22-year-old Singaporean dies after fall from New York building

A 22-year-old Singaporean student died after plummeting 16 storeys from a luxury high-rise apartment in New York on Sunday evening.

Samantha Kwek had apparently quarrelled with her boyfriend, who lived in the building that was located in the diplomatic district of Manhattan.

Boy survives fall after break-in attempt

Where it went awry: A picture showing the site where the boy fell from the
third floor of the aprtment block

PETALING JAYA: A 15-year-old boy slipped and fell from the third floor of an apartment block while trying to break into a home, where the occupants have gone back for Hari Raya.

Woman survives fall

A woman in Shanghai has survived a fall from the fifth floor after a number of windows she hit on her way down broke her fall.

Horrified onlookers saw her jump out after someone is believed to have threatened her.

She fell into several open windows, which sent her spinning during her fall.

The unnamed woman was rushed to hospital after the plunge in Shanghai, China, and is recovering from the incident.

It happened just days after the woman was diagnosed with schizophrenia