New world's oldest person enjoys champagne in French Caribbean

The family of the newly designated world's oldest person, American Eunice Sanborn, says she is in fact 115 -- a year older than official records indicate.Sanborn was vaulted into the spotlight Thursday, recognized as the oldest living individual following the death of Eugenie Blanchard at age 114 in the French West Indies, based on a website that tracks living centenarians.When told of her "achievement," Sanborn's reaction was simple: "Oh, think of that."

Brazil's Sebastiana de Lourdes Silva, at a ripe old 116, has records to show she is the world's oldest woman, though the Guinness Book has not come calling, local media reported Wednesday.Silva, who hails from Resende, Rio de Janeiro state, was born 116 years ago this week, the news site G1 reported, noting her birthday was May 3, 1895.The record book says that the world's oldest person is a US woman, 114-year-old Besse Cooper. She was born on August 26, 1896 in Tennessee.G1 published documents purportedly attesting to the woman's birthdate.

Our dearest tube is turning 150 today. In some ways it has shortened all of our lives. It has caused millions of Londoners over the decades to likely shed blood, but almost certainly sweat and even tears over the scores of delays, engineering work, overcrowding and, of course, the lack of aircon. In the summer, descending into the belly of the tube beast is widely seen as tantamount to entering the ninth circle of Hell.

The world's oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116, officials in Japan said on Wednesday. Jiroemon Kimura, who was born in 1897, died in hospital early Wednesday morning "from old age", an official in Kyoto's Kyotango city said in a statement.

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If you’ve tried to look at something exciting in public lately, you may have noticed that there were some objects in the way. Maybe you were at a concert. Or perhaps it was your one chance in life to meet the president.

An ingenious thief swiped almost a quarter million dollars on a flight in the Caribbean after sneaking into the cash-laden cargo hold via the toilet, police said Thursday.A Brink's security employee placed three sacks of cash containing a total 1.2 million euros in the hold of the Air Antilles plane before it headed from the French island of Guadeloupe to the Franco-Dutch island of Saint Martin.

Former Thai champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam successfully regained the World Boxing Council flyweight title when he outpointed holder Koki Kameda of Japan on Saturday.Two judges counted it 116-112 and 115-112, while the other judge had it 114-114.Pongsaklek became the champion in March 2001 and defended the title 17 straight times, a record in the WBC flyweight class, stretching his winning streak to 56.But he lost to Japan's Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision in July 2007 before becoming the interim champion in April last year.