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The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, returns the remains of four Paiwan warriors to the Taiwanese indigenous community, marking the first international repatriation of ancestral remains for Taiwan. The skulls, which the university acquired in 1907 and are believed to have been taken by Japanese forces in 1874, will be housed at the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung while awaiting a final resting place decision from Mudan authorities.
2023-11-3

New Zealand reports its first community exposure of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully-vaccinated man who travelled from the United Kingdom to Auckland on December 16.
2021-12-29

Brazil lifts an air travel restriction that prevented travel from the United Kingdom, South Africa and India due to the pandemic. Travellers from these countries can now enter Brazil after showing a negative COVID-19 test result.
2021-10-6

The British government announces that a free trade agreement has been reached between Australia and the United Kingdom.
2021-06-15

The United Kingdom surpasses 80,000 deaths and 3 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia.
2021-01-9

Iain Duncan Smith resigns his position as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in opposition to cuts in disability benefit proposed by George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
2016-03-18

The United Kingdom will host the next CHOGM meeting in 2018 as Vanuatu, which was to host the meeting, had its infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Pam earlier in the year.
2015-11-28

Britain is reviewing the powers of the House of Lords after the unelected peers stalled legislation yesterday that would have eliminated some tax allowances for the nation’s poor. Senior Conservatives say the upper chamber of Parliament stepped out of their usual roles as technical overseers of legislation. However, Conservative MP David Davis warned that such a move was “bully politics” that would “disgust” the public.
2015-10-27

Heavy snowfall causes widespread disruption to many parts of the United Kingdom, while torrential rain brings floods to South West England.
2013-03-22

A British man is sentenced to 18 weeks in prison for posting malicious and abusive messages on Facebook memorial sites, including the page for deceased reality TV star Jade Goody.
2010-10-29