Last year, a team of American diplomats from the State Department’s Global Engagement Center traveled to two dozen countries and signed a series of memoranda. Along with their counterparts in places ...

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...

The world’s longest commercial flight lasting 29 hours and covering 12,400 miles – around half the circumference of the globe – has been completed. The China Eastern Airlines flight departed Shanghai ...

The world’s longest train journey from Portugal to Singapore takes about 21 days. The train travels through 13 countries, and the journey spans 11,654 miles. Credits: Kabelleger / David Gubler, CC ...

A new canine has claimed the title for the world's longest tongue on a living dog. Ozzy, a mastiff mix from Oklahoma City, broke the Guinness World record with his tongue measuring 7.83in (19.89cm), ...

If you've ever flown to a different country before, how long did it take to get there? Some plane journeys to Europe can take just a few hours, but they can be much longer if you're flying long haul ...

The world's longest flight recently took its first journey, taking 29 hours and covering 12,400 miles. And while it may seem like a nightmare to some, it has been celebrated as a landmark success for ...

NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know. According to NASA's solar eclipse calendar, the longest ...

Longest one-stop flight launched by China Eastern route covers 19,681 km The new route, which took off on Thursday (December 4, 2025) marks China Eastern’s first passenger service to South America and ...

China Eastern Airlines has set a new world record for the longest commercial passenger flight, while slashing travel time between China and South America by more than four hours.