A French student was fined 600 Singapore dollars (US$465) after pleading guilty Thursday to a public nuisance charge in Singapore for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt.

The 19-year-old took the contaminated straw with him after collecting the drink.

SINGAPORE, July 30 — A French teenager who filmed himself licking a straw before returning it to an orange juice vending machine dispenser has been fined S$600 (RM1,900), after...