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From butterfly kicks to power jabs, a group of children in rebel-held northern Syria are honing martial arts techniques under the instruction of an unlikely trainer: amputee kung fu master Fadel Othman. The 24-year-old runs a small martial arts school in the rebel-held town of Abzimu in the western countryside of Aleppo province.

The Ministry of Cults and Religion and other relevant stakeholders are expediting their work on drafting a Law on Religion in Cambodia with the intention to ban monks from participating in political protests.

To the rhythm of drums, two plastic giants whirl and kick up dust in an alleyway in Oworonshoki, one of the poorer districts of Lagos, Nigeria’s megalopolis economic capital. From shanty houses of wood and tin, inhabitants poke their heads outside, and watch wide-eyed as the strange procession bounces past.

While travel stopped and the world locked down, in the dazzling blue waters of Thailand’s idyllic Phi Phi islands, a gentle renaissance was under way. Mass tourism had brought the archipelago, immortalised in Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach, to the brink of ecological catastrophe.

When she lost a leg to cancer at the age of 10, Shao Yue never imagined she could learn to dance. Now, she’s a national wheelchair-dancing champion who hopes her story can help change perceptions of the disabled in China.

The late Prince Norodom Ranariddh was cremated at the Veal Preah Meru Square in front of Wat Botum near the Royal Palace on December 8 in the presence of King Norodom Sihamoni, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, Prime Minister Hun Sen and members of the royal family.

Stevie Wonder headlined a star-studded gala on December 5 saluting Motown founder Berry Gordy, folk legend Joni Mitchell and other recipients of the Kennedy Centre Honours, one of America’s highest arts awards – with the president back in the audience.

Boxes of roses, lilies and carnations pile up as influencer Caicai speaks into her smartphone from a small studio at Asia’s biggest flower market – with thousands of customers eagerly awaiting her view on the best deals. E-commerce is big business in China and influencers and livestreamers have made their fortunes showcasing products for luxury brands and cosmetics firms.

Myanmar's junta jailed ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on December 6 for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules, a government spokesman told AFP, the first of a series of possible sentences that could see the Nobel laureate imprisoned for decades.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 6 expressed dismay after Vietnamese general Hoang Xuan Chien, formerly in charge of Vietnam’s border defences, claimed that Cambodia was a source of Covid-19 transmissions to the country.