NEWS OF THE WORLD

ITALY

The Sicilian town of Ustica stripped Benito Mussolini of his honorary citizenship, which the fascist dictator was granted there and in all of Italy’s nearly 8,000 municipalities during his murderous regime.

The town, which has a population of 1,300, passed a law decreeing that only the living could be given such a title.

QATAR

Hamad International Airport was ranked No. 1 in the world for comfort, according to the Skytrax World Airport Awards.

In the annual ranking, more than 500 airports are rated based on customer satisfaction surveys on things like cleanliness, friendliness of airport staff, terminal design and dining options.

Hamad International, which knocked 12-time winner Singapore Changi Airport down a notch to second place, served more than 45 million passengers in 2023.

A coffee roastery in Helsinki debuted a java blend made by artificial intelligence.

Kaffa Roastery, Finland’s third largest coffee maker, introduced the “AI-conic” blend as a trial to see how AI could assist in its roasting.

Finns drink the most coffee in the world, consuming more than 26 pounds per capita annually.

A woman is a frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election in Mexico, and activists are questioning what that will mean for gender rights in the country.

If elected on June 2, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will be Mexico’s first female president.

Citizens in the country, which has experienced a surge of femicides and violence toward women, are wondering if she will emphasize women’s rights in making policy.

JAPAN

The number of homeless people in Land of the Rising Sun has decreased by 8%.

There are now 2,820 without homes there, the lowest number since 2003.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare credited the improvement to the success of social-service measures.