World news about “World record” published by euronews.
Atoms take the lead in world’s tiniest movie Researchers at IBM have used atomic clusters to create the world’s smallest video. Each frame was magnified a hundred million times to make it visible to… 01/05/2013
Fearless Felix’s giant leap The world’s first supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner described his 38.6 kilometre jump from the edge of space as “like hell” but has taken his place in the… 16/10/2012
London 2012 Day 15: Bolt does the double – tripleThe action-packed penultimate day of the Olympic Games saw new world records and upsets. Usain Bolt fulfilled great expectations taking a third gold medal… 12/08/2012
Phelps makes Olympic history (again)Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian in history on Tuesday. The Americian swimmer won a record 19th career Olympic medal in London. 15 of those… 01/08/2012
Walking across China’s Enshi Grand Canyon – nocomment Tightrope walker Dean Potter conquered the Enshi Grand Canyon in central China’s Hubei province, balancing precariously 1,800m (1968 yards) above sea level… 23/04/2012
Beekeeper suits up in 33 kg coat of beesBeekeeper She Ping broke the world record by covering his body with 33.1 kilograms of bees in Chongqing Municipality. REUTERS/China Daily 19/04/2012
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world’s shortest manChandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, who claims to be the world’s shortest man standing at a height of 22 inches (56 centimeters), is measured by the Editor-in-Chief of… 26/02/2012
Happy 127th birthday for Cuban great-great-grandma Cuba has been celebrating the birthday of a woman said to be the oldest not just on the island but possibly in the world. Candelaria Rodriguez, or… 02/02/2012
Thousands in torch procession in Jakarta in bid to break world record – nocomment Flaming torches lit up the midnight sky over Indonesia’s capital on Saturday as tens of thousands of people joined in an attempt to break the world record for… 11/12/2011
Slater rides the waves to a new record Kelly Slater – the king of surf – has been crowned World Champion for an unprecedented eleventh time at the age of 39. Aficionados of the sport are running… 03/11/2011
Lochte shines again in Shanghai American swimming sensation Ryan Lochte continued to make a splash at the world championships in Shanghai this week. On Thursday the 26-year-old held off… 29/07/2011
Uruguayans party in Buenos Aires after Copa victoryThousands of Uruguayan fans flooded into the streets of Buenos Aires on Sunday to celebrate their team’s triumph. Despite La Celeste confirming its status… 25/07/2011
Back in the Day: First man to fly solo around the worldJuly 22, 1933: Wiley Post flies around the world. Famed American aviator, Wiley Hardeman Post, came from a humble upbringing in Oklahoma. He began his career… 22/07/2011
Ukulele record attempt in Australia – nocomment More than 800 ukulele players from across Australia and abroad have gathered in Cairns, Australia. The organisers of the Cairns Ukulele Festival attempted to… 08/07/2011
Psy takes YouTube recordNearly one in six people on the planet have now seen Psy’s “Gangnam style” video on YouTube, the first clip to breach the magical one billion mark. In the… 22/12/2012
Supersonic skydiver: space jump was ‘most difficult yet’Nobody can dispute the words “Born to fly” tatooed on skydiver Felix Baumgartner’s forearm. But during the two and a half hour ascent it did not all go… 15/10/2012
Freefall into record books as skydiver breaks sound barrierFelix Baumgartner had leapt off skyscrapers and done several risky jumps in his career – but never quite as high or as daring as his challenge over New… 15/10/2012
Filling a Warsaw housing gapConstruction has begun on what could be the narrowest house in the world. The new abode will measure up to a meagre 120 cm wide and be built in the gap… 10/09/2012
High-wire artist crosses Niagara Falls on tightropeThe sceptics had warned that high winds or even swooping birds would down him. But high-wire artist Nik Wallenda defied the odds to fulfil his dream by… 16/06/2012
Trio in London black cab make record journeyThree British university students have clocked up the world record for the longest ever journey by taxi, which would have cost 96,000 euros if the metre had… 12/05/2012
James Cameron goes solo to go so lowFilmmaker James Cameron has scaled new heights by hitting rock bottom. The director of ‘Titanic’ has completed the world’s first solo dive to the … 26/03/2012
‘Titanic’ director reaches Earth’s deepest pointOscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron has plunged new depths with his latest project – and he could not be more delighted! The man who brought us ‘Titanic’… 26/03/2012
Thailand Longest KissThailand celebrated year’s most romantic holiday by holding World’s Longest Kissing Contest. A male couple won the contest by setting continuous kissing… 15/02/2012
Laura Dekker becomes youngest round-the-world solo sailorThe Dutch teenager Laura Dekker has become the youngest person to sail around the world alone – but it is not enough to get her name in the record… 22/01/2012
French crew set round-the-world sailing recordIt was champagne shower time in Brest as Loick Peyron celebrated a new non-stop round-the-world sailing record. The French skipper and his crew of 13 had… 07/01/2012
US teen in seven mountain peak recordA 15-year-old American became the youngest person to climb the world’s seven highest mountains on Saturday. Jordan Romero from California reached the 4,897… 26/12/2011
Briton buys the world’s oldest bottle of bubblyAt 170 years of age it is the oldest known bottle of champagne in the world. Now, having been bought for 30,000 euros at auction, it is also the world’s… 23/09/2011
Back in the Day: the hottest day on record!September 13, 1922. A temperature of 57.8° Celsius (136° Fahrenheit) is recorded in the shade in Al-Aziziyah, Libya. It is the highest shade temperature ever… 12/09/2011
Gay to miss showdown with BoltTyson Gay the American sprinter will not be on the track again this season. The world 100m silver medallist has been sidelined following surgery on his… 08/07/2011
