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FILE PHOTO: 116-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka celebrates during a ceremony to recognise her as the world's oldest person living and world's oldest woman living by the Guinness World Records in Fukuoka, Japan March 9, 2019.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

Tanaka was last year confirmed as the oldest living person, aged 116 years 66 days old as of March 9, according to Guinness World Records. »

Finland’s new prime minister caused enthusiasm in the country: Sanna Marin (34) is the youngest female head of government worldwide.

For Sanna Marin, the fact that she is young and female doesn’t play a big role:.

She demands much shorter working hours on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Turku. »

"Iraq called on the U.N. Security Council to condemn the bombing and assassinations," Iraq's foreign ministry said in a statement following the vote.

"Parliament also called on the government to ban the use of Iraqi airspace by any foreign power," according to The National.

The prime minister's remarks came before Iraqi lawmakers are set to vote on a resolution to end permission for American troops to remain in Iraq. »

Ad Astra, James Gray’s striking spacefaring epic about lost fathers and lost hope, was a rich, well-made film.

In perhaps the most interesting example, many sound effects in the film were created using dialogue from other parts of the film.

It was his idea to take dialogue from Tommy Lee Jones from later in the movie, and loop it, and play it as sound effects,” Rydstrom explained. »