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Time Out
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Our 7 favorite places to eat for Las Vegas Restaurant Week
It's time to start planning your Las Vegas Restaurant Week outings. Feeling overwhelmed by the dozens upon dozens of options, though? Don't worry, we have some ideas. More than 260 restaurants are participating in the 12-day (June 2–13) fundraiser for the Three Square Food Bank, which supports some of the city's most vulnerable food-insecure residents. Last year's event raised more than $380,000—enough to provide 1,142,440 meals to Las Vegas residents. Since 2007, more than 10 million meals have been served. It works like this: Participating restaurants create special multi-course menus and every time someone orders it, a portion of the cost of the meal is donated to Three Square. This year, menus range in price from quick $20 lunches to splurge-worthy $120 dinners at places like Bazaar Meat, Bouchon, Carbone or Wakuda. There are also a bunch of burgers (looking at you, Peter Luger Steak House), plenty of pastas and so many steaks we lost count. But we did review all 261 menus looking for value or something unique to draw us in. Here's what we found. Hiroba Sushi Among the $20 offerings, there are some bargains. Hiroba Sushi in Henderson is one that stands out serving miso soup, a bento box and ice cream. 128 Main 128 Main just announced it will no longer serve dinner so lunch it is. During restaurant week, you can get a Chinois salad, bacon BLT and Basque cheesecake for $30. Bjork Caviar Looking for a caviar bump? For the cost of a Benjamin ($100), Bjork Caviar in downtown Las Vegas will top your sashimi, linguine and white chocolate panna cotta with caviar. Carmine's Known for its giant portions, Carmine's offers an interesting $60 four-course menu. What caught our interest was the 22-ounce salmon stuffed with shrimp, scallops, crab meat, bell peppers and spinach. Holsteins Holsteins has made the move to the Arts District so it will be fun to check out and grab a Philly egg roll, spicy blackened chicken sandwich and a shake. Lamaii Tuck into Chinatown for this gem: Lamaii is serving yellowtail sashimi with spicy shrimp and coconut milk soup, sizzling rib eye and mango sticky rice for just $40. Other Mama Other Mama is jumping into the fray for the first time with an impressive menu. It starts with mixed seafood and includes a seven-piece nigiri sushi set, then choose either Japanese fried chicken and caviar, grilled Wagyu or miso-marinated black cod.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Liverpool 'make contact' with €60m star
Contact made with Takefusa Kubo Over at Real Sociedad, the Japanese 23-year-old has a very uncertain future this summer. His intentions to remain with the Basque team, but the club's manager has since left which is making him doubt everything and assess his options before he commits to staying put for next season. Advertisement Liverpool have been lingering around the possibility of signing Kubo and last month, it was reported that he had put in his transfer request. Given the news about Martin Zubimendi joining Arsenal, it is plausible to suggest that the right-winger might also be on the move this summer. According to AS, he is now set to change his agent and once that's all sorted, which is expected to be later this week, the player and his representation will sit down and to discuss his future might. The report claims: "The Premier League keeps knocking on his door, primarily Liverpool and Arsenal". As such, while Salah's short-term future is no longer a problem, we could potentially see Kubo join the Reds anyway in order to learn from the Egyptian King before he goes on to succeed him.
Morocco World
2 days ago
- Sport
- Morocco World
Lakhadim Attracts Alavés Interest as Madrid Path Narrows
Youssef Lakhadim may be on his way out of Real Madrid this summer, with Alavés pushing to sign the Moroccan left-back seen as one of La Fábrica's brightest prospects. Still only 19, Lakhadim has split his time this season between the U19s and Castilla. But with Ferland Mendy, Gerard García, and a likely new signing from Benfica all ahead of him, chances at Madrid's first team are slim. Alavés, sensing an opportunity, want him to step in should Manu Sánchez leave. Bosses at the Basque club like his profile – quick, tidy on the ball, and tactically sound. Madrid and Alavés have a good history of dealing, and a move wouldn't come as a surprise. It could mirror Antonio Blanco's transfer, which saw Madrid keep a stake in the player's future. Lakhadim has already trained with Carlo Ancelotti's squad and received matchday call-ups, but is yet to feature in a competitive game. A move to Alavés could offer the regular minutes he needs – and a proper launchpad for his professional career. Tags: Deportivo AlaveslaligaReal MadridYoussef Lakhadim
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Arsenal could complete transfer TODAY - and confirm it in July: report
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Arsenal are ready to complete a transfer today, ahead of the new season. After finishing second in the league this season, manager Mikel Arteta is looking to improve his Arsenal squad with quality across the park, with a lack of firepower in front of goal cited as a major reason for the drop-off from last season. The club are believed to be in the market for a new centre-forward, depth in midfield and a new back-up goalkeeper to challenge David Raya. Following a final-day victory over Southampton, Arteta admitted that the upcoming transfer window is a pivotal one for his side as he looks to win a first title in 22 years for the Gunners. 'There are a lot of things to do,' the Basque boss admitted in his post-match press conference. 'It will be a different one, and that changes everything.' While Martin Zubmendi's move to North London is a 'done deal' according to reports, there is new information on when the no.6 will officially become Arsenal's first signing of the summer. AS in Spain says that the Spanish international has had a verbal agreement for a while that the player could complete his move today, after the BBC's Sami Mokbel – the journalist who originally broke the story in January that – confirmed the star's medical. El Diario Vasco, however, reports that the deal made not be made official for another month. FourFourTwo understands that both Arsenal and selling club Real Sociedad have negotiated Zubimendi's £51 million release clause in order to best decide how the fee should be paid, with Financial Fair Play rules (FFP), Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and both club's yearly accounts considerations when making this transfer. It's believed that Zubimendi may be officially confirmed as an Arsenal player on July 1, in order to backdate the deal to 2025's financial year. Zubimendi is worth €60m, as per Transfermarkt.
Euronews
3 days ago
- Politics
- Euronews
New US Senate bill could wreck Russia, but also damage the EU economy
Spain failed on Monday to obtain the necessary unanimity to elevate Catalan, Galician and Basque into official languages of the European Union, as several member states raised concerns over the administrative and legal implications of such an unprecedented move. One of the main arguments against the proposal is that it could set a precedent, leading to similar demands from other countries with minority languages. Across Europe, between 40 and 50 million people speak around 60 regional and minority languages. However, only a handful of countries recognise these languages as co-official, allowing them to be used in government, administration, and public institutions on an equal footing with the majority spoken language. In Spain, Basque, Catalan and Galician, enjoy strong legal protections in their respective autonomous communities and are widely used in education, government, and media. Catalan is spoken by approximately 7.5 million people, primarily in Catalonia and it is one of the most widely spoken minority languages in Europe. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in parts of France and Italy. Around 1 million people speak Basque in the regions of the Basque Country and Navarra. It also has speakers in the French Basque country where it is not recognised as an official language, while around 2 million people speak Galician. While Dutch is the national language, the northern province of Friesland is home to Frisian, which is recognised as the region's second official language. Frisian comprises three branches across the Netherlands and Germany, West Frisian, East Frisian, and North Frisian, the latter being most prominent, spoken by an estimated 4,000 to 10,000 people. The German government, however, does not officially recognise Frisian as an administrative language. Portugal also has a regional co-official language: Mirandese. Spoken in the region of Miranda do Douro, it is officially recognised by the Portuguese government as one of the two languages of the country. A 2020 study by the University of Vigo estimated that around 3,500 people knew the language, with only about 1,500 actively using it. In the northernmost regions of Finland, approximately 2,000 people speak Sámi as their native language. This figure includes speakers of Northern Sámi, Inari Sámi, and Skolt Sámi. Sámi is also spoken in Sweden, where estimates suggest that between 7,000 and 9,000 people use some form of the language, although official language data is not recorded in population registers. Indigenous parliaments in Sweden, Finland, and Norway have raised concerns about the endangered status of several Sámi languages, including Pite Sámi and Ume Sámi, each with fewer than 50 speakers. French, German, Ladin, Slovene and Catalan are also recognised as co-official to Italian in certain regions or municipalities of Italy. Many are more widely spoken outside the country. French, German and Slovene are main languages in their respective countries and Catalan is mostly used in Spain. Ladin is mainly spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino, and Belluno, by the Ladin people. A bill rapidly making its way through the United States Senate and gathering impressive bipartisan support threatens to wreak untold havoc on Russia's economy in a bid to force Vladimir Putin into "good faith negotiations for a lasting peace in Ukraine". But the concerted push, jointly promoted by Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, and Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, also risks devastation for roughly half the European Union. "Our legislation will isolate Russia – putting it on a trade island by imposing stiff tariffs on other countries that support these atrocities," Graham and Blumenthal said last week as they announced the text had secured 81 signatures in the 100-seat Senate. Besides a wide range of primary sanctions and duties against the Kremlin, including sweeping prohibitions on financial transactions with Russian entities, the bill also foresees secondary tariffs on countries that still do business with Moscow. In particular, it zeroes in on Russia's energy exports, an indispensable source of revenue to maintain the costly full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The text drafted by Graham and Blumenthal proposes a tariff of "not less" than 500% on any country that "knowingly sells, supplies, transfers, or purchases oil, uranium, natural gas, petroleum products, or petrochemical products that originated in the Russian Federation." In other words, any nation on Earth that consumes Russian energy. According to the senators, the law is mainly intended to "hold China accountable for propping up Putin's war machine by buying cheap Russian oil from the shadow fleet." The critical assessment of Beijing's "no-limits" partnership with Moscow is widely shared in Brussels, where the "shadow fleet" has become a highly pressing concern. "Without China's economic support, Putin's war machine would come to a grinding halt," the two senators said. And yet, given the vast extraterritorial scope of the bill, the no-holds-barred offensive against Moscow and Beijing has the potential to spill over and inflict intense pain on disparate nations worldwide, also in Europe, at a time of sky-high trade tensions. Despite unprecedented efforts to wean the bloc off Russian energy, several member states remain hooked. Last year, the EU spent an estimated €23 billion on Russian fossil fuels, exceeding the military support provided to Ukraine. Gas, consistently spared from any sanctions due to a lack of unanimity, led the chart. Today, five coastal states – France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal – act as entry points for Russian-made liquefied natural gas (LNG), which last year saw a 9% uptick in purchases. Italy, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria receive flows of Russian gas through the pipelines that crisscross the continent. Hungary and Slovakia, meanwhile, get Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, indefinitely spared from an EU-wide ban at Budapest's request. Additionally, five countries – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Finland – operate Russian-made nuclear reactors that require specific Russian-made fuels. The European Commission has presented a roadmap to phase out all Russian energy by the end of 2027, but the action plan is still in early stages. Hungary and Slovakia have come out strongly against the roadmap, warning it would imperil competitiveness. The state of play means that, should the Graham-Blumenthal bill pass and apply as originally conceived, something far from guaranteed at this stage, up to 12 member states could be subject to a punitive 500% tariff when they sell to the American market. Both goods and services could be targeted, further spreading the pain across the many corners of the economy. The 500% tariff would come "in addition" to anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties already in place. Primary and secondary sanctions should remain in place until "the Government of the Russian Federation has entered into a peace agreement with Ukraine", the law says. The offices of Graham Blumenthal did not reply to a request for comment. In Brussels, the Senate bill is seen as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it is considered a welcome initiative to tighten the screws on the Kremlin, something that President Donald Trump has until now refused to do. On the other hand, it is an explosive gamble that could exacerbate transatlantic turmoil and ravage export-dependent sectors overnight. If introduced, the secondary tariffs would throw a grenade right into the ongoing trade talks between the Commission and the White House. Both sides have set a 9 July deadline to strike an agreement. Otherwise, Trump has threatened to slap an across-the-board 50% tariff on all EU-made goods. "We try to coordinate with the US on sanctions to the extent possible because the more we join on that front, the bigger impact we can have," a Commission spokesperson said when asked about the Graham-Blumenthal bill, without commenting on the devastating effects it could have on parts of the EU economy. "So coordination in that sense, in the various fora, does take place." But there is a glimmer of hope for Brussels: the draft law offers the possibility for the president to grant a 180-day exemption from the 500% tariff to a country, good or service – as long as doing so is justified for "national security interests". The one-time waiver would be left entirely at Trump's discretion: the president would be able to hand-pick whom he saves and whom he punishes. This would give individual member states a chance to visit the Oval Office and lobby for a reprieve, a ritual that Trump appears to enjoy, particularly when cameras are present. The question of enforcement might also dent the impact on the bloc. Maria Shagina, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), believes implementing the 500% tariffs would be logistically challenging, if not impossible, due to the numerous countries that regularly purchase Russian energy. The list of clients features some of America's strategic partners, like India and Turkey. "Would the US monitor exports of these fossil fuels, and if so, how? Would it impose blanket bans on all goods imported from countries that import Russian fossil fuels? How does this square with an all-out trade war against allies and adversaries alike?" she asked. The law, Shagina noted, should be seen in the context of American politics and Trump's much-publicised mission to achieve a settlement between Russia and Ukraine, which has made limited progress since his first phone call with Vladimir Putin in February. "The bill does not seek to put congressional pressure on Russia independently of Trump's actions regarding Russia," Shagina told Euronews. "Rather, it aims to support Trump's rhetoric on Russia." A document going around online alleges that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to take back control of the Tombs of the Kings, a sacred site which is under French control in East Jerusalem. It's been circulating on social media and presents a decision allegedly made by Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's Foreign Affairs Minister. It suggests that Israel's Foreign Ministry is looking into holding "diplomatic negotiations with the French government," in a bid to transfer the holy site to Israel. At the top of the document, "Jerusalem Day" is mentioned, an Israeli national holiday which marks the moment when Israeli forces took over East Jerusalem, following the 1967 six-day war. Jerusalem Day falls yearly in May or June, in line with the Hebrew calendar's month of Iyar. However, EuroVerify found no proof that the document is real. In a public statement shared on X, Israel's French embassy refuted the allegations and said it deplores such "fake news." "We urge everyone to be vigilant when it comes to unsourced information on social networks," it added. When approached by EuroVerify, France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "We are not aware of any official Israeli approach to this effect. The national domains are the property of the French State." "This ownership is recognised by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority through international agreements," it continued. "In Jerusalem, France has owned, since the 19th century, four national domains and religious Christian and Jewish sites, whose ownership was recognised by the State of Israel in 1948." In addition to various Christian and Jewish religious sites in the region, France owns four heritage sites in Jerusalem, under a treaty known as the Fischer-Chauvel agreement. These sites, including the Tombs of the Kings, are known as the French National Domain in the Holy Land, with some of France's claims over them dating back to the Ottoman era. The other three are the Church of the Pater Noster (also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona), the Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh and the Church of Saint Anne. The Tombs of the Kings are believed to be the burial site of Queen Helene of Adiabene, who converted to Judaism around 30 AD and died sometime between 50 and 56 AD. They were originally thought to be the burial place of the kings of Judah. The French claims are based on the government's purchase of the site from a private owner in 1886. Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time and the Ottoman government officially recognised the sale as legal under its law. France continued to assert its ownership of the Tombs of the Kings and other sites during the British Mandate and later under Israeli rule. It and the newly-founded State of Israel drew up the Fischer-Chauvel agreement between 1948 and 1949 to formalise Paris' claim to the sites. However, while Israel acknowledges the existence of the agreement, it has never officially ratified it. Nevertheless, it has generally respected the privileges associated with the sites and given de facto recognition to French control. The tricolour flag flies over them, and they are administered by French authorities, but they conform to Israeli property law.
