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At 118, a nun named Sister André has become the world’s oldest living person, according to Guinness World Records.

With the death on April 19 of Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman previously certified as the world’s oldest person, Sister André now takes the title.

Born as Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, Sister André lives peacefully in a nursing home in Toulon, southern France. At her venerable age, the now blind woman has had many adventures in her life. Most recently, she survived COVID-19 at the age of 116!

Sister André devoted most of her life to religious service. Before becoming a Catholic nun, she cared for children during World War II and then spent 28 years caring for orphans and the elderly in a hospital.

Over the years, she has outlived 18 French presidents and 10 popes.

In an interview with RMC, the oldest person in the world seemed to have mixed feelings about becoming the new oldest living person.

“I have a feeling I’d be better off in heaven, but the good Lord doesn’t want me yet,” she said, calling the title a “sad honor.”

Is there a secret to her longevity?

Sister André loves chocolate and wine and drinks a glass every day.

South Korea and the United Nations have presented the prototype of a floating and sustainable version of a city that looks like a maritime platform.

Last November, the developer of the project, which will be built near the port city of Busan in South Korea, unveiled the outline of the project.

The UN is also interested in the idea, as it sees the city as a way to mitigate the effects of rising sea levels caused by climate change. Since 1880, average sea levels around the world have risen by 20 to 30 cm.

In late February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report that states that “sea level rise poses an existential threat to some small islands and low-lying coastlines.”

The world’s first floating city will be built opposite the port city of Busan. The prototype consists of interconnected platforms totaling 15.5 acres.

Each modular piece of the city is designed for a specific purpose, such as living space, research facilities or housing. Bridges connect the different platforms.

Initially, officials envision a community of 12,000 people with the ability to expand the city to accommodate more than 100,000 people. The floating city will be self-sufficient, with solar panels and treated and recycled water.

Meta, the owner of Facebook, will soon open its first store, based on the company’s campus in Burlingame, California.

The Meta Store is the company’s first attempt to sell its physical products in person. Consumers can find the Quest 2 virtual reality headset and the Portal video calling device. The store will also feature demonstrations of the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses that were developed with Ray-Ban.

By opening its first store, Meta is following the lead of other big players in the industry.

Google opened such a store in New York last year. Microsoft reconfigured some of its stores into experience centers and began selling products there in 2021. And Apple has hundreds of stores around the world.

According to Meta, the Meta Store opening on May 9 will also be an opportunity for consumers to experience the “metaverse,” the immersive Internet that company boss Mark Zuckerberg dreams of.

The latter was in the last hours at the Meta Store where he met the first employees of the store. He also published images of his visit on his Facebook account.

Elon Musk is getting Twitter, according to information obtained by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

The richest man in the world already got a little more than 9% of Twitter at the beginning of the month to become the majority shareholder of the network. On April 14, he did it again by indicating that he was ready to pay 41 billion (US) to buy the whole company and thus take it private.

Even for Elon Musk, raising such a large amount of cash is no small matter. But it seems that the man who is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX seems to have won his bet and that the closing of the deal is imminent.

Twitter ‘s board of directors met Sunday to evaluate the offer, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN.

If the deal is approved, the billionaire would find himself at the helm of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. Elon Musk has repeatedly stressed that his goal is to support freedom of expression on the platform and to work to “unleash” the “extraordinary potential” of Twitter.

A few days after becoming the largest shareholder, Elon Musk is making an offer of 41 billion (US ) in cash to get his hands on the remaining shares of the social network Twitter.

The billionaire has already acquired about 9.2% of Twitter‘s shares ten days ago. Now he decided yesterday (April 13) to go further. He now proposes to buy 100% of the shares at a price of $54.20 per share, which values the company at $43.4 billion.

The world’s richest man, who is reportedly worth $259 billion (U.S.) right now according to Bloomberg’s Real-Time Billionaires Index, said his offer was his “best and final offer,” according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

“I invested in Twitter because I believe in its potential as a platform for free speech around the world, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy. However, since I invested, I realize that the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter must be transformed into a private company,” explains the businessman.

Elon Musk owes most of his fortune to his stakes in the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and his aerospace company SpaceX.