In October 2007, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were struggling to pay their San Francisco rent when a design conference left the city short of hotel rooms. They put an air mattress in their living room, served breakfast and charged guests, and the idea worked so well that they saw a business. Nathan Blecharczyk joined as technology lead in February 2008, and the site launched in August 2008 as AirBed and Breakfast. The founders raised money by selling cereal branded with the 2008 presidential candidates, and in January 2009 they joined the startup accelerator Y Combinator. By March 2009 the site had 10,000 users, and the company shortened its name to Airbnb to avoid the air mattress image. It went public on Nasdaq in December 2020, raising $3.5 billion.

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.