A New York appeals court has affirmed a $1.6 billion award for the developer of a Bahamas mega project against various subsidiaries of China ...

It was October 1955 when Gregory Peck, already a Hollywood icon, married the elegant French journalist Veronique Passani.

Evolving ethnic conflict and emerging Indian factor The general elections of 1977, which Sirimavo Bandaranaike had called, on July 21 saw another of those dramatic swings of the political pendulum, ...

The news that Russia is seeking to station air-force planes in Indonesia was sensational, instantly denied and almost certainly true. Although it’s a characteristically murky tale, it carries lessons ...

Then there are the multiple indoor gardens (including a butterfly center) and the 40-meter high Rain Vortex, the world’s largest indoor waterfall (around 130 feet). There are spas, hotels ...

Mr. Pugsley Addams — a feisty feline from Mound, Minnesota — has clinched a Guinness World Record for having the longest tail on a living, domestic cat, measuring in at a whopping 18.5 inches.

bound4blue has announced the installation of the “largest” suction sails in the world, with four 26m high eSAILs fitted to the MV Atlantic Orchard. The vessel, chartered by Louis Dreyfus ...

Norway is building the world’s longest and deepest underwater tunnel, one of Europe’s most ambitious engineering projects which is hoped will boost the country’s transport links and ...

Thompson is the longest serving cast member in the 50-year history of “Saturday Night Live,” having been on the show for 22 seasons. Thompson revealed that his discomfort was so bad that it ...

Singer Ra Costelloe, left, and his dad Steve were hosted by local whānau on a visit to the Te TauMata in Pōrangahau, location of the longest placename in the world. (Photo/Supplied) The recent ...

A new carved sign designed by whānaunga (relative) and artist Jacob Scott has been installed in a dawn ceremony at the site of the longest place name in Pōrangahau. The full 85-character name of ...

Until the 1960s, the Aral Sea was one of the largest inland reservoirs of water in the world. Over seven decades, the lake first split into smaller lakes, until most of its original surface had ...