Novak Djokovic is facing deportation from Australia after Immigration Minister Alex Hawke personally intervened to cancel the Serbian star’s visa. “Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis …
Read More »Australia cancels tennis star’s visa amid Djokovic saga
Renata Voracova, who has already played in a warm-up event in Melbourne, has been detained by Australian Border Force officials and taken to the same hotel in which they are currently holding Novak Djokovic. Voracova, 38, has reportedly been informed by the country’s immigration officials that she must leave the …
Read More »Australia cancels Djokovic visa as star faces deportation
World number one Novak Djokovic has been refused entry into Australia after arriving in the country expecting to be granted permission to compete at the Australian Open with a medical exemption. Hours after Djokovic arrived at Melbourne Airport late on Wednesday night local time, the Australian Border Force (ABF) issued …
Read More »Biden delays, but not cancels, student debt
In a statement on Wednesday, Biden claimed the US economic recovery was “one of the strongest ever,” but that “millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments.” Payments on federal student loans were originally suspended in …
Read More »US retail chain cancels health benefits for unvaccinated employees
From January 1, unvaccinated Kroger employees will no longer be eligible for two weeks of emergency paid leave if they are infected with Covid-19, while store managers and other employees who are unvaccinated and not part of a union will have to pay an extra $50 a month for company …
Read More »‘Most vaccinated’ place on earth cancels Christmas
The government of Gibraltar recently announced that “official Christmas parties, official receptions and similar gatherings” have been canceled, and advised the public to avoid social events and parties for the next four weeks. Outdoor spaces are recommended over indoor ones, touching and hugging is discouraged, and mask wearing is advised. …
Read More »Singapore cancels free Covid healthcare for those ‘unvaccinated by choice’
“Currently, unvaccinated persons make up a sizable majority of those who require intensive inpatient care, and disproportionately contribute to the strain on our healthcare resources,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday, adding that the same group makes up “the bulk of severe and ICU cases” and imposes “a …
Read More »Southwest Airlines CANCELS plan to fire unvaxxed workers awaiting exemptions after denying sickouts forced mass flight disruption
The passenger carrier will no longer force employees awaiting decision on a religious or medical exemption to the Biden administration’s mandatory vaccine order to take unpaid leave until their cases are decided, according to a Friday memo obtained by CNBC on Tuesday. Southwest has confirmed the authenticity of the memo, …
Read More »SouthWest Airlines cancels over 1,800 flights in 2 days amid rumours of employee ‘sickout’ due to Covid-19 vaccine mandate
SouthWest, known for its relatively low prices, cancelled at least 1,018 flights on Sunday, that is in addition to 808 flights that were cancelled on Saturday, US Today reported, citing flight tracking data. In a statement on Saturday, SouthWest blamed the abnormal rate of cancellations on air traffic control issues …
Read More »French defense minister CANCELS meeting with British counterpart amid outrage over AUKUS deal – reports
The UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, and his French counterpart, Florence Parly, were set to address the Franco-British Council think tank conference in London this week, but the event was “postponed to a later date,” according to the NGO’s co-chair and former UK national security adviser, Peter Ricketts. With the …
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