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...Super Cute Please Like: On Shein (N+1) — French spies are immune to honeytrap schemes as their wives ‘already know they’re having affairs’, France’s ‘MI6’ reveals (Daily Mail) — The rise and fall of the LAN...
...The disclosure came during the trial of Jian Wen, 42, who is accused of laundering bitcoin on behalf of her former employer, an alleged fugitive from the Beijing authorities....
...Lan Yao, 22, who learnt her chess skills in China, tied for seventh place with 5.5/9, and retained her British Women’s Championship title, which was incorporated in the open event....
...From the loamy clay of Mango Lan’ to the parched slopes of Goat Hill, each rum has a strong identity. “They’re so aromatic,” says Renegade’s environmental and marketing manager Jane Nurse....
...He introduced Wen to a property lawyer, James Liffen of Mishcon de Reya, a top London firm. The transaction would be complicated....
...For example, Wang Jian, the founder of BGI, owns a 47 per cent stake in MGI. So that does suggest that there is still some linkage between the two companies....
...Eric Young, founder of upscale Shanghai boutique Le Monde de SHC, said the problem was that Chinese consumers remained mostly unaware of Lanvin, which lacked a clear identity....
...In France, the lifts at Les 2 Alpes are due to start turning this weekend, almost a month earlier than usual, with skiing available between an altitude of 2,800 and 3,500 metres on the Monts de Lans glacier...
...The fund, called the National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts (Neiva), has been organised by the specialist Melbourne gallerist D’Lan Davidson....
...Smart reads Bull speed ahead Aggressive bets on disruptive tech companies, with Tesla as its pièce de résistance, has pushed New York-group Ark Investment ahead of Wall Street’s most feared titans....
...The highest price of the sales went to Jan Davidsz de Heem’s “A banquet still life” (c1643), an Antwerp-period painting that sold from an English family for £4.8m (£5.7m with fees)....
...Victoire de Taillac-Touhami, co-founder of Buly 1803 “I go to Buchinger Wilhelmi, near Lake Constance in Germany, to fast....
...Lauren Gurvich King, CEO of Lauren Gurvich Lifestyle“I recommend the Lanserhof Clinic in Lans, Austria....
...“Governments in Latin America still consider airlines a luxury means of transport,” said Luis Felipe de Oliveira, executive director of the region’s airline association Alta....
...“The Hong Kong government is not capable of passing Article 23 legislation in the current atmosphere,” said Zhang Jian, a Hong Kong expert at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies....
...The 1990s saw the rise of so-called LAN parties, where hundreds of enthusiasts set up local networks of computers in order to spend days gaming together....
...“If this virus had been designed to destroy theatre it couldn’t have been designed any better,” David Lan, former director of the Young Vic, tells me via Zoom. “It’s a very painful moment.”...
...The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city’s de facto central bank, on Thursday followed the US Federal Reserve in lowering its benchmark interest rate....
...Mr Vial joined the group for champagne and dinner at the Bastide de Capelongue, a luxury hotel a short walk away from his restored 11th-century priory....
...self-determination in Hong Kong has shaken China’s Communist leadership, which bitterly opposes other independence movements in Tibet and Xinjiang and has threatened to invade Taiwan if it formalises its de...
...Washington of diverting purchases from suppliers in Taiwan and South Korea, as reported by the Financial Times, is part of a plan to help reduce an annual $375bn merchandise trade surplus with the US and de-escalate...
...Shares in Banco de Sabadell and Caixabank rose 3.2 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively in early trading, before falling back slightly....
...Adam Hankiss, Ashley Arons, and Egbert de Groot have also been hired from Morrison, while Natascha Kiernan joins from Skadden....
...They sent a scattergun of emails to influential British theatre makers — Daldry, Vicky Featherstone at the Royal Court and David Lan at the Young Vic were among the first responders — and set in motion a...
...Earlier this year, Liu Jian’s Have a Nice Day became the first Chinese animation to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival....
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