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A young boy in Singapore has won the hearts of netizens after a video showed him handing out drinks to construction workers to help them cool off in the sweltering heat. The video, uploaded to TikTok on Saturday (15 Feb) by user @jjalynyn, was captioned: “POV: my brother buying and giving drinks to construction workers because he felt bad for them under the hot sun.” 13-year-old Jacob was captured by his older sister, 18-year-old Jalyn, as he walked around distributing drinks from a plastic bag.   (Source: TikTok) In the video, Jalyn followed close behind as Jacob walked with a bag full of isotonic drinks. His first stop was a construction worker directing traffic at...

When you think of historic homes in Connecticut, you don’t usually imagine cultural icons like Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller seated in them cozily swilling cocktails after being chauffeured there in a sparkling Bugatti. But that—and much more, if the local whisperings are to be believed—is exactly what happened in one restored Taunton Hill mansion, which has just been placed on the market for $1.16 million. The local landmark, known as Boxwood Farm, is thought to have been constructed around 1765, based on a date that the current owner, cellist William DeRosa, found carved into one of the ceiling beams as he and his wife, Kersti Ferguson, were restoring the...

Many people struggle to hike using their legs, but one Chinese man has become famous for climbing his country’s most popular mountains on his hands. 38-year-old Sun Guo Shan only started practicing handstand climbing in May of 2023, but last year he embarked on a monumental challenge – to climb the 50 most popular mountains in China by Spring 2025. Sun Guo Shan began his unusual challenge in May 2024, but he only went viral in November 2024, when a clip of him tackling Haibat – the highest peak of Wudang Mountain at 1,612 meters – using his hands went viral.     (Sun Guo Shan (pictured, right), 38, started practicing 'handstand climbing' in May 2023...

  A Louisiana woman is fighting to reclaim the title to a property that’s been in her family for centuries. The victim, DaNita Batiste, is battling to reestablish a clear title on the property, months after fraudsters impersonated her using a phony ID and sold the land for cash to unsuspecting investors. Investigators believe this case in Louisiana could be linked to an international crime ring. Batiste, a health care administrator in her 50s who lives in Texas, inherited the residential lot in Lake Charles, LA, from her mother in 2020 shortly before she died. “That land’s been in our family for generation after generation, 200 years and maybe further...

Twelve years ago, The Bishops Avenue, London's most expensive road, was in its opulent hey day. It was an idyllic suburb where celebrities, royalty and the one percent, kicked back in palatial mansions, surrounded by manicured gardens. How times have changed. Now the once-pristine north-west London street is a dumping ground. Infuriated residents say it's an 'awful place to live' and even the local MP admits it is a 'ghost town'. Imposing homes with sports cars parked on gravel driveways have been replaced by weeds, potholes, and many abandoned plots. How such prime real estate can lay empty has puzzled locals for years. But the mystery behind the land can be traced back to a shell...

A philanthropic man in China who has never married nor had his own kids, has emerged as a “father” to more than 700 of the country’s children. Wang Wanlin, 80, from Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province has been providing shelter to wandering children he found on the street since 1979. Wang met his first “son” on the street one evening when he was 34. The 15-year-old child was shivering in the cold weather, and told Wang he just escaped from an exploitative coal mine in another Zhejiang city. He said he was tricked into going there from his hometown in Jiangsu province north of Shanghai. Wang took him home and bought him a train ticket a week...

This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking lack of precipitation. The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is the driest non-polar desert on Earth and it’s also the site of a rare phenomenon. Spanning over 600 miles along the Pacific Coast of South America, it is one of the most extreme landscapes on the planet. Some areas of the desert have received zero rainfall throughout recorded history, making the Atacama Desert the driest place on Earth. In other areas of the desert where tiny amounts of rainfall have occurred over the years, a rare phenomenon has taken place.   (The desert spans over...

A plate of peeled bananas has appeared on the corner of a quiet street in Nottinghamshire once a month for over a year - but no one knows why. Residents in the commuter town of Beeston have noticed up to 20 bananas delicately placed on the corner of Abbey Road and Wensor Avenue. Residents have no idea who is behind the strange custom or its meaning. All everyone can say is that the banks have been appearing in the same spot for more than a year, and despite several signs asking whoever puts them there to stop, it doesn’t look like the mysterious fruit is going away anytime soon. Some have speculated that the plate of honey-drizzled bananas has some sort of religious meaning, while...

Chinese youth have increasingly turned to purchasing annual memberships at Disneyland as a unique way to engage in their studies while embracing the concept of “doing the most painful thing at the happiest place in the world.” This trend emerged last March, sparked by several young individuals who shared their experiences of studying at the Shanghai and Hong Kong Disneyland parks. A university student from Hong Kong expressed to Haibao News that she chose the theme park as her study location because the uplifting music resonating throughout the park offered her solace amid the pressures of her academic workload. She invested in the premier Platinum annual pass, priced at...

Gold, shiny yellow metal has been valued throughout history for jewelry, currency, and investment. The steady rise in gold prices reflects increasing investor interest in the yellow metal amid global market fluctuations. What if we tell you that a massive 1,000-ton gold deposit, valued at approximately €78 billion (600 billion yuan) has been found! One of the largest finds in recent history, this discovery is likely to shake up the global gold market and drive economic growth. Well, this massive yellow metal deposit has been discovered in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, China. According to the news report in Indian Defense Review, the gold deposit lies within the Wangu gold...