In 1889 two brothers, Édouard and André Michelin, took over a struggling farm-machinery business in Clermont-Ferrand, France. A cyclist brought in a pneumatic tyre that was glued to its rim and took hours to repair, and when Édouard tested the fixed tyre it failed after a few hundred metres. He was still convinced by the idea, and the brothers designed a tyre that could be removed from the rim. In 1891 they patented it, and it won the first Paris to Brest to Paris long-distance race. The biggest leap came in 1946 with the radial tyre, whose flexible sidewall design gave better handling and fuel economy. By 1968 Consumer Reports had praised radial construction, and by the 1970s radials had taken over the American market.

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.