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An eight-year-old boy, abandoned in the company of his family’s six dogs for years in Thailand, could communicate only by barking, authorities found when they turned up to check on him in response to reports from a local school principal and child activist. The boy had not been to school in two years despite his mother receiving about 400 baht (US$12) in government education support funds to enrol him in classes, according to news site Khaosod English. Neighbours said the 46-year-old would beg for money and food at local villages and temples, leaving her son with only the dogs for company at their single-storey wooden house in northern Thailand’s Uttaradit...

(The Hong Kong Commercial Daily reported on Monday that Chow’s property, named "Sunshine Garden," was initially acquired by the actor for HK$128 million in 2010. It was put on the market in 2022 for HK$220 million. The estate covers 236 square meters and includes a 186 square meter flower garden adjacent to it. Chow has neither resided in nor rented out the property since he bought it. Sources indicate that the actor is particular about who may view the house, restricting access to select potential buyers. This property is among the highest value real estate holdings in Chow’s portfolio. He and his family own at least seven houses and a plot of land, collectively worth over...

A cat-loving elderly man in China wants to leave his inheritance to strangers on the condition that they provide unconditional care for his beloved feline. The wish of the 82-year-old, surnamed Long, from southern China’s Guangdong province has sparked a heated discussion on mainland social media. Long is still searching for someone to look after his pet, Xianba, after he dies. Mainland media outlets report that Long has no children and lived alone after his wife died a decade ago. He adopted four stray cats on a rainy day: Xianba and her three kittens. Only Xianba remains with him, prompting Long to begin looking for carers in case he dies before her. According to Guangdong...

  A 33-year-old man in China recently faced a medical emergency that sounds like something out of a horror film: doctors found a live, foot-long eel wriggling inside his abdominal cavity Chinese newspaper Huaihua Daily reported that the bizarre ordeal began when the unnamed man arrived at an emergency room, sweating profusely and experiencing excruciating stomach pain. Doctors at the hospital were immediately concerned, observing his pale complexion and fearing a severe infection. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a mysterious foreign object lodged within his abdomen, prompting an urgent laparoscopic surgery to investigate. During the operation, medical professionals were...

Pop star Taylor Swift looks to be having anything but a "Cruel Summer" as she soaks up every available opportunity to spend time with her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce ahead of football season. But even before Swift, 35, and Kelce, 35, began dating, the songstress had made a reputation for herself for being the season's hostess with the mostest—particularly when it comes to the Fourth of July. Beginning in 2013, the same year that she purchased her Watch Hill dwelling for $17.75 million, Swift has gathered some of her nearest and dearest at the property to mark the patriotic holiday in true celebrity style. (Swift is known for throwing elaborate parties at her sprawling...

Celebs owning super-expensive properties isn’t something new. Think Lin Ching Hsia and her S$190mil mansion that’s as big as 35 four-room HDB flats. Or Jay Chou's S$27mil two-storey luxury penthouse with a reported 360-degree view of Taipei. Jet Li’s mansion in Shanghai is just as ostentatious, After all, it was once referred to as ‘The Number One Celeb Crib In China’. But what’s raising eyebrows isn’t its 200mil yuan (S$40mil) price tag... but the terrible state it’s in now. (What Jet's mansion looks like from the outside) Jet bought the mansion, which is situated in a prime location in Pudong, back in 2008. But he never moved in. Rumour...

A plush doll has taken the Internet by storm, and it is now fetching six-figure prices. We are talking about the trending Labubu dolls, available as figures, plushies and blind boxes, and now considered a full-blown fashion craze. Love them or not, these toothy, mischievous, grinning creatures have sparked massive demand with long queues outside toy stores, sellouts within minutes and resale prices soaring to two or three times the original. The result? The sales have made Wang Ning, founder of toy maker Pop Mart International Group, a top ten billionaire in China. As the Labubu dolls fly off the shelves in Asia, Europe, and the US, Wang Ning is now the 10th richest man in China and also...

A prominent Saudi academic has described global football icon Cristiano Ronaldo as a “rare phenomenon” and is offering to conduct a scientific study on the athlete’s exceptional physical condition, in the name of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Mohammed Ali Al Ahmadi, Professor of Exercise Physiology at Taibah University, said Ronaldo is an unparalleled model in modern sports science, thanks to his discipline, physical fitness, and longevity in a profession where most players fade in their thirties. “Cristiano Ronaldo is not just an athlete; he is a case study,” Al Ahmadi said during a televised interview on Saudi Arabia’s state-run channel. “His biological age...

Joshua Van remembers asking his mother why they had to live in Houston. Why couldn't they just go back home where things were familiar? He was 12 years old at the time, and Van wanted to go back to where he lived the first decade of his life, in Myanmar. Life wasn't easy for an undersized pre-teen who spoke little English and was picked on during school for both of those attributes. Looking back, the math adds up that he'd become the first Burmese fighter to compete in the UFC. "I was a small kid," Van recently told MMA Junkie. "From where I come from, you get picked on. It's kind of like I fight everyday, and I got to the point where I enjoyed fighting. I watched clips on street fights...

Jon Bon Jovi is standing in the way of a mystery buyer and one of the biggest real estate deals in US history. The American rock star is the last obstacle to an anonymous client who has been quietly assembling one of the most valuable private estates in the country. So far, the unnamed buyer, whose identity is a closely guarded secret, has paid roughly $250 million (£182 million) for four separate homes in Florida’s Palm Beach – and is pushing for more. The mystery investor wants the $42 million (£31 million) mansion belonging to Bon Jovi, who has resisted staggering overtures to sell his property, people familiar with the situation told the Wall Street...