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The wife of Geoffrey Kitchen, a 73-year-old British man who died after severe turbulence on board Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 in May 2024, is suing the airline.

The BBC reported on Friday (Aug 28) that Linda Kitchen, 74, from Thornbury near Bristol, has begun High Court proceedings in the United Kingdom.

She was on board the flight from London to Singapore with Geoffrey and is seeking damages to access specialist support for her back, which was injured in the same event.

The flight encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar and diverted to Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

Steven Tyler's sexual abuse accuser has been banned from discussing a number of details about their relationship in their upcoming trial.

The Aerosmith frontman is the subject of legal action from Julia Misley, who is also known as Julia Holcomb, after she claimed he sexually abused her when she was a teenager and he was an adult, while he has denied wrongdoing and insisted their relationship was consensual.

Some claims in the suit were dismissed earlier this year and, ahead of a trial due to begin on Sept 21, Steven has scored a legal victory after a Los Angeles Superior Court sided with him on a number of issues.

According to TMZ, at a recent hearing, the judge denied Julia's attempt to exclude any evidence she consented to their relationship in the 1970s, and also ruled she cannot talk about a relationship she had while dating the Crazy singer and any alleged sexual assault after the age of 18.

Kylie Jenner wants bigger breasts.

The 29-year-old has previously admitted to getting a breast enlargement — but Kylie is now keen to go under the knife once again.

Kylie — who is dating actor Timothee Chalamet — said on the Better Half podcast: "I do want them bigger.

"I say it every day. I'm like, 'They need to be bigger and more out there. I want my t*** to walk in before I do.' ... Love t***."

Nashville International Airport is set to be renamed after Dolly Parton.

The country music icon died on Tuesday (Aug 25), aged 80, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport have now announced their intention to rename the transport hub in her honour.

Governor Lee said: "Dolly Parton's extraordinary life is forever woven into the fabric of our state.

"From her rural mountain home in East Tennessee to global stages, Dolly carried the volunteer spirit with her.

A keeper at Singapore Zoo is recovering in hospital after being bitten by an adult Malayan tapir.

The incident took place on the evening of Aug 26 during routine end-of-day activities, when the keeper was guiding the animal back to its off-exhibit den, Mandai Wildlife Group said in a statement to AsiaOne.

A second keeper who was also in the exhibit stepped in to assist, and the tapir was secured in its den shortly after.

"The keeper is currently in hospital and on the way to recovery under close medical supervision," a Mandai Wildlife Group spokesperson said.

PARIS — Celine Dion blew kisses and made a love-heart shape with her hands as she swept into Paris on Friday (Aug 28) for her first series of concerts since revealing her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome.

Fans yelling "We're so happy to see you" and "We love you" crowded with journalists outside a Paris hotel as the Grammy-winning star settled in to prepare her residency of 16 shows in September and October at the Plenitude Arena in the French capital's western suburbs. The first show opens on Sept 12.

"I am ready and I'm a bit uptight of course because it's been a long time," she told French broadcaster BFMTV, wearing a beige trench coat, high heels and dark shades.

"I have always felt supported from the first day and because it's a story that continues. It's true that this is my second home," the Quebec-born singer said.

SINGAPORE — Income Insurance chief executive Andrew Yeo will step down at the end of 2026, after more than seven years in the role.

The company is in the process of identifying a successor, with details to be announced in due course, said board chairman Lim Sim Seng in an e-mail to staff seen by The Straits Times.

Lim said Yeo had informed the board of his decision to step down, but that he will remain chief executive until Dec 31 at the request of the board and continue to lead the business during this period.

"We are grateful to him for agreeing to see the organisation through this period and for ensuring an orderly transition," added Lim.

SINGAPORE — A woman's application for protection against her husband was dismissed by the court, which ruled the man's text messages, where he shared fantasies of wanting to hurt and kill her, did not constitute emotional or psychological abuse.

Magistrate Yvette Tay noted in grounds of decision issued on Aug 19 that even though the wife had claimed she was afraid of him, her immediate replies to his messages were that she missed him.

Tay said the woman did not appear to display signs of emotional or mental distress or harm. In various text messages, the woman told her husband that she expected him to provide for her and to turn up for family events.

She even suggested they take a holiday together.

MONACO — Gianni Infantino, the increasingly embattled FIFA president, was everywhere in the conversations as European football leaders gathered this week in Monaco for the Champions League draw.

UEFA, the European football confederation, is spearheading the backlash against Infantino over his failed World Cup sell-off plan that created a deep rift in the sport one month ago.

Many of its member federations have withdrawn their support for the FIFA leader, who is up for re-election in March 2027, and some have called for his resignation.

Infantino has not given any indication he plans to step down.

NEW YORK — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centred acceptance in her personal theology and so much more. But for many, her death Tuesday (Aug 25) has served as a reminder that at the heart of her legacy is her role as a songwriter. And around the world, people are streaming her songs en masse.

According to evolving data released early Friday afternoon by the industry data and analytics company Luminate, audio and video streams of Parton's discography skyrocketed 2,458 per cent on the day of her death, compared to Monday — climbing from 1.2 million to 30.5 million in the US And by Wednesday, that number rose to 46.3 million.

Worldwide, her audio and video streams jumped 1,549 per cent, from 2.5 million on Monday to 41.8 million Tuesday.

And on Wednesday, her on-demand audio streams jumped to 79.7 million, making her the most streamed artist, globally, on that date.