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Just before midnight on a hot August evening in 2017, two police officers in an unmarked car in northern Greece’s largest city, Thessaloniki, stopped a truck for what looked like a routine check. In the back of the truck, the two officers and the 15 others who joined them found piles of counterfeit cigarettes, leading to one of the biggest hauls of fake smokes in Greece. The search was the culmination of an eight-month-long surveillance of an illegal cigarette factory near Athens and a carefully laid dragnet involving more than 80 police personnel working practically around the clock.

Malaysia’s top 50 tycoons saw their combined fortunes drop 10 per cent from a year ago to US$80.5 billion despite the economy rebounding from the pandemic-induced slump, Forbes Asia said in a report. Property-to-maritime conglomerate Kuok group’s founder Robert Kuok – who turns 99 in October – retained his long-standing top spot though his fortune declined to US$11 billion from US$12.2 billion last year. Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) chairman Quek Leng Chan came second as he added US$500 million to his net worth of US$9.

Tras los problemas diplomáticos entre México y Ecuador, el legendario jugador de los Rayos del Necaxa, Alex Aguinaga, se pronunció en redes sociales y habló sobre la tristeza que le da la situación actual entre ambas naciones. Aguinaga, nacido en Ibarra, Ecuador, en 1968, llegó al futbol mexicano a inicios de los 90 para reforzar a un entonces débil equipo necaxista, y fue la base para construir una dinastía de las más recordadas en el futbol mexicano en los últimos años.

US officials warned that even after particulars were disclosed, the reorganisation would take months as the two defence bureaucracies wrangle over details and implementation. Other announcements on Wednesday are expected to involve tapping Japan’s formidable manufacturing expertise to fill gaps in the overstretched US military-industrial structure with construction of US naval vessels, aircraft and other equipment years behind schedule. Also expected are several people-to-people announcements: an artificial intelligence partnership between Carnegie Mellon and Keio universities, several Japanese firms and Microsoft; a US$50 million tie-up between Washington state’s University of Washington, the University of Tsukuba, Amazon and Nvidia; and the creation of a US$12 million fund to promote high school exchanges between the two countries.

A small sampan manoeuvres between the fishing boats moored in the Cheung Chau typhoon shelter, while a small shrimp net is dropped over the bows to retrieve a modest catch of floating refuse. It’s not exactly hi-tech, and nor does it appear to be very effective, because most of the floating plastic bags in its path escape the net. It is one of a flotilla of more than 70 rubbish scavenging vessels operated by Kai Fat Harbour Cleaning, on contract to the Marine Department.

Ryu Yong-wook , a China and Korea affairs specialist at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, said the development would further advance Pyongyang’s missile and delivery capabilities and strengthen its offensive capacity. ‘Political time bomb’: North Korean workers reportedly riot in China over wages “It will increase the military tensions in the Korean peninsula at a time when there is a deadlock in inter-Korean relations and will likely intensify an arms race in a region that is already fraught with multiple flashpoints,” he said.

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Lee’s death, we recall some of the theories put forward to explain his death. 1. Cannabis useWhen Lee died in 1973, he was just 32 years old. At the time, doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong attributed his death to cerebral oedema – brain swelling. The condition, which is life-threatening, is the body’s way of reacting to trauma, a stroke or infection.Traces of cannabis were found in Lee’s stomach and small intestine when he died, according to a Post article dated September 19, 1973.

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Take for example Boucheron, inspired by the elements of nature in its Carte Blanche Ailleurs collection, which brings to the fore the power of gold as well as a spectacular association of rattan and diamonds. Meanwhile, Reza’s Dune earrings create the illusion of diamonds resting like frozen dewdrops between sandblasted gold rails and contrasting polished edges. Here are some more of our favourite gold and diamond trends heading into the Year of the Rabbit …