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Indian multinational company Tata Steel announces the closure of both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot, Wales, with the loss of around 3,000 jobs across the United Kingdom, in what trade unions are calling a "worst-case scenario" for workers. 2024-01-18
Wales moves to level zero, indicating that most restrictions, including social distancing measures, are lifted. This allows nightclubs to reopen and indoor meetings to be permitted, although masks remain mandatory in most public indoor locations. 2021-08-7
At least 80 people are killed in Flores island, Indonesia, and 21 more in Dili, East Timor, by flash floods and landslides. 2021-04-4
Landslides and flash floods caused by Typhoon Molave leave at least 35 people dead and over 50 others missing in central Vietnam. 2020-10-29
Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year. 2016-02-27
Two people are killed and more than 800 homes flooded following heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales. 2012-11-25
The state of Vermont is badly affected by the storm with the towns of Wilmington, Brattleboro and Dover all badly flooded and at least one death. 2011-08-28
A British government diplomat calls the United States Department of State to draw "attention to our concerns over Bradley Manning", the Welsh-born U.S. serviceman imprisoned by the U.S. military in solitary confinement and forced to sleep naked, conditions condemned by Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union and British MPs among others. 2011-04-7
A protest against the alleged "appalling" treatment by the United States of Bradley Manning occurs in London, with supporters from Wales, where Manning attended school, attending. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-uk-wales-12800705 (BBC)] [http:--www.walesonline.co.uk-news-wales-news-2011-03-20-usa-treatment-of-wikileaks-suspect-bradley-manning-appalling-mp-ann-clwyd-91466-28368202- (Wales Online)]A rally occurs in Quantico in the U.S. state of Virginia where Manning is currently imprisoned. [http:--www.wtkr.com-news-sns-ap-dc--wikileaks-armyprivate-rally,0,1192790.story (AP via WTKR)]date=May 2020 [http:--www.huffingtonpost.com-2011-03-19-human-rights-activists-protest-abuse-bradley-manning_n_838006.html (Huffington Post)]American security forces arrest 35 people protesting against the "torture" of Manning at Quantico during an event addressed by, among others, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. [http:--www2.insidenova.com-news-2011-mar-20-2-hundreds-rally-quantico-suspected-wikileaks-whistl-ar-916404- (Inside NoVA)]date=August 2019 [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-ap-article-ALeqM5hSSr7plWJ9p7GhIwVQVs_GxM1BHQ?docId=270cbb484a194ad0b99bdcaab1840338 (AP via Google News)] [http:--www.newsday.com-news-nation-about-30-arrested-at-rally-for-wikileaks-suspect-1.2772325 (Newsday)] [http:--washingtonexaminer.com-blogs-capital-land-2011-03-protestors-arrested-defending-alleged-wiki-leaker (Washington Examiner)]date=August 2019 Ellsberg, who leaked information about U.S. government lies during the Vietnam War, says he does not mind being arrested in Manning's name, claiming "I was that young man; I was Bradley Manning". [https:--web.archive.org-web-20110322003620-http:--articles.cnn.com-2011-03-19-us-wikileaks.ellsberg.manning_1_daniel-ellsberg-pentagon-papers-young-man?_s=PM:US (CNN)]American security forces arrest 35 people protesting against the "torture" of Manning at Quantico during an event addressed by, among others, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. [http:--www2.insidenova.com-news-2011-mar-20-2-hundreds-rally-quantico-suspected-wikileaks-whistl-ar-916404- (Inside NoVA)]date=August 2019 [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-ap-article-ALeqM5hSSr7plWJ9p7GhIwVQVs_GxM1BHQ?docId=270cbb484a194ad0b99bdcaab1840338 (AP via Google News)] [http:--www.newsday.com-news-nation-about-30-arrested-at-rally-for-wikileaks-suspect-1.2772325 (Newsday)] [http:--washingtonexaminer.com-blogs-capital-land-2011-03-protestors-arrested-defending-alleged-wiki-leaker (Washington Examiner)]date=August 2019 2011-03-20