The McIlhenny company says Tabasco sauce was first made in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny, a Maryland-born former banker who had moved to Louisiana around 1840. Historians point out that a New Orleans plantation owner and politician, Maunsel White, was growing Tabasco chilies and serving his own pepper sauce to guests by 1849, two decades before McIlhenny. A letter from January 1850 credits White with introducing the pepper to the Southern United States. McIlhenny is also said to have received pods and the recipe from White before White's death in 1862. The sauce's name was protected through decades of litigation, and in 1948 a Louisiana court let the company hold 'Tabasco' as a trademark, so other makers could only use the word for an ingredient.

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed his resignation to parliament after questions were raised about his eligibility for office and his academic credentials. Gibran is the son of former president Joko Widodo, and his resignation came as Widodo publicly backed the president, Prabowo Subianto. Gibran had been elected vice president in 2024 as Prabowo's running mate. His candidacy was made possible by a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling on the minimum age for candidates, which was itself controversial. Parliament will now consider the resignation.

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.