The scaffolding that surrounds the Elizabeth Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, commonly known as Big Ben, has begun to be gradually removed.
Work on the restoration of the clock faces of the 96-meter tower located in the north-eastern part of the UK Parliament began in 2017.
Residents and visitors of London will be able to see the fully restored Big Ben and hear the famous clock strike in the spring of 2022.
The glass panels of Big Ben's dials were replaced with new ones, and the numbers, arrows and other details were repainted in bright blue.
The cost of restoration works is 100 million US dollars.
The International Arctic Forum "Arctic - Territory of Dialogue" will be held in Murmansk from 2027, according to an order signed by Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin.
An international scientific and educational center will be established on the Svalbard archipelago to study the Arctic permafrost, atmosphere, and hydrosphere, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev.
At the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) of the parties to the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Brazil, Russia presented the world’s first target operating model for ecosystem restoration developed by the Russian businesses and the scientific community as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021 to 2030).
China has become the only country to make a series of continuous dives with a crew on board in the area of continuous multi-year Arctic ice, the press service of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported.
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