Northward Hill, Kent에서 눈에 잘 띄지 않는 nightingale이 ‘잘 지내고’ 있으나, 전문가들은 서식지 상실에 대한 우려를 언급합니다. RSPB Northward Hill, Kent의 새벽 합창은 소리의 향연입니다. 선율적인 robin, 두 가지 톤의 cuckoo, whitethroat의 거친 지저귐이 들려옵니다. 인근 Thames marshes에서 들려오는 거위와 소의 소리마저 이 교향곡에 풍성함을 더합니다. 하지만 4월 말이면 활발한 가수 한 마리가 이목을 독차지합니다. West Africa에서 건너온 지 몇 주간, nightingale은 밤과 이른 아침을 복잡한 노래로 채웁니다. 짝을 찾고 영역을 표시하는 그 노래는 때로는 소울 가수처럼 감미롭고 선율적이며, 때로는 자동차 경보음처럼 격렬합니다. Continue reading...
Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed royal fan U.S. President Donald Trump even as the U.S. president has differed with the British government over the Iran war.
PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzSarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street.Jones told Times Radio:[Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign secretary, and this week with our officials, where we have played a real leading role bringing together about 40 countries looking at the challenge that we have in the strait [of Hormuz] and how we can make sure that opens up as quickly as possible to bring some normality back to that system. so there will be that aspect.He wants to see the work of our brave personnel who are there in the region, of course, with our three very key principles of protecting British interests and protecting British citizens and our allies. He will want to see the work of that. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Pacific island’s new leader Lord Fakafānua discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impacts of seabed explorationThe recently elected leader of Tonga has described a deal to partner with the US on deep-sea mineral exploration as an “exciting development” amid concern in the small Pacific nation over the practice of seabed mining and the potential environmental impact.Tonga is located in the South Pacific Ocean, a region attracting growing interest over whether critical minerals buried in the seabed could be extracted to help power industries and green technologies. Continue reading...