Pasta with butter and cheese is centuries old in Italy, and a 15th-century recipe by the cook Martino da Como already describes it. The modern dish, however, was created by Alfredo Di Lelio in Rome. According to family lore, he first made fettuccine al triplo burro, with triple butter, around 1907 or 1908 to encourage his wife Ines to eat after the birth of their first child. The dish became famous at his restaurant, where he tossed the pasta tableside with golden cutlery. After Hollywood stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks visited in the early 1920s, the restaurant received a gold fork and spoon inscribed with thanks. American writers spread the name, and by the 1960s the dish was known as fettuccine Alfredo around the world, with 7 February now celebrated as its day.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.