The spritz started in the Veneto region of northern Italy during Habsburg rule in the 1800s, when soldiers, merchants and officials from the empire found the local wines stronger than they were used to. They asked tavern hosts to spray, or spritzen in German, a little water into their glasses, so the drink was originally sparkling or red wine diluted with fresh water. Between the 1920s and 1930s, Venetians and Paduans added local bitter aperitifs, and Aperol (1919, Padua) and Select (1920, Venice) were born. The modern version with Prosecco instead of still wine was set only in the 1970s.

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.