A French teenager who faced charges in Singapore for licking a straw and returning it to a vending machine has been granted permission to leave the country for three weeks. The 18-year-old must return as per his pledge, following a viral video of the incident.

A French teenager facing criminal charges in Singapore for a straw licking stunt was granted permission on Wednesday to leave the country for three weeks on pledges to return. The 18-year-old is accused of posting to social media a video of himself putting the straw he licked back into the dispenser on an orange juice vending machine. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien’s clip went viral and triggered a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which has a reputation for not tolerating bad...