken the Guinness World Records mark for creating the most expensive cocktail in history. “I’m not only going...

Organizers of a fair in northeastern Massachusetts claim a Rhode Island man has set a new world record with the first pumpkin ever to...

Ever feel too sleepy to wake up and go to work? Quit your whining. 81-year-old great-grandmother Joyce Pugh, who has maintained her paper route...

Actor-singer Ali Zafar, who has turned composer for his upcoming Bollywood movie ‘London Paris New York’, promised his fans earlier that his film’s music...

Even though there’s a buzz every time she returns to India, Madhuri Dixit says that she has become immune to it. She lived her...

China, which seems to complete mammoth infrastructure projects on a routine basis, has claimed another world-beater with the opening of the longest sea bridge....

Chief selector Mohsin Khan has said that he has been working upon the formation of a ‘separate specialised team’ for the Twenty20 format of...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will stage the richest single tournament in the sport when it launches a new World Golf Championship event next year, Sunshine Tour commissioner Gareth Tindall said on Tuesday. The $10 million Tournament of Hope is to be held from 2012 to 2016. A precise date and a venue have yet to be decided. "The awarding of this WGC event, which has the biggest prize money in professional golf, shows the rest of the world believe we have good stock and a good product

BRUSSELS - The World Trade Organisation has highlighted global trade trends releasing figures indicating the world's top exporters and importers of goods and services in 2010. They show that in goods, or merchandise trade, Germany dropped to third place in the exports league table behind the United States after ceding the top spot to China in 2009.
In commercial services, China replaced France as the fourth largest exporter, while Germany overtook the United Kingdom for second

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International