Bistrot Ha Is the Right Kind of Restaurant Evolution

Bistrot Ha Is the Right Kind of Restaurant Evolution

A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha’s Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha opened Ha’s Snack Bar, an itsy-bitsy restaurant on the Lower East Side. The Snack Bar, like the pop-up, served Vietnamese-inspired dishes that were clever, cheffy (and more than a bit French-inflected),…

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More deadly incidents reported in Gaza Strip

More deadly incidents reported in Gaza Strip

At least nine Palestinians have been killed and others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday, noting there were deadly attacks in the north and south of the coastal strip. The Israeli military said the attacks were on targets of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas. The…

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European nations: Kremlin murdered Navalny with lethal frog toxin

European nations: Kremlin murdered Navalny with lethal frog toxin

Forensic analyses indicate that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died two years ago in an Arctic penal colony, was killed with a powerful frog toxin, European governments said on Saturday, directly accusing the Kremlin of murder. Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom allege that analyses of Navalny’s remains showed traces of…

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European nations: Navalny murdered by Kremlin using lethal frog toxin

European nations: Navalny murdered by Kremlin using lethal frog toxin

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison camp two years ago, was murdered by the Russian government using a powerful frog toxin, European countries said on Saturday. Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom allege that analyses of Navalny’s remains showed traces of the highly potent toxin epibatidine. The…

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A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds

A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds

Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969” (Stanley/Barker), and a related exhibition currently at the Clamp gallery, in Chelsea, makes me rethink all this. The work was made concurrently with another series, “Open Space in the Inner City: Ecology and the Urban Environment.” The Ramble, a wooded area on the center-west side of Central Park,…

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German state employees set for 5.8% pay rise after weeks of strikes

German state employees set for 5.8% pay rise after weeks of strikes

Public sector workers in Germany’s states are set for a 5.8% bump in pay after a collective bargaining agreement was struck on Saturday following weeks of strikes. The deal covers more than 900,000 employees of the country’s 16 federal states, including childcare workers, administrative staff and doctors. The agreement was announced on Saturday after months…

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One of Lima’s top beaches to close Sunday over pollution

One of Lima’s top beaches to close Sunday over pollution

One of the most popular beaches in Peru’s capital Lima will close for one day on Sunday, in a rare move by authorities who say that heaps of garbage left each weekend has made the cherished spot unusable. Agua Dulce, which stretches for about a kilometer (0.6 miles), hosts up to 70,000 visitors every weekend…

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“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite

“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite

Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to Sharon, the insurance broker, who is unwittingly drawn into both men’s orbits. She’s investigating a claim filed by Sammy Kassem (Payman Maadi), a jewelry-store proprietor who was robbed by Davis, and…

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The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room

The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room

In touring the history of writerly spaces, “The Writer’s Room” elegantly describes the rooms kept by Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Joan Didion, John Keats, and other luminaries. It finds that, a lot of the time, the quest for the perfect room is self-defeating: tormented by sounds in his neighborhood (among them a neighbor’s rooster), Thomas…

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Charli XCX Misses the Moment

Charli XCX Misses the Moment

Download a transcript. Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Once the fervor around Charli XCX’s 2024 album “brat” had cooled, the singer was approached to make a documentary about the tour—a practice that’s been embraced by the likes of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.…

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