US: Dermatologists MB Sulzberger and SH Zaidems published on the psychological impact of acne in 1948. Even after more than seven decades, their words still ring true. In addition to being a medical skin disease, acne has a negative impact on mental health. Acne treatment for some ladies is as simple as applying concealer or a pimple patch and going …

MANILA: Several decades of work have culminated with the swearing-in of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines on Thursday (Jun 30). Following his father’s overthrow in a popular uprising in 1986, his son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. won last month’s elections by an overwhelming margin. Duterte, who acquired worldwide notoriety for his lethal drug war and has promised …

SINGAPORE: Singapur’s Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said he has no reservations about Singapore’s drug trafficking policy, which includes the death penalty, on Wednesday (Jun 29). “Clear evidence” shows that capital punishment works as a deterrence, according to him. While speaking with Stephen Sackur for HARDtalk, Mr. Shanmugam discussed Singapore’s drug policy and use of capital punishment in …

NEW YORK: For her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually assault adolescent girls, Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Between 1994 and 2004, the 60-year-old British socialite recruited and groomed four young women into having sex with Epstein, who was then her boyfriend. She was found guilty in December. In the eyes of the public, the …

SWEDEN: In the wake of the three states’ agreement to protect each other against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Turkey, a NATO ally, dropped its veto on Finland and Sweden joining the Western alliance on Tuesday (Jun 28). There had been a four-hour deadlock shortly before NATO’s annual meeting began in Madrid, and the breakthrough prevented a humiliating standstill at the …

INDONESIA: Raihan Fauzi, 25, had been looking forward to this game his entire life. Surabaya Persebaya and Bandung Persib were scheduled to face each other on June 17. The match was held in Persib’s home ground, Gelora Bandung Lautan Api (GBLA), where the contest was held. With the help of his distant relative, Asep Ahmad Solihin, 29, known as Ahmad, …

MALAYSIA: Earlier this month, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was quoted as saying that the government was interested in bringing back the Goods and Services Tax (GST). While he acknowledged that the GST was unpopular, he also argued that the government’s alternatives were restricted because it had lost approximately RM20 billion (US$4.57 billion) in revenue as a result of …

CALIFORNIA: It was announced Tuesday that Russell Westbrook would return to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2022-23 after he exercised his $47.1 million player option, ESPN and The Athletic reported. It’s the final year of a five-year, $206 million contract for the nine-time All-Star point guard and 2016-17 Most Valuable Player. He is entering his final season. To avoid missing …

MANILA: For Samsung, this world is an incredibly huge canvas waiting to be filled. Short films of five minutes or less were sought, with the only requirement being that they be shot with the new Samsung Galaxy S22 camera, during last year’s “Untold Stories at Night” film festival on June 17. A 4nm processor, the most powerful in a Samsung …

US: Tom Hanks has confessed that he didn’t expect the iconic “Forrest Gump” bus bench scenes would make it into the final cut when he shot them. In the 1994 film directed by Bob Zemeckis, Hanks played the title character, a man with a childlike innocence and a knack for falling into history. Telling the ReelBlend podcast about his new …