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A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined Thai couple to a new record for the world's longest smooch on Valentine's Day.

• 15 февраля 2013, 15:03

After more than 55 days flying over Antarctica, NASA's huge Super-TIGER scientific balloon has broken the record for the longest flight of its kind, bringing back a wealth of data.

• 05 февраля 2013, 11:29

2012 marked the warmest year on record for the United States and was also the second most extreme ever, the US government agency charged with monitoring weather events said.

• 09 января 2013, 16:35

A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high set last year.

• 05 января 2013, 17:21

Psy's "Gangnam Style" video was galloping towards the one-billion-view mark on YouTube Friday, a fresh milestone in the enduring global craze for the South Korean rapper and his horse-riding dance.

• 22 декабря 2012, 14:39

The world's oldest person, American Besse Cooper, died on Tuesday at the age of 116.

• 05 декабря 2012, 12:00

A flashmob in support of anti-diabetes campaign was held in Almaty and made it into the CIS Book of Records.

• 29 ноября 2012, 15:36

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering freefall jump from the edge of space Sunday.

• 15 октября 2012, 10:07

An Austrian daredevil hopes to make a new record-breaking attempt Sunday to jump from the edge of space, days after his initial bid was aborted at the last minute due to gusting winds.

• 14 октября 2012, 10:29

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who had hoped to make history Tuesday with a jump from the edge of space, is no stranger to death-defying danger.

• 11 октября 2012, 15:10

US organizers of an Austrian daredevil's record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space have delayed the mission by a day due to forecast wind, they said Friday.

• 07 октября 2012, 15:20

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Friday it expected a record operating profit of 8.1 trillion won ($7.3 billion) in the third quarter, boosted by sales of its flagship Galaxy smartphones.

• 06 октября 2012, 13:46

Pop diva Lady Gaga has set a social media record by becoming the first person with more than 30 million followers on Twitter.

• 06 октября 2012, 12:21

The new iPhone 5 broke records in its launch weekend with sales above five million, Apple said Monday, but the figures were below some forecasts and pressured the company's share price.

• 26 сентября 2012, 11:10

Packed crowds on Friday greeted the first day of athletics at the Paralympics but the jubilant mood was overshadowed by a mix-up that saw the wrong athlete awarded a gold.

• 01 сентября 2012, 13:25

A total of 95 records were set in London: 39 world and 56 Olympic records.

• 15 августа 2012, 12:51

Usain Bolt is targeting a spectacular send-off as the Olympic track and field competition draws to a close on Saturday with Jamaica aiming to seal their sprinting supremacy.

• 11 августа 2012, 18:20

Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin set two new world records as he stormed to Olympic under-94kg men's weightlifting gold at the ExCel Arena on Saturday.

• 05 августа 2012, 02:04

Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova won the Olympic Games women's -75kg weightlifting gold medal on Friday with a total lift of 291kg.

• 04 августа 2012, 11:22

Following in the footsteps of the likes of Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis cannot be easy, but Usain Bolt has carried the heady mantle of the world's fastest man with a fun-loving dignity.

• 04 августа 2012, 10:02