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Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

SAN ANTONIO (ANP) - De basketballers van de New York Knicks hebben zich voor de derde keer verzekerd van de titel in de NBA. Het team van coach Mike Brown knokte zich in de vijfde ontmoeting in de finale bij de San Antonio Spurs terug van een achterstand en won nipt: 90-94. In de best-of-seven-serie namen de Knicks daarmee een beslissende voorsprong van 4-1.

De New York Knicks, die de vierde wedstrijd tegen de Spurs wonnen na een achterstand van liefst 29 punten, werden eerder in 1970 en 1973 kampioen. In 1999 stonden ze voor het laatst in de finale. Toen verloren ze van de Spurs.

De Spurs blijven vijfvoudig kampioen. Hun laatste titel dateert van 2014.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - In meer dan de helft van de gemeenten hebben horecazaken toestemming om langer open te blijven tijdens het WK voetbal, meldt brancheorganisatie Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN).

Omdat het WK voetbal plaatsvindt in Canada, Mexico en de Verenigde Staten, beginnen veel wedstrijden pas laat in de avond. Met de standaardregels mogen cafés de deuren niet lang genoeg openhouden tijdens deze duels. Daarom hebben 183 van de 342 gemeenten, ruim 53 procent, besloten om de openingstijden tijdelijk te verruimen.

Tijdens de vorige inventarisatieronde op dinsdag 9 juni hadden 170 gemeenten toegezegd; inmiddels zijn er dertien gemeenten bijgekomen. Destijds mocht de horeca langer openblijven in Amsterdam, Rotterdam en Den Haag. Van de vier grootste gemeenten had alleen Utrecht geen toestemming gegeven, maar inmiddels mag ook de Utrechtse horeca tot in de late uurtjes doorgaan tijdens het WK.

Aanstaande zondag speelt het Nederlands elftal de eerste groepswedstrijd tegen Japan. De wedstrijd wordt om 22.00 uur afgetrapt. Hierna volgen Zweden (20 juni) en Tunesië (26 juni).

US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Legrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents

When news came that the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, would be travelling to Normandy to mark D-day, some in the seaside village of Langrune-sur-Mer – where the afternoon ceremony was slated to be held – felt they had to speak up.

“We found it unbelievable that they could send someone who held views and values contrary to democracy, human rights, peace and Europe,” said resident Chantal Richard. To her, the incongruence felt deeply personal. “We grew up going to D-day ceremonies, some of us had grandparents or parents whose lives were affected by this war.”

Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU

As the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote approaches, the verdict on Britain’s economic performance is clear: voting to leave has resulted in severe costs for households and businesses.

The immediate recession predicted in the Treasury forecasts ordered by George Osborne – dubbed “project fear” by the Leave campaign – did not happen. The impact from the Covid pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Iran, and Donald Trump’s trade battles also cloud the picture.

It may be obviously Michelin-chasing, but it’s also resolutely midriff-expanding

Oudh 1722 is chef Aktar Islam’s first foray into London, following his barnstorming ascent in Birmingham with the likes of Opheem. Brum’s love for Islam is resolutely misty-eyed, while Opheem’s 10-course tasting menu has garnered two Michelin stars. It is the ultimate special-occasion spot within a 100-mile radius, more akin to L’Enclume in vibe than its fellow two Michelin-starred Indian Gymkhana in Mayfair. Islam, however, is not taking this snoozily. Instead, he has taken on a listed Victorian townhouse near Borough Market in south-east London and opened a restaurant that’s pretty solemn in its approach to Awadhi cooking.

A laughably brief catch-up on the tradition: the Nawabi era began in 1722, thus the restaurant’s name. The cuisine was luxurious, and defined by slow, thoughtful cooking, sealed pots, aromatic spice blends and subtle notes. Dead posh, basically. The polar opposite of fast, very spicy, grab-and-go food. 1722’s à la carte menu opens with a lamb shorba, a traditional welcome broth poured over finely chopped lamb tartare. Then spherical servings of gol guppa (you might know them by another moniker, pani puri), filled with sprouting moong shoots and tiny edible flowers, and flooded with jaljeera-spiced cumin water. It feels unregal to shove the entire thing in your mouth, but needs must.

The 47th has his 80th this weekend – a milestone that surely shouldn’t go unmarked. Artists, activists, writers and thinkers send their messages to the man of the hour (even if they’re unlikely to get a party invite)

Cory Doctorow

Dear Comrade Trump: On this, the occasion of your 80th birthday, I write to extend my sincere thanks for all the work you have done. After decades of deadlock, you have inspired the world to action! You have done more to de-dollarise the world than any American leader in history. Without you, there would be no way that Ethiopia would be revaluing its national debt in yuan. You have done more to end the global dependence on oil than any leader (except, perhaps, for Comrade Putin). Without you, there would be no way that India would be chucking out its gas hobs and replacing them with induction tops. And, of course, you have done more than any president in history to end American dominance over the internet. Without you, there would be no way the EU would be racing forward with projects such as Eurostack and European Digital Infrastructure Consortium, with whole nations ditching American tech exports like Microsoft Office 365 in favour of free, open, auditable, transparent alternatives running on servers within the EU’s borders. Comrade Trump, you are, at long last, ushering in the post-American world, and a grateful planet salutes you!

Alarm over the judgment and behaviour of the world’s most powerful man, and the consequent risks to the world, can only get worse

The main Nuremberg trial ended, Winston Churchill warned of an iron curtain descending across Europe, It’s a Wonderful Life received its premiere and, at Jamaica hospital in the borough of Queens, New York, Donald John Trump was born.

It was 1946, also the birth year of George W Bush and Bill Clinton, but on Sunday the current US president celebrates his 80th birthday in a style uniquely his own. Trump will stage a night of cage fighting on the once-pristine White House south lawn as part of events marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.