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Wong Kim Hoh meets...

She was run over by two trains in London and lost her right limbs. Then, she conquered Mt Kilimanjaro

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Sarah De Lagarde pictured Sep 27, 2025. She is the first woman in the world to be fitted with an AI bionic arm, and the first woman in the world to have conquered Mount Kilimanjaro twice in two years: once able-bodied, once disabled. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Driver dies after car catches fire on TPE; two expressway exits closed after accident

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to the fire at 2.55am on Oct 31.

Promising 17-year-old Australian cricketer dies after being hit by ball

Ben Austin, 17, was considered by his club as a “star cricketer, great leader and an awesome young man”.

Air India CEO vows improvements in first public comments after deadly June crash

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson attends the Aviation India & South Asia Summit & Exhibition 2025 in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

Two taken to hospital after being hit by falling tree on SLE amid bad weather

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to a road traffic accident on the SLE towards CTE, before the Lentor Avenue Exit, at about 10.10pm on Oct 25.

Relocation of S. Korea presidential office diverted police from Itaewon before fatal crush: Audit

People walk through an alley in Itaewon where the Halloween crowd crush occurred.

Debris from space? Small meteor? Mystery strike cracks windshield of United Airlines plane

Photos circulating online show show what appear to be scorch marks on the plane from the impact, as well as the pilot’s arm bleeding and bruised, with injuries consistent with glass cuts.

Crashed Lisbon funicular had faulty cable, Portuguese official inquiry finds

Police and civil protection members work on the site of the Gloria funicular accident that killed 16 a day earlier in Lisbon, on September 4, 2025.

Dozens injured in firecracker accident in Malaysia; two arrested

Apart from a man who was seriously injured, 21 other victims suffered minor burns and cuts caused by firecracker residue.

3 taken to hospital after four-vehicle crash in Yishun

The accident involved three cars and a lorry.

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