124 candles? Peru stakes claim to world's oldest human, born in 1900
Peruvian authorities say they are helping Marcelino Abad apply to the Guinness World Records for independent verification.
Sat Apr 13 2024
World's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies at 118 - Retirement home
Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, had survived COVID last year.
Wed Jan 18 2023
World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119
Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, the same year the Wright brothers flew the world's first airplane.
Tue Apr 26 2022
To boldly go: Star Trek's Shatner to rocket into space
Shatner will become the oldest person to go to space.
Sun Oct 10 2021
Olympics - World's oldest person pulls out of torch relay
Kane Tanaka has decided not to take part in the torch relay for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics over pandemic fears.
Wed May 05 2021
Argentina's oldest person gets jab as cases surge
Authorities in the province of Buenos Aires increased restrictions on Tuesday amid concern about the "explosive increase" in COVID-19 cases.
Wed Mar 31 2021
Europe's oldest person, 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19
Sister Andre displayed no symptoms when she was tested positive for coronavirus in her retirement home in Toulon, southern France.
Thu Feb 11 2021
Jamaican is new oldest known living person on Earth
Jamaican Violet Brown is the new oldest living person in the world.
Mon Apr 17 2017
Emma Morano, world's oldest person and egg fanatic
Emma Morano, who will turn 117 next month, is the last known person alive to have been born in the 19th century.
Sat Oct 29 2016
World's oldest person, 116-year-old woman in NY, dies
Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, the oldest person in the world has died.
Sat May 14 2016
World's oldest person dead at 116: report
Jeralean Talley,the oldest known person in the world has died peacefully at her home in the United States aged 116, media reports said Thursday.
Fri Jun 19 2015
American, Jeralean Talley claims crown as world's oldest person
The world's oldest person is 115-year-old Jeralean Talley, who lives in the Detroit suburb of Inkster, Michigan, US.
Wed Apr 08 2015
World's oldest person dies at 117 in Japan
The world's oldest person, Misao Okawa, died in Japan, a month after celebrating her 117th birthday.
Wed Apr 01 2015
World's oldest woman turns 117 in Japan
The world's oldest person Misao Okawa, a mother of three, grandmother of four and great-grandmother of six, turned 117 on Thursday in western Japan.
Thu Mar 05 2015
World's oldest ever man dies aged 116
The world's oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116 years.
Wed Jun 12 2013