Black Friday grew out of a fight over the length of the Christmas shopping season. In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Thanksgiving to be the fourth Thursday in November rather than the last, which in some years moved it a week earlier and gave stores more selling days. Most people went along, though many kept the traditional date. Retailers then pushed their openings earlier and earlier, reaching Thanksgiving evening with 'Black Thursday' sales in 2011. In 2014 those sales fell short, with holiday-week sales down 11% year on year, and many chains went back to closing on Thanksgiving. In 2015 Amazon started 'Black Friday in July' with Prime Day, and online shopping has steadily taken over the sales.

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.