Japanese woman honoured as world’s oldest person

TOKYO: A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honoured on Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognised Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan's southwest. Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, the seventh among eight children.  She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, and they had four children and adopted another child. The previous oldest living person was another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at age 117. The oldest person prior to Miyako was also Japanese. AP

London Mayor named UK Politician of the Year

London: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been named the Politician of the Year at an annual awards ceremony for his  contribution to the political life in the British capital. The annual Political and Public Life Awards presented by Britain’s ‘Asian Voice’ weekly newspaper here on Thursday also recognised UK defence secretary Gavin Williamson as Cabinet Minister of the Year and Indian-origin politician Priti Patel as Conservative Party MP of the Year. The other award categories included International Hotel of Year which was won by India’s Leela International hotel chain. The Comedian of Year award went to British-Indian comedian Paul Chowdhry and Restaurant of the Year for London’s Delhi street food restaurant Hankies. PTI

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Caracas: A protester gestures during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Reuters