Report claims fraud in Frenchwoman’s ‘oldest-ever’ world record
- 02-Jan-2019
PARIS: A record held by a Frenchwoman as the world’s longest living person could be fraudulent and involve an identity swap, Russian researchers have claimed in a report that has sparked widespread controversy. Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years and 164 days in 1997, setting a record as the world’s most long-lived […]
Bolivia’s “oldest woman” celebrates 118th birthday
- 27-Oct-2018
BOLIVIA: The oldest woman in Bolivia, and perhaps the world, turned 118 on Friday, remaining lucid and in good health, authorities in the South American country said. Julia Flores was born in 1900 in a Quechua family in the mining region of Potosi in the country’s south. Known as “Mama Julia,” Flores celebrated her birthday […]