Politics

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 08:46 UTC

  Djokovic loses legal battle, no chance to play Australian tennis Open

  

  World tennis number one player Novak Djokovic of Serbia will not be able to defend his Australian Open crown after his visa was canceled for a second time by local migration authorities.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Falklands' Maritime Heritage Trust resumes search for Shackleton's Endurance

  

  Last week the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced the resumption of the search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance which lies in deep water beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea. A hundred years after his death Shackleton is still big news and media outlets around the world were quick to pick up on the story.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:52 UTC

  Uruguayans and residents may return by car even if they are COVID-19 positive

  

  The Government of Uruguay has announced it would allow foreign residents to return to the country by car even if they are COVID-19 positive.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 20:13 UTC

  Former Spanish PMs support dialogue between Argentina, UK over Falklands

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday thanked former Spanish Prime Ministers for their support to resuming dialogue with the United Kingdom over the Falklands / Malvinas issue.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 20:12 UTC

  Djokovic's Australian visa canceled yet again, must return to detention hotel

  

  Tennis' number one player Novak Djokovic faces deportation yet again from Australia after his visa was revoked for a second time after a judge had allowed him to enter the country despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, which is mandatory for all foreigners wishing to enter the country.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  MI5 says Chinese spy operated in plain sight

  

  The MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence service, has warned MPs that a Chinese agent by the name of Christine Ching Kui Lee has infiltrated Westminster to interfere in UK politics. Beijing has denied the accusations.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 20:07 UTC

  US: SCOTUS rules against mandatory vaccination at workplaces

  

  The Supreme Court of The United States Thursday ruled by 6 votes to 3 against President Joseph Biden's vaccine mandates for businesses with 100 employees or more.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Chilean President signs into law Arms Control Bill

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Thursday signed into law the Arms Control Bill after nearly 14 years of Parliamentary debate. The new norm regulates the possession, trafficking, and use of firearms in a more strict manner.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro is a “threat to democracy,” HRW says

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro represents a “threat” to Brazilian democracy, according to Lawyer Maria Laura Canineu, head of the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) local office.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Colombia, Peru advance bilateral issues after a 2-year impasse

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Thursday met with his Peruvian counterpart Pedro Castillo Terrones at Villa de Leyva (165 kilometers north of Bogotá) to discuss the economic reactivation of the mutual border, as well as environmental issues and security matters.