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A migrant worker in Singapore was filmed having his meal outdoors in the rain. In a video posted on TikTok on Jul. 4, the man could be seen squatting on the wet grass beside a drain. He'd spread out his meal — comprising a drink and food on brown paper — on the pavement in front of him. A yellow object, which appeared to be a hard hat, was on the ground as well.   The video sparked a flurry of sympathetic comments from TikTok users. "If his family sees [him in] this condition," one remarked.Another said: "It's a foreign worker's life in Singapore." But others questioned if there were not other places to eat in the vicinity, like a void deck or shelter. "[Aren't]...

A Bollywood director of B-grade films decided to go mainstream. He hired Sanjeev Kumar for his first A-grade film, and put his entire life's savings into it. But Sanjeev Kumar quit the project, sending the director spiralling into the poverty and alcoholism that would eventually take his life. In the 1960s and 1970s, former actor and stuntman Kamran Khan began directing B-grade action movies starring Dara Singh. These were films such as Beqasoor, Watan Se Door, Ilzam, and Panch Ratan. However, after welcoming his second child, he thought to go mainstream. He mortgaged everything he owned, pooled his entire life’s savings into the project, and signed Sanjeev Kumar to star in it....

A man in China has been dubbed “the food delivery worker with the highest education level” due to earning degrees from several prestigious global universities, including Oxford. The story of 39-year-old Ding Yuanzhao has reignited intense discussions surrounding the devaluation of academic qualifications against the backdrop of a challenging job market, as reported by the news portal 163.com. Ding, a native of southeastern Fujian province, sat for China’s national university entrance exam, known as gaokao, in 2004. He gained admission to the esteemed Tsinghua University with an impressive score of nearly 700 out of a total of 750. After graduating with a...

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of John and Amy Higgins. The beloved tree was damaged in a storm a few years ago when fierce winds twisted the crown off. Neighbors mourned. A couple even wept. But the Higginses saw it not so much as a loss, but as a chance to give the tree new life. The sharpening ceremony on their front lawn has evolved into a community spectacle that draws hundreds of people to the leafy neighborhood on Lake of the Isles, complete with music and pageantry. Some...

Man Discovers Toothbrush In His Intestines 52 Years After Swallowing It As A Kid   When 64-year-old Yang visited the doctor with an odd stomach sensation, the last thing he expected was to confront a half-century-old childhood mistake. Doctors in Anhui, China, discovered a toothbrush lodged in his small intestine. According to Yang, he accidentally swallowed the brush at age 12 but never told his parents. "I thought it would dissolve on its own," he said, according to South China Morning Post. (Image via South China Morning Post) For 52 years, he reportedly felt no symptoms. It wasn't until recently that something felt offHospital scans revealed a 17-centimetre-long toothbrush...

A 28-year-old man from southwestern China dances every evening on live-streams to raise funds for his wife and daughter, both of whom have been diagnosed with cancer. His unwavering love for them has resonated with many, prompting generous donations through his online account. Wen Haibin and his wife, Yang Xiaohong, were secondary school classmates. After getting married, they relocated from their hometown, a small city in Sichuan province, to Guangdong province in southern China, seeking better financial opportunities. They welcomed their elder daughter three years ago, followed by their younger daughter a year later. Their joyful life took a devastating turn in June last year when...

A lovelorn young Chinese man has shocked social media after he spent six days wandering in the wilderness, often without food or water or a mobile phone, all in an attempt to forget his ex-girlfriend. Police in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province in southeastern China received a call from a man in Changsha, Hunan province, reporting that his younger brother, identified as Xiaolin, had been out of contact for three days while working alone in Hangzhou. He said he last heard from Xiaolin on June 19, prompting officers to visit his flat to investigate. They found the flat empty, with his mobile phone left behind. Surveillance footage showed that Xiaolin had left his rented flat on...

Tan Qiu Yan was grieving her mother and suffered delusions, fearing that her father would kick her out of the flat and leave her homeless. Angered that her adoptive father was refusing to share flat ownership with her after her mother died, a woman bought a chopper and hacked the 67-year-old man to death after he emerged from a shower. Tan Qiu Yan, 33, was sentenced to 18 years' jail on Monday (Jul 14) after pleading guilty to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The Singaporean woman qualified for the partial defence of diminished responsibility, where the mental state of offenders reduces their responsibility for their criminal act. This was because she suffered from a...

The 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Odisha’s Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation over inaction on her sexual harassment complaint against a professor, died of her burn injuries in the wee hours of Tuesday. (Balasore: Members of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal stage a protest over self-immolation bid by Fakir Mohan College student in Odisha. Photo: PTI) Her death was confirmed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar, which, in a statement, said that the patient was brought to the casualty on July 12 and was referred from Balasore District Headquarters Hospital to AIIMS Bhubaneswar. “She was admitted to the Burns Centre...

South Korean drama star Kang Seo Ha has died from cancer at the age of 31. The popular actress, known for her roles in Heart Surgeons (2018) and Nobody Knows (2020), died early on Monday morning, local time. She was reportedly battling stage 4 acute stomach cancer at the time of her death. Friends wrote on Instagram that she had continued caring for others even in ill health. 'I still can't believe it,' one friend wrote. 'While enduring such great pain, she worried about the people around her, and about me.' 'Even though you couldn't eat for months, you insisted on paying for my meals with your own card and never let me skip a meal. My angel, who left us far too soon. 'Even as you...