A 62-year-old man from Illinois has broken the male Guinness World Record for the longest time spent holding an abdominal plank. On February 15, George Hood, of Naperville, held a plank for an astonishing eight hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds. That’s longer than the entire third season of Netflix’s TV series Stranger Things. Hood held … Read more
There are emerging fears that the coronavirus outbreak could spark a global economic crisis after China’s manufacturing sector plunged further than expected this month. An official survey showing the plunge added to mounting evidence of the vast cost of the disease that emerged in central China in December. The monthly purchasing managers’ index (PMI) issued … Read more
Coronavirus fears drop net worth of 500 richest people in the world by $444BILLION with Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates the biggest losers Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 12 percent over five-day period Plummeting stock market ate into net worth of world’s richest billionaires Bezos, Gates, and French magnate Bernard Arnault lost … Read more
‘Like having a paramedic in your pocket’: British patient, 73, becomes first in the world to get pocket-watch sized heart implant that communicates with doctors on their smartphone By Joseph Laws For Mailonline Published: 17:02 GMT, 28 February 2020 | Updated: 19:58 GMT, 28 February 2020 A heart failure patient has become the first person … Read more
Jungle Cruise riverboat SINKS mid-ride at Walt Disney World as passengers scramble to reach dry land and the local fire department is called in to assist One of Walt Disney World’s 15 Jungle Cruise vessels began taking on water at the theme park on Thursday afternoon Photos and video shared to social media show passengers … Read more
Football fans visiting Qatar for the 2022 World Cup will be able to stay in bizarre floating island hotels There are plans for 16 to be built on the shores of Qetaifan Island North Each identical building will have 101 guest rooms, a restaurant and a lounge bar After the World Cup, the hotels can … Read more
Thousands of people are thronging the streets of Rio de Janeiro for the second day of the city’s world famous carnival which attracts more than 500,000 visitors to the City. Overnight, the final six of the city’s top 13 samba schools took to the Sambadrome. Brazilian actor and comedian Marcelo Adnet starred in the Sao … Read more
The world is ‘simply not ready’ for coronavirus and China has given other countries ‘a false sense of security’ because of how WELL it has handled the outbreak, WHO expert reveals Bruce Aylward, who leads the joint WHO-China mission of experts spoke today He warned Beijing success in firefighting infection has made other nations relax … Read more
Once the bad boy of English cricket, England cricket hero Ben Stokes was today recognised for a thrilling World Cup victory as he collected an OBE at Buckingham Palace. Stokes was given the award for his services to cricket in the New Year Honours list after last summer’s triumph. The cricketer, who career was once … Read more