Sources: BBC
It is reported that the first United States case of polio since 2013, which was reported last week in Rockland County, New York, was connected to traces of vaccine-derived viruses found in the United Kingdom and Israel. 2022-07-29
Germany bans all travel from the United Kingdom and imposes a mandatory 14-day quarantine and proof of a negative PCR test from the previous 48 hours for German residents and citizens returning from the UK, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in Britain. 2021-12-20
A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria. While acknowledging they need to understand how the microbe spreads and how it blocks the disease, the team believes it has potential to be used in malaria control. 2020-05-4
The United Kingdom advises its citizens vacationing in Spain to return home due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-18
AFM, the financial markets authority in the Netherlands, says it will prepare for financial trading taking place on its infrastructure in the event the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. 2018-10-29
The European Court of Human Rights rules that the United Kingdom breached provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to mass surveillance practices exposed by American whistleblower Edward Snowden. 2018-09-13
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will visit the United Kingdom on July 13. 2018-04-26
Britain's Information Commissioner's Office orders Google, Inc. to remove, from its search engines, links to news stories about Google's implementation of a "right to be forgotten" request, that include identifying information about a decade-old shoplifting conviction, which the Information Commission's Office considers as being no longer relevant. The order applies only in the United Kingdom. 2015-08-21
A measles outbreak from the Philippines has spread into Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. 2014-02-12
The House of Commons votes in favour of the United Kingdom's involvement in military action in Libya. 2011-03-21