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Climate

Earth suffers hottest week on record

The latest numbers help prove "that climate change is out of control," says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Climate

Earth sees hottest temperatures on record for third day in a row

Wednesday became the third straight day the world registered a record-breaking high.

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The first woman to fly solo from England to Australia

24 May 1930: Amy Johnson completes her record-breaking flight

Food and Drink

100 not out! Nigerian chef sets new world record with 'cookathon'

It's now official : The Nigerian chef Hilda Baci set a new global record for the longest hours nonstop cooking as she toiled in the kitchen for 100 hours.

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Culture news

Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

Why do people obsess over going so fast? On this day, Sir Malcolm Campbell felt the need for speed and went faster than any human had ever been in a car.

Nature

Record-breaking hedgehog lived eight times longer than average

Researchers cried ‘tears of joy’ at discovering the world’s oldest European hedgehog in a conservation study.

France

World's oldest person dies aged 118

Sister Andre died in the early hours of Tuesday morning at her retirement home in France. Last year she had survived contracting COVID-19 The world's oldest person is now María Branyas Morera who is aged 115 and lives in Spain.

Culture news

Will this original Tintin illustration break all auction records?

An original 1942 black-and-white Tintin illustration is hitting the auction block in Paris next month, and it's expected to break all records.

Culture news

The 5 most daring and strange records broken around the world

Records involving Rubik's cubes, handstands and quad bikes have been broken for 2022 Guinness World Record Day.

Travel News

Switzerland claims record for world’s longest passenger train

The world record event was organised as part of celebrations for the 175th anniversary of railways in Switzerland.

Switzerland

Swiss claim record for world’s longest passenger train

Train company Rhaetian Railway has claimed the record with its 100-carriage-long convoy spanning 1.91 kilometres, which went on a spectacular trip through the Swiss Alps.

Culture news

There's a Guinness World Record for jump scares - And it's been broken

Scare easy ? Then proceed with caution.

Mobility

Usain nuts and bolts: A running robot just won a Guinness World Record

Cassie uses machine learning to imitate human behaviour, managing to sprint 100 m without falling over in just over 24 seconds.

Switzerland

1,350 kilos of potatoes used to cook up world's largest rösti

The Swiss Farmer’s Union cooked up a 13 square metre rösti in the shape of the Swiss cross in front of the parliament building in Bern on Monday.

Culture news

Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance' jersey sells for a record $10.1m

A jersey worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals, his last title victory, has sold for a record $10.1 million. But is it the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold?

Europe News

Watch: European teen is youngest person to fly around the world solo

Mack Rutherford, a 17-year-old pilot, spent five months travelling through 52 countries and crossing the equator twice.

Hacker Hunter

Virtual athletes push gaming to its limits

A co-production with Kaspersky

What happens when video gaming is taken to the absolute extremes? Hacker Hunter meets the gamers doing just that for charity.

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Giant sandwich breaks Mexico City record

Mexican restaurateurs paid tribute to a variety of local sandwiches on Wednesday by making a gigantic "torta" with a multitude of fillings.

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Mexico City tries to break record for world's largest boxing class

Mexico City brings together 14,299 of people in the downtown Zocalo square to beat the Guinness record for the most crowded boxing class in the world.

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Thousands gather for record picnic to celebrate Queen's Jubilee

Thousands of people gathered for the Big Jubilee Lunch on The Long Walk in Windsor as part of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations