The United States has two dominant parties mainly because of how it counts votes. Each district elects one representative, and whoever gets the most votes wins, so voting for a party with no chance of winning wastes a vote and discourages third parties. Proportional systems, used in most other democracies, award seats roughly in line with vote share, which supports many parties. A political scientist argues the two US parties are 'umbrella' coalitions: Pew identifies nine ideological voter types that in another country might form separate parties. On that view, two big tents can represent voters about as well as the multiparty systems of Canada or the UK, which use the same winner-take-all rule and whose extra parties can distort representation.

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.