Having had more than 160 descendants, great-great-great-grandmother Nabi Tajima dies in hospital, leaving another Japanese woman to become the world's oldest person.

Australia's Ben Simmons becomes just the fifth rookie in NBA history to post a playoffs triple-double — and the first since 1980 — as he helps the 76ers edge the Miami Heat to take a 3-1 series lead.

Supermarket shoppers in the western German city of Aachen step out of their comfort zone to sample burgers made of buffalo worms.

Barbara Bush is described as the "first lady of the greatest generation" at her funeral, which was attended by four former US presidents and hundreds of other people who filled the church with laughter as much as tears.

Papua New Guineans living with HIV may die if critical anti-retroviral drugs used to treat the virus are not restocked soon, a member of the local HIV advocacy body warns.