Novak Djokovic may have played his final match at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena amid a potential visa nightmare which could banish the Australian Open’s most successful star of the modern era from Australia for the next three years. When can Djokovic return to Australia? The legal defeat, which is arguably …
Read More »Djokovic facing new threat in Australian visa row
World number one Novak Djokovic is being investigated by the Australian Border Force over claims he provided incorrect information on his travel form to enter the country, in a fresh twist to the tennis star’s deportation drama. Djokovic won his court battle in Melbourne on Monday as a federal court …
Read More »Footballer facing 7 counts of rape given bail decision
Three-time Premier League winner Benjamin Mendy has been set stringent restrictions while being released on bail ahead of his trial on sexual assault allegations including seven counts of rape. Manchester City star Mendy and his co-accused, Louie Saha Matturie, made their latest appearance at Chester Crown Court in north-west England on …
Read More »Biden facing major vaccine lawsuit
Texas Governor Greg Abbot has announced a lawsuit against the Biden administration, challenging a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for National Guardsmen, whom he argues are under the state’s authority. In a Tuesday letter to Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, Adjutant General of the Texas Military Department, Abbott said he had issued an …
Read More »Putin sets out military threats facing Russia
As part of an expanded meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, Putin said that the attitude of the US and its military bloc towards Russia is driven by “an illiterate, incorrect analysis” of the status quo. According to him, the West believes it can take an “aggressive line” …
Read More »A socialist or the son of a Nazi? The choice facing Chile this weekend
Nineteen million Chileans will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in one of the most polarizing and dramatic presidential elections Latin America has seen in recent times. After years of protests against inequality and the ongoing constitutional assembly as a backdrop, this election will mark a major shift …
Read More »Waukesha parade attack not terrorism, suspect facing homicide charges
Darrell E. Brooks Jr. “intentionally drove his maroon SUV through barricades into a crowd of people” taking part in Sunday’s annual Christmas Parade, Police Chief Daniel Thompson told reporters on Monday. Five people were killed and 48 were injured, including two children who are in critical condition. Brooks was allegedly …
Read More »Germans facing ‘really terrible Christmas’
Speaking on Thursday, the director of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, reiterated the case for new, strict countermeasures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. “We are currently heading toward a serious emergency,” Wieler stated, adding “we are going to have a really terrible Christmas if we don’t take countermeasures …
Read More »Eastern European nations facing sharp spike in Covid-19 cases, with low rates of vaccination undermining efforts to end pandemic
On Friday, Russian health officials announced that they had recorded the highest number of daily deaths from the virus since the start of the pandemic, with 1,163 people having passed away in the past 24 hours, taking the overall total to 236,220. Throughout October, the all-time record for mortality figures …
Read More »Sudan facing full military coup, Information Ministry warns, as military arrest prime minister, raid radio and TV stations
On Monday morning, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was detained by security forces and taken to an unknown location, according to a Facebook post by the country’s Information Ministry. The update came just hours after Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV reported that troops had besieged the home of the prime minister and …
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