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Without addressing whether there had been a suspension in arms shipments, the Pentagon said on Monday that there had not been a policy decision to withhold arms from Israel, America's closest ... Read More

Surf's up… and up and up: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner claims world record after riding 'unsurfable' 93.7ft wave in Portugal

Sebastian Steudtner says he surfed the 'unsurfable' at the famed big wave spot of Nazaré in Portugal ... Steudtner's fearless feat comes after a new women's big wave world record for paddling in ... Read More

World record rubber duck washes ashore 18 years later: ‘We got a bit excited’

A rubber duck that escaped a failed world record attempt ... Children’s Lifeline Challenge’s attempts to collect them all, several broke free into the sea. Now, one has been found 423 miles ... Read More

58-year-old grandmother of 12 breaks world planking record after holding position for more than 4.5 hours

There's a new world record for the longest plank ever held by a woman – and it was broken by a grandmother in Canada. Guinness World Records announced late last month that 58-year-old DonnaJean ... Read More

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Alicia Hempleman-Adams has set three new female airship records, matching her father's feats. Adam Lopez beats the previous world record by four and a half minutes. One woman now holds the world ... Read More

Grandmother Holds Plank for 4.5 Hours by 'Breathing, Staying Calm and Not Shaking' — and Sets World Record

DonnaJean Wilde, 58, set ... PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Guinness World ... Read More

In New York City, chess champion sets new world record for 'longest chess marathon'

A Nigerian man has set the Guinness World ... of his record attempt, said the Associated Press. Expanding educational opportunities for poor children in Africa is one of Onakoya's passions. Read More

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But it was actually the world’s largest firework. Rowing a custom-built cataraft, the six-man crew missed the record set in 2016, but ran 277 nonstop miles through the entire Grand Canyon in 38 ... Read More

Ballerinas 'En Pointe' Set World Record

Ballerinas from around the world gathered inside the Terrace Room ... These youth dancers broke a record set in 2019. Read More

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Sports News // 19 hours ago Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko killed in Russia-Ukraine war May 6 (UPI) -- Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who competed for Ukraine in the 2016 Summer ... Read More

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Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter ... The group — the largest set of Americans retrieved from the war zone — was joined by a 9-year-old noncitizen whose ... Read More