Mirazur in Menton, France, is the No. 1 restaurant in the world.

This is the first time chef Mauro Colagreco and his sunny Provencal dining room have clinched the top spot; previously the restaurant was No. 3. This is also the first time France has gotten the No. 1 spot since the awards began 18 years ago.

That’s in part because executives behind the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list made a profound change to the rules this year, decreeing that no previous winner can be No. 1 again—or even be ranked on the list.

Previous winners have now been relegated to a “Best of the Best” category. That includes Osteria Francescana, Massimo Bottura’s modernist restaurant in Modena, which has won the award twice; Eleven Madison Park, which took the top spot in 2017; El Cellar de Can Roca; and the original Noma.

But the 2.0 version of Noma, which is set in a different location in Copenhagen with a new menu format, is eligible for the top spot and in fact skyrocketed to the No. 2 place on the list…

Protesters in Hong Kong Wednesday directly appealed for foreign backing in their bid to defend the city’s political freedoms, in a risky move that is certain to draw the ire of Beijing.

Several hundred protesters gathered in the heart of the former British colony’s business district, holding placards and wearing t-shirts reading “Liberate Hong Kong.” They then marched on the U.S., U.K. and E.U. consulates and handed over letters asking for the issue of Hong Kong to be raised at the G20 summit on Osaka at the weekend.

Beijing has already made it clear that it regards the future of the semi-autonomous enclave, which was retroceded to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, as a domestic matter.

U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that he would talk about the protests in Hong Kong with his counterpart Xi Jinping in Osaka, but the Chinese side has said such discussion would not be tolerated.

The protesters want foreign powers to pressure the Hong Kong government to withdraw—instead of defer..