China: Human tooth found in meat-filled mooncake

The Strait Times/Asia Network 09/15/2024

A woman in China was horrified after reportedly finding a human tooth inside a meat-filled mooncake she had bought from supermarket Sam’s Club in Changzhou, in eastern China’s Jiangsu. The woman took to Chinese video-sharing platform Douyin…

13 hospitalized as Korean Air flight drops 26,900 feet in 15 minutes

The Strait Times/Asia Network 06/24/2024

Passengers on Korean Airlines Flight KE189 arrived safely in Taichung, Taiwan, on June 23 after it was diverted the day before due to a fault, which led to 13 people being taken to the hospital, according to…

2 injured after power bank catches fire on Singapore-bound flight from Taiwan

The Strait Times/Asia Network 01/12/2023

SINGAPORE — Two passengers were injured on a Scoot flight set for take-off from Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan for Singapore on Tuesday, reportedly due to a portable charger catching fire. The two were on Flight TR993,…

Unusual love story: Singaporean’s romance with Philippine track queen Lydia de Vega

The Strait Times/Asia Network 08/21/2022

SINGAPORE — He was a Sikh from Singapore. She was a Catholic from the Philippines. Theirs is an unusual love story. Athletics brought them together and for 17 years, they lived together in a flat in Yishun.…

‘I just didn’t want to fight any more’: COVID-19 patient almost gave up but family’s plea kept him going

The Strait Times/Asia Network 09/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — He knew from the moment his doctor told him he would have to be intubated that death would be just a whisper away. “I told him that if you do that, I’d already have…

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