The soldiers were ready at a moment's notice.

The schedule of the second phase of the COP15 global biodiversity talks in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming in April is likely to be affected by new COVID-19 risks, environment ministry spokesman Liu Youbin said on Monday. The second phase was supposed to see the completion of a new post-2020 global deal on biodiversity protection, following on the first round of talks in Kunming last October.

The other was not a Terrestrial, but a visiting Martian.

Anne's lawn needed to be remown after it rained yesterday.