Mexico City celebrates 700 years since the founding of Tenochtitlan

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Mexico City marks seven centuries since the founding of Tenochtitlan, the ancient Aztec capital buried beneath the modern metropolis. Also, France reverses a ban, reintroducing a controversial pesticide, despite the largest citizen signature campaign in French history calling to keep it off farms after research has shown it can devastate honeybee colonies. And, amid protests in Tel Aviv and under international pressure, Israel airdrops some aid and establishes safe corridors for assistance in Gaza. Plus, some YouTubers have turned the stress of travel into a game.

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0:00.0	This week on the assignment with me, Audie Cornish.
0:03.9	The push to have bigger families and more babies is part of a movement called pro-natalism.
0:09.6	They are freaking out about declining global fertility rates.
0:13.8	And that is real.
0:14.7	It's a phenomenon called birth-death.
0:17.4	What's behind this push to start a new baby boom?
0:20.8	Who are the voices pushing for a more
0:22.5	pro-family America? And what exactly does that mean? Listen to the assignment with me,
0:28.7	Audie Cornish, streaming now on your favorite podcast app.
0:42.0	Israeli officials have been saying there is no starvation in Gaza.
0:45.7	Now Israel's helping to rush in aid because it's an emergency.
0:47.8	For the press there, it's confusing.
0:54.4	Israeli media is having some trouble pivoting on a dime like the Israeli authorities have done.
0:55.6	I'm Marco Werman.
0:59.4	And I'm Carolyn Beeler. More today on that policy shift in Israel.
1:05.7	Also, the head monk at China's famous Sholin Temple is under investigation for corruption. Many of these top-level monks at important monasteries tend to be highly connected with the Chinese Communist Party
1:12.4	and also with the Chinese Buddhist Association,
1:15.0	which is closely linked.
1:16.9	Plus, Mexico City is celebrating seven centuries of history.
1:20.8	Mexico, Mexico, Mexico.
1:26.4	Those stories and more today on the world.
1:32.6	This is the world. I'm Marco Wormon.
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