Pope Francis, at 88, was the second-oldest pontiff in modern history after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93.

Only a few beings can claim to be older than the Dark Lord Sauron, but they're all pretty crucial to the Lord of the Rings ...

But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling toward Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up ...

A man who is just 4ft 3in tall is now believed to be the world’s oldest person after he turned 125. Marcelino Abad Tolentino, from Peru, chalks his long life down to his healthy diet and ...

“When they said ‘stroke,’ it didn’t even register to me. I associate a stroke with someone who’s old, so that was the last thing I ever thought it was going to be.” It’s been nearly ...

UConn Huskies women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma became the oldest coach to win a Division I basketball title in either the men's or women's sports following the team's 12th championship on ...

The U.S. General Services Administration has saved $1 million by converting decades-old information storage technology, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday. In a post on X ...

Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at age 108, will be laid to rest Saturday. Harris, a member of the U.S. Army ...

Saltford House in the Somerset village of the same name is around 875-years-old, dating to the middle of the 12th century. The Grade II listed Norman property won out after Country Life magazine ...

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As the world’s oldest county football association, founded in 1867, SHCFA governs and supports grassroots football within a 20-mile radius of Sheffield Cathedral. It has more than 50,000 ...

A large funeral procession has taken place in Brighton paying tribute to a performer labelled Britain's oldest drag queen. David Raven, known by the alter ego Maisie Trollette, was described by ...