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Heart-rending videos of artillery strikes are being served up alongside funny snippets such as bomb-shelter cooking tips and invasion misinformation as the war in Ukraine plays out on TikTok. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of people have tuned into the hugely popular social networking service for news and views of what is happening on the battleground.

Two ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) have docked at Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the JMSDF’s first Peacekeeping Operation (PKO), with a military drill and visit to Ream Naval Base planned for their crews’ three-day visit.

“YALLA, yalla, raise your hands!” Israeli Druze singer Mike Sharif shouts in Arabic to the Palestinian crowd swaying to a Hebrew hit at a wedding in the occupied West Bank.

Your head is pounding, your throat is sore. You have a persistent cough and feel very fatigued. You might not be able to smell and taste your food.

Since the Russian invasion began, lines have stretched down the street outside a Ukrainian-owned cafe in a trendy part of Washington. Blocks away, at the city’s long-popular Russia House restaurant, five windows have been smashed in and owners are thinking they may not reopen.

US actor William Hurt, known for much-loved films such as The Big Chill and A History of Violence, has died at age 71, US media reported Sunday.

For many years, the residents of the leafy town of Cochem in the German Rhineland went about their daily business with no idea they were living on a gold mine. During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 billion marks’ worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500sqm nuclear bunker beneath the town.

On February 24 at the French Institute, the European Film Festival – which screens award winning European feature films in Phnom Penh – was revived after being absent since 2014.

An Argentine family is about to finish the trip of a lifetime: they have covered five continents in a 1928 jalopy on an adventure that began in 2000, while bringing into the world and raising four kids who are now adolescents.

As the founders of massive startups like Theranos, WeWork and Uber fall from grace, their failures have proven rich territory for television series.