More than 1,000 sailors and Royal Marines will take part in the three-month mission to provide “reassurance to allies and deter potential adversaries”. The military operation is the first to be led by the Littoral Response Group (LRG) task group after it replaced the long-standing Amphibious section. The Baltic region has been the sight of increased
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Noto, the fishing town where the statue was erected, bought it as part of a long-term plan to boost tourism when the pandemic is over. Squid is one of Noto’s delicacies, which the 43-foot figure aims to promote to those who visit. The statue reportedly cost almost $230,000 (around £165,000) and was paid for using
James McKenzie and Megan Price were found to be feeding their puppies nothing but vegan food, which left them malnourished and underweight. The Bull-Arab-cross dogs, called Roo and Ula, will now be the last pets the pair can own for the foreseeable future. The couple’s property in Queensland, Australia was visited several times by the
Located on the Giza Plateau, the Great Pyramid is believed to have been constructed during the Fourth Dynasty, for the Pharaoh Khufu. In 2013, a team of archaeologists discovered hundreds of papyrus fragments that detailed how the pyramid’s limestone blocks were transported from a nearby quarry by boat along the Nile. Numerous theories exist about
It comes as Biden’s administration prepares to unveil its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang and its nuclear programme. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration would seek a middle ground between former President Trump’s “grand bargain” and former President Obama’s “strategic patience” approaches. However, Kwon Jong Gun, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry
