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United FC (Dubai)
United FC (Dubai United FC), founded September 2022, is a professional football club at ISD Dubai Sports City; first privately owned UAE club to reach the ADNOC Pro League, promoted in 2026 under Andrea Pirlo.
United Federation of Planets
United Federation of Planets (UFP), the fictional interstellar government of Star Trek, founded 2161 in San Francisco by humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites; over 150 member worlds led by an elected president and council, served by Starfleet and governed by the Prime Directive.
United Food and Commercial Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), North American labor union of 1.2 million grocery, meatpacking, retail, and food processing workers, formed by the 1979 merger of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and the Retail Clerks.
United Football League (2024–present)
United Football League (UFL), spring professional American football league launched March 30, 2024 from the XFL-USFL merger; eight teams, kickoff-from-20 and 4th-and-12 rules, expanding to 10 teams by 2028 with Rhode Island, Colorado, Utah, and Oklahoma.
United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship
The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) is a Thai protest movement known as the Red Shirts, formed after the 2006 military coup to support Thaksin Shinawatra.
United Fruit Company
United Fruit Company (1899–1970), American banana giant formed by the Keith–Boston Fruit merger, nicknamed El Pulpo; vertically integrated plantations, railroads, and the Great White Fleet; became United Brands in 1970 and Chiquita Brands International.
United Gold Coast Convention
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was a nationalist political party inaugurated at Saltpond in 1947, the first in the Gold Coast independence movement, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first general secretary.
United Grand Lodge of England
The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing body of Freemasonry in England, Wales, and overseas districts, formed by the union of two rival grand lodges in 1813.
United Group
United Group, also known as United Group B.V., is a Southeast European telecommunications and media holding company founded in Serbia in the early 2000s and majority-owned by BC Partners.
United Imaging (上海联影医疗科技股份有限公司)
United Imaging Healthcare (上海联影医疗) is a Chinese medical equipment manufacturer founded in Shanghai in 2011, best known for the uEXPLORER, the first clinically approved total-body PET/CT scanner.
United Imaging Healthcare
United Imaging Healthcare is a Shanghai-based medical imaging equipment manufacturer founded in 2011, a leading Chinese challenger to GE HealthCare, Siemens Healthineers, and Philips, with 2025 revenue of RMB 13.8 billion.
United Imaging Intelligence (联影智能)
United Imaging Intelligence (联影智能) is a Shanghai-based medical artificial intelligence company founded in 2017 as a subsidiary of United Imaging Group, developing AI software for imaging-assisted diagnosis.
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP) is a London-based theatrical film distribution joint venture formed in 1981, owned by Paramount and Universal, covering territories outside North America, with roots in Cinema International Corporation and over 1,000 films distributed.
United Ireland
United Ireland: proposed unification of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, also called Irish reunification. Governed by the 1998 Belfast Agreement's Border poll mechanism requiring dual consent; polls show a minority for unity, with Brexit and economic cost debates central.
United Kacche
United Kacche is a 2023 ZEE5 Hindi comedy-drama web series, 8 episodes, starring Sunil Grover as Tejinder Tango Gill, a Punjabi who becomes an illegal immigrant, a 'kaccha', in London after his UK tourist visa expires.
United Kennel Club
The United Kennel Club (UKC) is a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based dog registry founded in 1898 that registers purebred and mixed-breed dogs and licenses performance and hunting events.
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; uncodified constitution, asymmetric devolution since 1999, population 69.5 million (mid-2025).
United Kingdom and the Gaza war
United Kingdom and the Gaza war: UK policy toward the 2023-25 Gaza conflict, covering the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack, £100m aid, the September 2024 arms licence suspensions, September 2025 recognition of Palestine, Resolution 2803 diplomacy, and 2026 sanctions and Team Gaza recovery role.
United Kingdom and the Russo-Ukrainian war
The UK is a leading supporter of Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war: £25 billion pledged since February 2022, £16 billion military including the £2.26bn ERA loan, Operation Interflex training, over 3,500 sanctions designations, and the 100 Year Partnership.
United Kingdom and the Vietnam War
United Kingdom and the Vietnam War: Britain co-chaired the 1954 Geneva Conference, refused Johnson's troop requests under Harold Wilson, ran the 1966–67 Marigold, Sunflower, and Kosygin Week peace initiatives, and faced Grosvenor Square protests, distinguishing it from Australia and New Zealand, which sent combat troops.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is a UK government research organization, once developer of Britain's civil nuclear fission program and now centered on fusion energy research at Culham in Oxfordshire.
United Kingdom BSE outbreak
United Kingdom BSE outbreak: mad cow disease epidemic from 1986, over 180,000 cattle cases peaking at 37,056 in 1992, caused by contaminated meat and bone meal feed, leading to variant CJD in humans and strict feed bans.
United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018)
United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018): two-night WWE NXT event, June 18-19, 2018, Royal Albert Hall, London. Zack Gibson won the 16-man bracket; NXT UK brand announced; Dunne retained, Moustache Mountain won tag titles.
United Kingdom during the Turkish War of Independence
The United Kingdom led the Allied occupation of Ottoman lands during the Turkish War of Independence, faced Turkish forces alone at Chanak in 1922, and signed the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne.
United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal
UK football sexual abuse scandal: began November 2016 with Andy Woodward's Guardian revelations about coach Barry Bennell; 849 players came forward; 2021 Sheldon review found FA institutional failings.
United Kingdom general election records
United Kingdom general election records: official datasets of UK general elections, chiefly the House of Commons Library verified results and 1918-2019 constituency dataset, covering votes, seats, electorate and turnout, including the 2024 election where Labour won 411 seats.
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is a Ministry of Defence agency founded in 1795 that publishes ADMIRALTY charts used by over 90% of large international ships.
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
The United Kingdom has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1957, represented by the BBC. It has won five times and hosted nine times, both contest records for hosting.
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
United Kingdom at Eurovision 2026: BBC internally selected Look Mum No Computer with "Eins, Zwei, Drei"; Big Five auto-qualifier in Vienna; finished last with one point, prompting a parliamentary inquiry.
United Kingdom involvement in the 2026 Iran war
United Kingdom involvement in the 2026 Iran war: defensive RAF operations, US use of Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford, the Article 51 legal position, Iranian attacks on UK bases and the September 2026 Fairford plot.