Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died aged 116, officials said. Ms Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo ...
Six days of funeral observances for Jimmy Carter are due to begin in Georgia, where the former US president died on December 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflect Mr Carter’s climb up the ...
A fire that broke out at a shopping centre in Dallas has killed more than 500 animals, most of which were small birds, authorities said. The 579 animals in the pet shop at Plaza Latina in the ...
Myanmar’s military government will release more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking Saturday’s 77th anniversary of independence from Britain ...