United Kingdom Watch: Top Gear scoops world record for fastest tractor Motor show Top Gear scooped the unusual Guiness World Record after reaching a top speed of 87.271 miles per hour (140 kph) with a modified farm vehicle. 23/03/2018
no comment The 'biggest Baklava in the world' Chefs in Turkey claim to have broken the Guinness World Record 22/03/2018
no comment World's longest zipwire opens in UAE Thrill seekers will travel on the zipwire at speeds of up to 150kph along its 2.8 kilometre length. 01/02/2018
United Arab Emirates World's longest zipline to open in the UAE Adventure-seekers can ride 2.8km over the Jebel Jais mountains near the Oman border. 01/02/2018
Italy Outsized Christmas feasts The world's biggest Panettone has made an appearance in Milan. Euronews takes a look at other outsized Christmas treats. 18/12/2017
Sport World record for England golf team Team England have broken the world record for the 'fastest hole of golf by a team of four' 05/11/2017
USA Mo the dog's huge tongue wins world record Mo the dog's 18.58 cm-long lolling tongue is something to behold. 04/10/2017
Places World's longest zip line to open in the UAE The UAE has an ambitious plan to become the adventure hub of the Middle East and break a new Guinness World Record. 28/08/2017
world news Britain versus America: Who has the oldest skydiver? A transatlantic tussle is underway involving two men aged over 100 - to determine who is the world record holder 01/08/2017
Brazil Sky-high dining Brazilian style There's a new spin on the traditional summer barbecue after a group of Brazilians took a national pastime to dizzying heights and tried to bag a new world record into the bargain. 31/07/2017
USA Oldest female astronaut breaks another space record Another record has been set in space – the most spacewalks carried out by a female astronaut. 30/03/2017
no comment Bosnian taekwondo champion sets record for crushing blocks with his head Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old taekwondo champion, set a new Guinness World Record in Bosnia for crushing 111 building blocks with his head in only 35 seconds. 29/03/2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina Taekwondo champion smashes 111 blocks with his head Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old, taekwondo martial artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday (March 25) attempted the athletic, and rather painful-looking, task of smashing 111 building blocks 28/03/2017
United Kingdom Neil Fingleton: Game of Thrones actor and 'UK’s tallest man' dies aged 36 Neil Fingleton, an actor, former professional basketball player and title-holder of ‘UK’s tallest man’ has died, reportedly of heart failure, at age 36. 27/02/2017
Sport Stonkin' dunkin' as Sheffield Simon dips biscuit from on high Simon the bungee biscuit dunker 17/11/2016
Russia World's "oldest working actor" dies in Moscow aged 101 A man described as the world’s oldest working actor has died in Moscow at the age of 101. 31/10/2016
no comment Olympic Games: A record in Rio... or more precisely, Sao Paulo! The Olympic Games, which begin this Friday, have inspired 150 urban mountaineers to take part in an alternative challenge in Sao Paulo. 02/08/2016
no comment World's 'largest orchestra' performs in Germany The world record for the largest orchestra has been broken, according to the German Institute for Records. 11/07/2016
Italy World's longest pizza created in Naples measuring 1.8 km The world’s longest pizza has been made in Naples and is a staggering 1.8 kilometres long. It was kneaded and baked in six hours and eleven minutes 19/05/2016
no comment Eight hours of planking for a new world record The Chinese policeman Mao Weidong has set a new Guinness World Record by planking for over eight hours, beating the previous international world 15/05/2016
no comment Australia: Santa surfers! A group of 320 surfers in Sydney, all dressed up in Santa costumes, set a new Guinness World Record for the largest surf lesson. 16/12/2015
no comment Bulldog breaks skateboarding Guinness World Record A bulldog breaks the Guinness World Record for skateboarding through the longest ‘human tunnel’ in Lima, Peru. 13/11/2015
no comment Ball-catching dog among the newest world records The latest edition of the Guinness World Records is launched with Linsey Lindberg, holder of a global title for the most telephone directories torn 11/09/2015
China Hong Kong giant panda Jia Jia becomes oldest ever Giant panda Jia Jia celebrates her 37-year-old birthday at the Hong Kong Ocean Park. Jia Jia, the oldest giant panda living in captivity, set a 28/07/2015
