Washington — Just over a decade ago, the United Auto Workers union was instrumental in delivering a resounding Michigan victory for former President Barack Obama in his successful 2012 ...

Ever wondered why Strongman athletes are capable of achieving humongous feats of strength? Well, the 2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall has undergone a study designed to reveal some of the reasons.

Promise. When I think of the recliners I saw in my childhood, “chic” is definitely not the word that I would use to describe them. My dad was especially into bulky leather ones that seemed ...

Take, for example, Huichang, a county in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, where the local government in August began equipping eight of its schools with 1,966 sets of recliner chairs and ...

A Taree man’s trip to the bathroom was completely turned on its head in the best way possible after checking his tickets and realising he had scored more than $4.6 million in the recent Powerball draw ...

Nigeria has been ranked third in the list of African countries with the largest active Military manpower, according to Global Fire Power ranking 2024. The Global Fire Power Index 2024 assesses ...

Jasmine Paolini has been one of the best tennis players on the WTA Tour during the 2024 season. Paolinie has achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world, has played in two major finals at ...

The world's second-largest man is representing Iran at the Paralympics in Paris — but he's so tall that he needs to sleep on the floor. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani — who is better known as ...

If about 45 in every 10,000 women of average height (about 165 centimetres) develop cancer each year, then about 52 in each 10,000 women who are 175 centimetres tall would get cancer. That's only ...

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani might be an icon of Iranian sport, but he receives precious few privileges at the Paralympic Village. At 8ft 1in, he discovers, as the second-tallest person in the world ...