What are those tiny, flaky balls that sometimes form on the skin when you're putting on skincare products? - Channel NewsAsia

If you find your skincare often pilling, perhaps you’re using more products than your skin can handle, and using too much of each type of skincare.

Try paring down your regimen, and using skincare with the same kind of base, like only water-based products or only oils, for example, to reduce chances of flaking. Gently pat in a small amount at a time and put it on in layers, waiting for each layer to absorb, instead of rubbing large portions of it on your skin at one time.

It may also be worth exploring using tools that help in absorption, such as skincare devices and massage tools such as the newly launched Est.Lab LumiGlow SmartSkin Buddy. 

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UK PM hopeful Liz Truss pledges to crack down on Chinese firms like TikTok - The Straits Times

LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Foreign Secretary Liz Truss pledged to crack down on Chinese-owned companies such as social-media giant TikTok as she traded blows with Rishi Sunak in their first head-to-head debate of the race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister.

"We absolutely should be cracking down on those types of companies, and we should be limiting the amount of technology exports we do to authoritarian regimes," Truss said on Monday (July 25) during the debate on BBC TV.

Truss's comments on TikTok, the popular video-sharing app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, builds on Sunday's back-and-forth between the two contenders on how to deal with China, with both politicians criticizing each other for their past approaches.

The pair are locked in a six-week runoff to replace Johnson as Conservative Party leader, and spent Monday attacking each other's policy pledges.

The Tory grassroots membership is set to select a winner, with the result due to be announced on Sept 5.

Sunak, who previously served as chancellor, earlier described China as the "biggest long-term threat to Britain and the world's economic and national security," and promised to limit its influence in the UK.

But Truss said Monday that as recently as a month ago, Sunak was pushing for closer trade relationships with China while serving as chancellor.

She said the tougher stance was actually driven by her Foreign Office. "I'm delighted that you've come round to my way of thinking," Truss said.

"Whether it's taking the alternative to the Chinese Belt and Road with our G-7 colleagues, whether it's being clear that Taiwan should be able to defend itself in the face of Chinese aggression - we have led on that, and frankly, what we've heard from the Treasury is a desire for closer economic relations with China."

Sunak countered, pointing to a time when Truss talked about having a "golden era" of relationships with China, with a desire for deeper collaboration on issues like food security and technology.

He cited his work on the National Security and Investment Act, a law which came into force this year and enables the UK government to unpick or block deals deemed to be a national security risk.

But the former chancellor also said he and Truss share more views in common than disagreements, and on China it was clear that whoever becomes the next leader will temper Britain’s previous enthusiasm for links with the world’s most populous nation.

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Malaysia warns of weaker Q3 palm oil price as Indonesia scraps export levy - CNA

Indonesia this month scrapped its export levy for all palm oil products until Aug 31 following a series of attempt to boost exports and ease high inventories, and is also considering removing a domestic sales rule for exporters.

As a result, average crude palm oil prices for the third quarter are projected to range between 4,800 ringgit (US$1,078.41) and 5,200 ringgit (US$1,168.28) a tonne, also weighed by better production in Malaysia, Zuraida Kamaruddin said.

Prices are expected to rise to 5,000-5,500 ringgit per tonne in the fourth quarter with the resumption of the export levy in Indonesia and an expected decline in production, she added.

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2022-07-25 04:48:00Z
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China Belt and Road Spending in Russia, Sri Lanka Falls to Zero - Bloomberg

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China Belt and Road Spending in Russia, Sri Lanka Falls to Zero  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
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2022-07-25 04:46:00Z
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Commentary: No cause for alarm over 'Centaurus', the new Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 - CNA

CAMBRIDGE: A new COVID-19 variant has recently been detected in several countries including the United Kingdom, United States, India, Australia and Germany.

Called BA.2.75, it’s a subvariant of Omicron. You might have also heard it called “Centaurus”, the name of a constellation and given to BA.2.75 by a Twitter user.

The World Health Organization has classified BA.2.75 as a variant of interest, rather than a variant of concern. This means it’s being monitored but there’s not yet evidence it will cause problems.

The numbers of BA.2.75 infections are still relatively low. Most infections in the UK remain driven by the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. BA.5 in particular is similarly dominant in other countries where BA.2.75 has been detected.

However, BA.2.75 is becoming more common in India (where it was first detected, back in May), suggesting it has advantages relative to current circulating variants. Some have noted that BA.2.75 is spreading in regions of India where it doesn’t have to compete with BA.5, but rather with the variant it evolved from, BA.2.

That said, some data from India indicates that BA.2.75 may have already peaked. And importantly, there hasn’t been a big increase in hospitalisations or deaths in India from BA.2.75. Given this, BA.2.75 has quickly gained an additional nickname: a “scariant”.

A FEW MUTATIONS IN BA.2.75, BUT NOT FUNDAMENTALLY A DIFFERENT VIRUS

As most of the global population has now either been vaccinated, infected, or both, variants which can infect people despite their immunity will have an advantage. So SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is constantly evolving to gain this advantage.

New variants which have mutations that evade our immunity will replicate and spread, leading to waves of infections. We’ve seen this most recently with BA.4 and BA.5.

The memory immune system recognises infections based on molecular structures of viruses and other pathogens. Mutations change the molecular structure of each SARS-CoV-2 variant slightly, making it more difficult for our immune system to recognise and respond to the virus. This is often called immune evasion.

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Rights group seeks arrest of former Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa in Singapore - Reuters.com

COLOMBO, July 24 (Reuters) - A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war.

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil war in 2009 when he was country's defence chief, according to a copy of the complaint seen by Reuters.

The South Africa-based ITJP argued that based on universal jurisdiction the alleged abuses were subject to prosecution in Singapore, where he fled after months of unrest over his country's economic crisis.

Rajapaksa submitted his resignation in Singapore, a day after fleeing on July 13. Anti-government protesters had stormed the offices and official residences of the president and the prime minister. read more

“The criminal complaint that has been filed is (based on) verifiable information on both the crimes that have been committed, but also on evidence really linking the individual in question, who is now in Singapore,” Alexandra Lily Kather, one of the lawyers that drafted the complaint, told Reuters by telephone from Berlin.

“Singapore really has a unique opportunity with this complaint, with its own law and with its own policy, to speak truth to power.”

Rajapaksa could not be reached for comment through Sri Lanka's High Commission in Singapore. He has previously strenuously denied allegations he was responsible for rights abuses during the war.

In response to questions from Reuters, a spokesperson for the Attorney-General's Chambers said it had received a letter from the ITJP on July 23.

"We are not able to comment further on this matter," the spokesperson said.

The country's foreign ministry has said Rajapaksa entered the Southeast Asian city-state on a private visit and had not sought or been granted asylum.

Shubhankar Dam, a professor at the University of Portsmouth School of Law in Britain, who has taught in Singapore, said while its courts were able to try alleged war crimes, genocide, and torture, it has repeatedly stated that such jurisdiction should only be invoked as a last resort.

"While neutrality is not officially enshrined in Singapore's foreign policy, it has long cultivated a form of even-handedness," Dam said.

"Any decision to prosecute a former foreign head of state has to be balanced against its foreign policy objectives."

Sri Lanka ended a 25-year civil war between separatist insurgents from the ethnic Tamil minority and government forces in 2009. Rights groups accused both sides of abuses during the war.

The ITJP assisted in two civil lawsuits against Rajapaksa, proceedings for one of which were served in a California parking lot in 2019. Rajapaksa was a U.S. citizen at the time.

Both cases were withdrawn after Rajapaksa was granted diplomatic immunity upon becoming president later that year.

Reporting by Alasdair Pal and Devjyot Ghoshal in Colombo; Additional reporting by Lin Chen in Singapore; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Thailand's first monkeypox patient found after fleeing to Cambodia - CNA

PHNOM PENH: A Nigerian man who went on the run after becoming Thailand's first monkeypox case was found in Phnom Penh on Saturday (Jul 23) and taken to hospital, the Cambodian Health Ministry said.

It comes the same day the World Health Organization officials in Geneva declared the monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency on Saturday.

The 27-year-old tourist - who had overstayed his visa in Thailand - was diagnosed with monkeypox in the resort city of Phuket on Monday, a Thai health official said.

During his stay in Phuket, the man had visited two entertainment venues, and 142 people are now being screened for the virus, a health official said, adding that the man also had unprotected sex with a woman.

After learning of his diagnosis, he fled his Phuket accommodation, turned off his phone and failed to respond to police or health workers' messages.

His getaway sparked a manhunt across Thailand and authorities said Saturday his phone signal was detected in a northeastern province bordering Cambodia.

After searching several locations Saturday, Cambodian police found the runaway at a Phnom Penh guest house and he has since been sent to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital for medical treatment.

"In order to prevent the infection of monkeypox virus, the Ministry of Health appeals to all people who have direct contact with the Nigerian patient to isolate themselves and seek health checks," the Cambodian ministry said in a statement.

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