Ramen is a Japanese dish built on Chinese-style alkaline wheat noodles, which give it their springy, slightly yellow texture. The noodles sit in a broth that is usually flavoured with soy sauce, miso, or rich pork bone stock, and it is topped with sliced pork, seaweed, bamboo shoots, and scallions. Its origins are traced to Yokohama's Chinatown in the late 1800s, and it became a national favourite after the Second World War. Today nearly every region of Japan has its own style, from Kyushu's tonkotsu to Hokkaido's miso ramen.

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.