Daily roundup: This multilingual Singaporean can speak 11 languages - and other top stories today

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1. From Tamil to Portuguese: This multilingual Singaporean can speak 11 languages
Most Singaporeans are bilingual, being fluent in English and their respective mother tongue. Some are even trilingual, but have you met a Singaporean who speaks 11 languages?
Meet Jonas Tan, a Year 2 psychology and linguistics student at Oxford University... » READ MORE
It's hard to resist a good deal, especially when it comes to durians.
And for one woman, her love for the king of fruits cost her quite dearly... » READ MORE
3. 'I was hyperventilating': Singapore-based graphic designer wins $13,000 from US YouTuber MrBeast
Talk about manifesting your dreams into reality.
One woman in Singapore may just be US$10,000 (S$13,252) richer, after winning a random giveaway from American YouTuber MrBeast as part of his birthday celebrations... » READ MORE
4. Thai Ponzi scheme: Couple gets 12,640 years' jail each for cheating others of $51m
A Thai couple, Wantanee Tippaveth, 28, and her boyfriend Metee Chinpa, 20, was charged on May 10 to 12,640 years' jail each for scamming thousands in a Ponzi scheme.
The couple, together with seven other people, lured their victims through Facebook... » READ MORE