Sister Teresita Barajuen died last night according to Sister Maria Romero, abbess of the Buenafuente del Sistal monastery outside Madrid. She entered the Cistercian monastery when she was 19, the abbess said.

Chicago-based design company has developed the world’s thinnest flexible watch with an electronic ink display. Made from a single piece of bendy stainless steel, its battery charges in 10 minutes and last 15 years.

The bride-to-be’s publicist said she wants her guests ‘to look and feel their best’ at her wedding to Hollywood business manager Michael Karlin by following a vegan, live-food diet.

The space-age eleMMent Palazzo has gone on sale in Dubai. The success of the vehicle has been a hit among oil-rich Arab Sheikhs – the state-of-the-art homes even wash themselves after a day’s driving through the Middle Eastern desert.

Around 375 sets of twins assembled to celebrate 21 years of research by the Department of Twin Research at King’s College, London, based at St Thomas’ Hospital today.

The world’s tallest tower swing ride, which sends those foolhardy enough to get on-board a whopping 400 feet up in the air, was officially opened on Saturday at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington.

The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water.

A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain.

Border collie Bob was sold by retired farmer John Bell, 82, of Howden, East Yorkshire, who has now had three world record sales in the last three years.

Jean-Michel Casanova scaled the outside section of 1,083ft-high Bailong Elevator today in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie, China.