114-yr-old, world’s oldest, dies
A Brazilian woman recognised as the oldest person in the world has died at the age of 114, local media reported.
Maria Gomes Valentim was certified in May as the world’s oldest person, edging past US woman Besse Cooper, who is 48 days younger, according to Guinness Book of Records.
Valentim, who had been a widow since 1946 and confined to a wheelchair, was hospitalised on Sunday with pneumonia and died later from infection, according to the Globo news site G1.
Born July 9, 1896, she had credited a healthy diet with giving her a long life.
Valentim had one son, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
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Man charged for eating rat on Facebook
London: A man in the US state of Utah has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly ate a live baby rat and posted the video on Facebook, a news report said.
In the video, Andy Ray Harris, 31, from Tooele, Utah, appears to put a tiny, hairless rat in his mouth, before chewing and swallowing it. The video appears to show a small rodent, two to three inches long, lying on top of a notepad. In fact, Harris picks up the creature, puts it in his mouth, chews and takes a drink through a straw in a giant mug, the Daily Mail reported. He was charged with the offence in April after the police was alerted to the footage online by charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Pet-a’s Martin Mersereau said the organisation received complaints from horrified viewers about the video in March. Authorities say they recognised the man in the video as Harris as he had previously been known to police in relation to other incidents. —PTI
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