The Ashes is a Test cricket series between England and Australia, played about every two years. The name comes from a satirical obituary in The Sporting Times after Australia's 1882 win at The Oval, its first Test victory on English soil. It said English cricket had died and that the body would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. When England's captain Ivo Bligh vowed to regain those ashes on his 1882-83 tour, the mock trophy became a real rivalry. The original urn is a small personal gift to Bligh, not an official trophy, and it now sits in the MCC Museum at Lord's.

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.