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The United Kingdom announces that it will rejoin Horizon Europe, a European Union scientific research initiative. The UK had been excluded for the past three years due to disagreement over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
2023-09-7

Kosovo reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people who travelled from the United States, a person who travelled from France, two people who travelled from the United Kingdom, and four people with no international travel history.
2021-12-26

The Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea announces the closure of the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom after the British government sanctioned Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue over his "lavish lifestyle". The Minister said that Equatorial Guinea "will not allow interference in internal affairs".
2021-07-26

The British clinical trials ethics body approves the world's first COVID-19 human challenge study, which will begin in the next few weeks. Volunteers aged 18 to 30 will be exposed to the virus in the trial.
2021-02-17

Uttarakhand reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 44-year old man who was in close contact with people who travelled to the United Kingdom.
2021-01-15

In what is seen as a major boost for the "Vote Leave" campaign, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will be campaigning for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
2016-02-21

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches five commercial satellites for the United Kingdom.
2015-07-10

Andrew Moran, one of Britain's most wanted criminals, is arrested in Costa Blanca, Spain.
2013-05-12

The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral is held in London.
2013-04-17

British entertainer Max Bygraves, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, dies in Hope Island, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 89.
2012-08-31