The Big Apple is home to an eye-popping 436 Guinness World Record holders, nearly 8% of all the risk-takers in the country and second only to California’s 615, according to the 70th edition of the ...

More Vietnamese attempted small-boat crossings in early 2024 than any other nationality - what makes them risk this dangerous journey?

When taking a normal choo-choo from Shanghai to Beijing, it typically takes around ... current world record for land speed for a train remains at 357.2 miles an hour, achieved by the French TGV on 3rd ...

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high by running a stunning 13:54 to shatter the world 5km record ...

It's hard to deny that 2024 was quite the year, for better or for worse. And once again, the Lone Star State went above and beyond. A total of 23 world records were broken in Texas last year.

China has revealed a prototype of its next generation high-speed train, a vehicle it says is on track to be the world’s fastest ... alternative to air travel for journeys of up to 700 miles ...

The second fastest shrinking country in the world in 2023 was Tuvalu, where a third factor - climate change - is likely to be making emigration even worse. The country of just around 10,000 people ...

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5K world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the ...

As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record.

On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?