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French teen fined in Singapore 'straw licking' case

A French teenager was fined in Singapore on Thursday after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge for a straw-licking stunt that landed him in hot water in the city state. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, was handed a Sg$600 ($465) fine after admitting to posting to social media a video of himself putting a straw he had licked back into the dispenser on an orange juice vending machine. The clip went viral on Instagram shortly after the incident on March 12, triggering a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which is known for its strict enforcement of public order and hygiene rules. Handing down the sentence, Judge Kelly Ho said given Maximilien's "age and nature of the offence", alternatives like probation or a community-based sentence would not be imposed. Prosecutors agreed to the defence's proposal for a fine, saying the offence was at the "lower end" of its seriousness and while hygiene was compromised, no member of the public u...
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Seven Palestinians killed, 18 injured in Israeli airstrike on apartment in Gaza City

At least seven Palestinians were killed and 18 were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday that targeted an apartment in a residential building in Gaza City, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. It said its crews recovered seven bodies, including those of two children and two women, following the strike, which targeted a home near Al-Israa Tower on Omar al-Mukhtar Street. It added that the injured were transferred to Al-Saraya Field Hospital near the site of the strike. 🚨 7 Palestinians were killed and 18 injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment in a residential building in Gaza https://t.co/uNm8c3qGCU pic.twitter.com/E5RDa0FeV9 — Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) May 28, 2026 Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that Israeli warplanes carried out a violent airstrike targeting an apartment in the Farah residential building on Omar al-Mukhtar Street, a densely populated area in central Gaza City. Read: Trump Board of Peace's official Gaza fund is empty The Israeli army claimed that it struck two key members of the Palestinian group Hamas in northern Gaza. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily alleged that the targets were Hamas’ northern Gaza brigade commander and the deputy commander of the Gaza City brigade, without disclosing their identities. Hamas has not commented on the Israeli claims. Hamas says Israel seeks return to ‘genocide war’ pace in Gaza after 20 killed in 48 hours The Palestinian group Hamas said Thursday that Israel’s escalation of attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip and the killing of more than 20 Palestinians over the past 48 hours indicate that Tel Aviv is seeking to return to the “pace of the genocide war” that continued for two years. In a statement, Hamas said Israeli airstrikes targeting a residential apartment in central Gaza City overnight, which killed 10 Palestinians, including two children and two women, and wounded dozens more, constituted a “new crime” and a “renewed and blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm el-Sheikh. The Sharm el-Sheikh ceasefire agreement was signed in October 2025 under Egyptian, US, Qatari, and Turkish mediation, and entered into force later that month. The agreement followed two years of war in Gaza that began on October 8, 2023, during which more than 72,000 Palestinians were killed and over 172,000 injured, according to Palestinian figures, alongside widespread destruction affecting around 90% of civilian infrastructure. Hamas said Israel’s intensified attacks on civilians across Gaza and the killing of more than 20 Palestinians in strikes targeting residential neighbourhoods over the past two days showed its intention to resume large-scale military operations. The Palestinian group also accused Israel of disregarding the efforts of mediating countries and violating guarantees and commitments made under the ceasefire agreement.

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