World's oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies in Spain aged 117

Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States, was the world's oldest living person upon the death of the French nun Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, who died in 2023 aged 118. "The time is near. Don't cry, I don't like tears. And above all, don't suffer for me. Wherever I go, I will be happy," Branyas said Monday on an X account run by her family.