Two Chinese football fans were allegedly robbed at gunpoint shortly after landing in Mexico City for the World Cup, in an attack that left one of them with a gun pressed against his head.

According to City News Service, the two men, identified only by their surnames Wang and Li, landed in Mexico City on the evening of Jun. 10, and were on their way from the airport to their hotel when they were targeted.

"They pointed a gun at our heads"

Li told reporters the robbery happened around 7:20pm, less than an hour after they touched down.

He said:

"Our local driver had just picked us up. About 1 kilometre from the airport, we were robbed at gunpoint. One person carried out the robbery while another waited on a motorcycle. They pointed a gun at our heads, took our belongings and fled."

Wang described the attackers as two men on a motorcycle who demanded "watch" as their first word. He recalled the attackers pressing the gun against his head twice.

He said:

"They spoke very fiercely. They pointed the gun at my head and pressed it hard against me twice. I still have the mark now."

The entire ordeal purportedly lasted 30 to 40 seconds. The attackers took both men's watches, as well as a bag belonging to one of them containing a tablet, cash, and a passport. Their driver also handed over his belongings, though the robbers left those behind as they were of little value.

Wang said:

"I didn't really feel scared in the moment, but afterwards I was terrified. My head kept hurting."

After reaching their hotel, the two men reported the incident to local police. Li alleged that officers who arrived at the scene allegedly demanded payment before leaving.

The two men also contacted China's overseas consular protection hotline. The Chinese Embassy in Mexico was alerted and reached out to the victims, helped expedite replacement travel documents, and raised the case with Mexican authorities.

Wang said:

"The embassy could protect our safety right away, and I deeply felt how much our country looks out for us. I want to get home as soon as possible."

Wang said he had originally planned to continue on to Los Angeles after the World Cup, but decided to fly home immediately after the robbery. He urged others travelling abroad not to flaunt their wealth and to travel in groups.

One suspect arrested

Mexican authorities told the Chinese Embassy on Jun. 13 that one suspect had been detained, though the investigation remains ongoing and no information has been released on whether the stolen items were recovered.

The two men managed to board a flight home less than 48 hours after the robbery.

Embassy issues fresh safety advisory

Following the incident, the Chinese Embassy in Mexico issued a fresh safety advisory for Chinese citizens in the country, urging them to stay alert when out at night, avoid carrying large amounts of cash or valuables, and keep travel documents separate from cash and valuables.

The embassy advised that anyone facing robbery, kidnapping, or armed attacks should prioritise their personal safety, call 911 once safe, and contact the embassy.

A 30-year-old male kindergarten teacher in Shanghai's Xuhui district has died, with his roommate saying he had been under intense pressure from both the school and parents in the days leading up to his death.

According to Sin Chew Daily News, the teacher, surnamed Wang, passed away on May 30. His roommate wrote on Weibo that Wang, usually warm and cheerful, had been stressed at work lately and had gone 43 hours without sleep before his death.

Authorities say investigation ongoing

According to HK01, a staff member from the Xuhui District Education Bureau said on Jun. 12 that they were aware of the case.

The staff member said:

"We are deeply saddened and regretful over Mr Wang's passing. The relevant circumstances are still under investigation. We also ask that the public respect the privacy of the deceased and refrain from speculating or spreading unverified information."

The kindergarten involved has not responded.

Days before, he was looking forward to a holiday

According to his roommate, just three days before his death, Wang had been looking forward to an upcoming holiday, telling his roommate he had planned a trip to Hainan, bought travel essentials, and even renewed a year-long video streaming subscription.

Wang's father had passed away from illness when Wang was in his final year of secondary school, leaving his mother to support the family on her own. He went on to study at Gannan Normal University, graduating to become a kindergarten teacher known by students and parents alike as dedicated and responsible, per HK01.

Timeline of the days before

According to his roommate's account, posted on Weibo, a series of events in the days before Wang's death added to his stress. On May 27, Wang allegedly had to take on more responsibilities after a colleague quit. He reportedly told his roommate he felt anxious every day because of it.

The roommate said that the following day, two parents got into an argument in the class group chat over a personal dispute. When Wang sought help from relevant personnel, he was reportedly turned down. That night, according to the roommate, Wang first expressed thoughts of suicide, per HK01.

According to his roommate, Wang left his home for the last time in the early hours of May 30, after going 43 hours without sleep.

Online tributes pour in

HK01 reported that Wang's death drew an outpouring of tributes online from former students, parents, and friends.

One commenter recalled meeting Wang a decade ago on their first trip to Shanghai, when Wang treated them to a meal.

A senior from Wang's university recalled knowing him through a volunteer club, saying he was someone who put in effort in volunteer activities.

A parent of a student praised him for being conscientious and responsible, and said his son remembers him to this day.

"We still haven't dared to tell him that Mr Wang is gone."

Durian prices in Malaysia have fallen to their lowest levels in recent years.

This is due to a surge in durian supply caused by large-scale fruit drops across various states, Guangming Daily reported.

As durians from different regions enter their peak harvest season, prices are expected to drop further by about 10 per cent in the coming weeks.

Among the durians is the Black Thorn, which reportedly hit an all-time low price.

The prices of the Musang King, also known as Mao Shan Wang, and other varieties have also fallen.

Lai Jingqun (transliterated), the owner of 668 Durian King in Sanbaya, South Kedah, told Guangming that the Black Thorn durians currently sold at his stall are priced between RM13 (S$4.12) and RM55 (S$17.42), depending on their size.

He noted that compared to the same period in 2025, durian prices have dropped by about 20 per cent to 30 per cent overall, marking a rare low in recent years.

A man chugged a whole bottle of Moutai in less than three minutes before boarding a high-speed rail train in Chongqing, China.

Moutai, also known as Kweichow Moutai, is a Chinese liquor with variations that range from about 38 per cent to 53 per cent alcohol by volume.

Opened

According to local media, the man had apparently brought an already opened bottle of Moutai before boarding a train at the Chongqing East railway station.

He was stopped by staff during security checks as it violated railway regulations.

The man complied and proceeded to drink the liquor in less than three minutes to avoid wasting it.

He then passed security checks and boarded the train.

In China, passengers are allowed to bring bottled liquor that is intact, clearly labelled, and has an alcohol by volume of between 24 per cent and 70 per cent, with a total volume not exceeding 3,000 millilitres, onto trains.

Opened liquor, bulk liquor, homemade liquor, and liquor with damaged packaging are prohibited.

Continued drinking

The man’s wife, surnamed Zhong, said her husband frequently drank.

He apparently did not cause any trouble or act inappropriately at the station or on the train.

After arriving at their destination, he continued drinking with his friends.

She also added that they would check relevant regulations before travelling in the future to avoid similar situations.

A 46-year-old man was arrested at a Marina Bay open-air car park after he was caught on camera attempting to open the door of a Tesla.

The car's owner found out about the man's suspicious behaviour after the Tesla's sentry mode cameras and sensors picked up on his attempt.

The man was found with a signal transmitter device.

Alert received on phone

According to Lianhe Zaobao, the car owner, Zhang Yi Li (transliteration), 39, and her husband and friends were visiting food and music festival GastroBeats, held at Bayfront Event Space, at about 7pm on Jun. 13.

They parked their Tesla at an open-air car park.

Zhang told Zaobao that her Tesla's "sentry mode" was activated at the time.

Tesla's "sentry mode" keeps the vehicle's cameras and sensors powered and ready to record if suspicious activity is detected around the vehicle.

Zhang said she received an alert on her phone that someone had tried to open the car door at around 7:23pm.

"At the start, I assumed someone had got the wrong car. I wasn't too worried as this has happened before," Zhang told Zaobao.

However, out of caution, Zhang decided to head to the car park to make sure.

Man loitered at car park

She then reviewed the car's camera recordings and saw that a man had loitered around her car and attempted to open the door.

Based on the recordings, the man had spent about 45 minutes going back and forth beside the car, Zaobao wrote.

"He continued loitering around the area for 10 minutes after I reached the car park. He kept looking at my vehicle, and he came and went multiple times," Zhang recalled.

She alerted the police after suspecting that the man was targeting unlocked cars.

The police arrived about 10 minutes later.

The man attempted to flee, but was eventually arrested, Zaobao wrote.

Signal transmitter found on man

Responding to media queries, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it received a call for assistance at 11 Marina Boulevard and that a 46-year-old man was arrested for attempted theft.

Police investigations are ongoing.

"The police later told me that they found a signal transmitter on the man, but did not share more details," Zhang said.

Zhang suspects that the man had hidden the device in his cross-body bag and used it to interfere with the car's receivers to prevent the car doors from locking.

She also suspects that she was targeted as there were a few bags placed in the car's rear passenger seats.

Zhang told Zaobao that she did not expect such an incident to happen at a crowded public area.

"Even in a safe place like Singapore, we shouldn't let down our guard completely," Zhang remarked.

She said that she decided to check on her car when she received the alert as she had been robbed in Singapore in the past.

A 26-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stopped vehicles and laid in the middle of the road in the wee hours of the night.

A video on Facebook page SGRV Admin showed the man talking to a truck driver.

He was then seen lying on his back on the road, as other motorists and passers-by waved to stop oncoming vehicles.

In response to Mothership's queries, the Singapore Police Force said they received a call for assistance along Admiralty Road West on Jun. 14 at around 3:15am.

The man was arrested for drunkenness in public and is also being investigated for mischief.

Police investigations are ongoing.

Singapore's development from the very beginning has been guided not by ideology, but by pragmatism, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Jun. 15.

This can be seen in its state-led approach to housing, to keep homes affordable and communities inclusive, he gave as an example.

Speaking on the second day of the 2026 World Cities Summit hosted in Singapore, PM Wong talked about the work of growing and managing cities.

He shared Singapore's approach and experience in terms of its urban planning, housing, and support for seniors.

"Our developmental story has always involved balancing competing priorities... We try different approaches, we keep what works, and we change what does not.

And above all, we focus on what delivers the best outcomes for Singapore and Singaporeans."

Protecting nature in a land-scarce city

While Singapore places great emphasis on economic growth, it also recognises that "a good life cannot be measured by GDP [gross domestic product] alone", PM Wong said.

This is why the country protects its natural and cultural heritage, and dedicates prime land to such spaces despite its small, land-scarce conditions.

PM Wong brought up Gardens by the Bay and the Rail Corridor as examples where Singapore "looked beyond purely commercial considerations" to prioritise quality of life and people's connection with nature.

State-led approach to housing

Singapore decided early on to take a state-led approach to housing, Wong said.

The government believes in the power of markets to allocate resources efficiently, but also recognises that markets alone do not always produce the outcomes it wants.

It thus plays a more active role in areas such as housing.

PM Wong shared that about eight in 10 Singapore residents live in public housing flats today, and the vast majority own their homes.

"We ensure a sufficient supply of new flats to meet demand, and heavily subsidise them to keep home ownership within reach for Singaporeans," he said.

Beyond affordability, the government also seeks to ensure an inclusive mix of residents from different races and backgrounds in the public housing estates.

"We believe a home is not just shelter. It is where communities are built, where neighbours form lasting bonds, and where the social fabric of a city is woven over generations."

Support for seniors

As for its ageing population, Singapore's approach is to foster partnerships and ground-up community participation.

Rather than building exclusive retirement villages for seniors, the country develops "Age Well" neighbourhoods, PM Wong shared.

He said that in such neighbourhoods, older citizens can age in place within their own homes and communities, and still access a wide range of services and support close to home.

To achieve this, there needs to be strong partnerships with healthcare providers, community organisations, caregivers, and volunteers.

Connecting cities

PM Wong described city planning as a continuing process with "no perfect answers or silver bullets".

But cities can nevertheless learn from each other's experiences — something which Singapore can help to do, he said.

"Singapore remains committed to playing our part as a connector — bringing together people, ideas, and cities from around the world."

To further strengthen these connections between cities, Singapore has launched a new initiative, the Mayoral Fellowship.

It will extend opportunities for learning and exchange to leaders beyond the existing circle of cities that have won the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize.

He also announced the four inaugural Mayoral Fellows, who come from Agra, India; Bucharest, Romania; Kigali, Rwanda; and Tshwane, South Africa.

In addition, PM Wong launched the Liu Thai Ker Distinguished Speaker Series, whose inaugural session will be held later in 2026 in Singapore.

"Cities succeed when they remain open to new ideas, while staying anchored to enduring principles... Singapore has been fortunate to have many urban leaders, who embodied this spirit.

One of them, whom perhaps many of you know, was the late Dr Liu Thai Ker."

Liu, who passed away in January 2026, was a pioneering urban planner who Wong said "played a key role in shaping" Singapore.

This new series is in honour of his contributions and legacy, and aims to inspire new generations of urban leaders to carry it forward.

After a man stole her bag, an Italian socialite ran him over several times with her car to reclaim her bag, killing him as a result.

The incident, which happened in September 2024 in a town in Tuscany, Italy, was captured on surveillance footage.

Cinzia Dal Pino, a 65-year-old beach resort entrepreneur, was convicted in court for voluntary manslaughter, People reported.

On Jun. 11, she was given an 18-year sentence that the court ruled she could serve under house arrest for the time being.

What happened

According to People, the victim was a homeless Moroccan national named Noureddine Mezgui.

The surveillance footage showed that after Dal Pino first struck the 52-year-old man with her car, he fell to the ground and appeared to be in pain, Daily Mail reported.

Then, Dal Pino reversed and ran over him again three more times until he stopped moving.

She got out of the car, retrieved her stolen bag, and drove off.

Rather than call for help, she reportedly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining at earlier, to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed.

It was passers-by who called an ambulance, and the paramedics who arrived later declared Mezgui dead at the scene.

Dal Pino was arrested the next day, while praying in a nearby church, People cited Italian news reporting.

"Didn't mean to kill him"

Dal Pino told the police that Mezgui had mugged her as she came out of a restaurant.

She claimed that she had chased after him only to get her bag back.

"He had threatened to kill me with a knife. I was scared," she told the police, as quoted by Daily Mail. "I didn't mean to kill him, I just wanted my belongings back."

Her bag held her house keys, her phone, and some documents, including a note with passwords to her bank accounts and other important accounts, she said.

No knife had been found on Mezgui, officials said later.

In December 2025, Dal Pino told the court she did not think she had killed him by running him over.

"I drove toward him, toward the sidewalk. I didn't want to kill him, just knock him down so I could stop him — I didn't even realise I'd hit him. Then, after the first manoeuvre, it seemed to me he was getting up again; I didn't think I'd killed him."

Her lawyer argued that she "just wanted to stop him and was aiming for his legs", and has been feeling remorse for what happened.

The prosecutors, however, argued that Dal Pino sought "excessive" revenge.

Serving her sentence

Although Dal Pino was allowed to serve her sentence under house arrest for now, there will still be a final hearing for her case.

If her conviction is upheld at that hearing, she may be sent to prison for the remainder of her sentence.

While awaiting trial after her arrest, she was placed under house arrest with an electronic bracelet, which drew criticism from Mezgui's family in Morocco.

"Not even an animal is killed in this way," Mezgui's sisters told Moroccan media.

They called for justice for their brother, and said that Dal Pino must remain in prison.

A 66-year-old man was found dead alone in his home at Block 554, Bedok North Street 3, after neighbours noticed a foul odour emanating from his flat for days.

According to Shin Min Daily News, the body was found on the block's 10th floor on Jun. 13.

Neighbours told the media that the smell first became noticeable on Jun. 11.

One resident recalled not seeing any laundry hanging outside the deceased man's home for two days, which she found unusual.

She also initially thought that something had rotted in her home, but was unable to find the source of the smell.

Another neighbour said he last interacted with the deceased two weeks before his death.

He was in good spirits, and there was nothing out of the ordinary then, he added.

However, some neighbours reportedly described the deceased man as someone who lived alone and did not speak much to others.

He was sometimes seen buying food downstairs and was known as someone who liked to grow flowers and plants and rear fish.

According to Shin Min, the police said they received a call for assistance at about 5:50pm on Jun. 13.

A 66-year-old man was found unconscious in his unit and pronounced dead at the scene.

Preliminary findings ruled out homicide, and further investigations are underway.

Second death in a day

On the same day, an elderly woman believed to have been living alone in her flat at Block 508, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 was found dead.

Neighbours called the police after noticing a smell, Shin Min reported.

The body was found by police on the third floor of the block, where neighbours said they had smelled the odour since Jun. 12.

The woman had lived in the unit for at least six years, said a neighbour.

She was known to keep her house door shut and rarely interacted with neighbours, though she was frequently seen alone below the block.

A neighbour, 101, told the media that the deceased woman had an elder brother who resided in a nursing home.

It was not clear if he had been notified of his sister's death, she said.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) confirmed it received a call for assistance at about 10:20pm on Jun. 13, according to Stomp.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

American alt-pop singer and internet personality Oliver Tree was among six individuals who were killed in a mid-air helicopter collision in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

The incident occurred on the morning of Jun. 14 in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, a western suburb of Rio De Janeiro, AFP reported.

Mid-air collision

In videos circulating online, two helicopters were seen colliding mid-air before plummeting into a car park reportedly belonging to an electric car dealership.

About 20 vehicles, including the helicopters, were set ablaze as a result of the collision.

According to local police sources, the 32-year-old was listed as one of the six people on the manifest of one of the helicopters, and the victims could not be formally identified yet as they were badly burned in the crash.

One of the helicopters carried five individuals, including Tree.

There were no survivors.

Among the helicopter Tree was in was an Argentine video director, a Brazilian music producer and an Argentine YouTuber, Gaspar Prim, known online as Gaspi.

Eyewitnesses and emergency responders

According to Thamires Santos, a 27-year-old Burger King employee who was working when the incident occurred, a “really loud explosion” was heard.

He apparently saw helicopter parts “flying in all directions.”

Local fire services spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Fabio Contreiras, told local media that it was unclear exactly how the incident unfolded.

“Parts of the aircraft are scattered hundreds of metres away, so the information we have is still very preliminary,” he said.

Oliver Tree

Oliver Tree Nickell, known professionally as Oliver Tree, was a singer and songwriter who gained international fame in 2021.

Tree was in Brazil for a world tour and was due to play more than 70 shows across 30 countries on seven continents.

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In recent days, his Instagram account featured videos of him in Brazil, where he performed in São Paulo on Jun. 6 as part of his tour.

His next show was due in Lisbon, Portugal, on Jul. 1.

He was known for his iconic bowl cut, and his hit songs “Miss You” and “Life Goes On”.