How tequila crossed the Mexican border and won over Americans

Lifestyle

As tequila tops global sales charts, a new book uncovers the spirit’s revolutionary roots and the family feuds that shaped its legacy, through the lens of tequila’s most prominent maker, Jose Cuervo. Americans have since helped save the liquor, which has become a billion-dollar industry — and a symbol of Mexican pride.

How Pope Francis’ legacy will influence the selection of the next pope 

Sacred Nation

The tug-of-war over an anti-Nazi pastor’s legacy

Global Politics

Norwegian city turns pipes into rivers to adapt to climate change

The Big Fix

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to make a crash landing on Earth this week. But nobody knows where — yet.

International Cricket Council pledges funding, support for Afghanistan’s exiled cricketers

Sports

Afghanistan’s national women’s cricket team was formed in 2020, prompted by the rules of the International Cricket Council, which stated that countries must have both a men’s and a women’s team. The ICC hasn’t officially recognized the women’s team since the Taliban returned to power, but it has now pledged funding to help the team.

Bhutanese refugees stuck in Nepal remain in limbo

Refugees

Thousands of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese citizens were forced to flee their country in the early 1990s. Today, they remain in limbo without the proper documentation to go back or to integrate into Nepalese society.

‘I can do what I can to save people’: This chief rabbi stayed in Ukraine to help people and honor his son who died in battle  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t the only leader who decided to stay in Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Other politicians, athletes, cultural figures and religious leaders also remained — including one of Ukraine’s chief rabbis, Moshe Azman, who stayed in Kyiv and continues to lead his congregation.

Defying tyranny: Maria Ressa on journalism under authoritarian rule

Global Politics

Journalist Maria Ressa, the co-founder of the Filipino investigative news site Rappler, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the author of “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” speaks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler. They discuss how the slide toward authoritarianism Ressa experienced firsthand in the Philippines is eerily similar to what she’s seeing today in the US.

Spain tests AI-based speed limit system

Transportation

Spain is testing new artificial intelligence technology that will change the speed limit based on weather conditions, traffic, time of day and road conditions. The government hopes the system will help alleviate gridlock and increase safety on one of the country’s busiest highways.

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