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A woman who was meant to board the doomed Air India plane that crash landed has spoken of her luck after she narrowly avoided the tragedy when she missed her flight by 10 minutes. Bhoomi Chauhan was on her way to Sardar Vallabhbhai Airport, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to catch the Air India flight AI-171 to London on Thursday morning. But due to being stuck in heavy traffic, she reached the airport 10 minutes later and ultimately ended up missing her flight. Chauhan, a resident of Ahmedabad, told local media that upon receiving information of the devastating crash just moments after she was turned away from the boarding gates, she 'shivered badly and her legs started shaking'. The...

A micro flat measuring a mere five square metres has sparked a debate in China over its “extreme” use of space. The one-bedroom loft in Shanghai, which can be rented for 1,600 yuan (S$305) a month, has social media users in China divided over the livability of such a compact space. In comparison, a shoebox condominium in Singapore typically measures about 46 square metres, data on property portal Edgeprop showed. In a 50-second video posted by the account “Star Video” (星视频) on Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, a man believed to be the tenant takes viewers on a tour of the flat while describing its layout and features. He starts off by lauding the...

If you are an avid traveller you likely think that you know the ins and outs of how a flight works, however there is plenty that goes on behind the scenes that most passengers are completely unaware of. In order to protect our safety, flight attendants have a lot of things they must tick off before takeoff, during the flight, and before and after landing. It turns out that they actually use a secret language to help communication while onboard. Cabin crew use secret code words to communicate about passengers and situations, sometimes for fun and sometimes for serious matters. A common example is 'Bob' which means 'best on board', referring to a good looking passenger. 'Code Adam' is used...

video from a government school in Balrampur, Chhattisgarh, has gone viral, leaving many people shocked and concerned. It shows an English teacher who, despite having five years of teaching experience, was unable to spell even basic English words correctly. In the viral video, which appears to be from a surprise inspection, the teacher is asked to spell the numbers "eleven" and "nineteen" on the blackboard. He confidently writes "aivene" and "ninithin." When asked if he was sure, he confidently said yes. He was even asked to teach the same spellings to a student in front of him, making the situation more alarming. The video has spread quickly on social media and sparked serious discussions...

Lawyers for Equatorial Guinea accused France of “neo-colonial” behavior on Tuesday, urging United Nations judges to block the sale of a mansion on one of Paris’ poshest avenues in the latest instalment in a long-running legal tug-of-war over the multimillion-dollar property. The African country filed a case at the International Court of Justice in 2022, alleging France is violating international law by refusing to return assets seized during a corruption investigation into Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s long-serving president. "France’s approach “may be described as paternalistic and even neo-colonial. We cannot accept such...

An Arizona homeowner has been repeatedly fined $100 for handing out free cold water bottles to neighbors over the past year, forcing him to take drastic measures against his homeowners association. David Martin’s five years of kindly providing refreshing water in his Goodyear, Ariz., driveway have caused tension between him and the HOA in the Canyon Trails community. (David Martin carries water bottles from his yard to a cooler set up in his driveway in Goodyear, Arizona.12 News/YouTube) Martin’s gesture dates back to 2020, when he’d share the cold water with anyone walking by his home, creating a feeling of togetherness and unity during the blistering heat of...

The recent disclosure of a scam involving a cross-dressing man posing as a woman has brought about the re-emergence of a previous case that has gained more than 10 million views online. Fresh interest in the old case comes after a recent viral story of a middle-aged man, known as Sister Hong, who posed as a woman to have sex with hundreds of men while asking them to send him gifts. The previous case happened nine years ago when a woman cheated 20 men out of money to help fund the purchase of a flat. Many people have praised the woman as the “master of Sister Hong” because she managed to date 20 men in six months. (The woman asked each of the men she dated for an iPhone,...

A pair of brothers in rural India have married the same woman, upholding an ancient custom and sparking criticism from a women’s rights group after photos of the wedding went viral.Polyandry is banned in India but is legal in some of the tribal pockets, including Himalayan territories, allowing preservation of some ancient traditions. The grooms, Pradeep and Kapil Negi, married Sunita Chauhan in a three-day wedding witnessed by hundreds of villagers and relatives earlier this month in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. During the ceremony, the trio from the Hatti tribe circled a fire considered sacred as villagers sang folksongs. "We followed the tradition publicly as we are...

A big gotong-royong operation successfully cleared about 37,000 kilograms of rubbish from a 76-year-old uncle’s house in Taman Sentosa, Johor Bahru, after years of collecting too many things until cannot stay inside the house anymore. According to Oriental Daily, the major cleanup started at 9am last Sunday (July 27), with 50 volunteers working together with Southern Waste Management workers. By 12pm, they managed to clear all the rubbish from the premises. Johor Bahru city councillor Chan San San reportedly said the cleanup happened because many neighbours complained to the district councillor about the situation. The volunteer team included people from MCA volunteer group and...

Police in Japan have arrested a 60-year-old man on a charge of corpse abandonment after the body of his 95-year-old mother was discovered in her flat after being left there for 10 years. Takehisa Miyawaki told police that he knew his mother died a decade ago, but did not report it due to social phobia, according to a report on the news website mbs.jp. Miyawaki is unemployed and has no fixed home address. (The strange and unsettling case unfolded in the Japanese city of Kobe. Photo: Shutterstock) The case aroused police attention after a public servant in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan, found Miyawaki walking with a limp on the street on May 22. When the government official...