Tag: Australia

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

  France eyes new rules which would let Djokovic play at Roland Garros

  

  According to the latest version of the everchanging press reports, France is now said to be eyeing a change in the immigration rules, which would allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to play at the most emblematic French Open at Roland Garros after being deported from Australia for the first Grand Slam event of the year.

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• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  EU removes Argentina, Canada and Australia from “safe countries” list

  

  The European Union Monday removed Argentina, Canada, and Australia from its list of COVID-19 safe countries from where people could travel without sanitary restrictions.

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  Tennis' number one player Novak Djokovic faces deportation yet again from Australia after his visa was revoked for a second time after a judge had allowed him to enter the country despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, which is mandatory for all foreigners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

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 13:11 UTC

  Djokovic wins court case but Aussie Gov't may still expel him at discretion

  

  An Australian Circuit Court Monday ruled in favor of reinstating tennis' top player Novak Djokovic his visa, which was canceled by immigration officials on the grounds that he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of China's Winter Olympic Games

  

  Australia will not be sending government officials to attend the Winter Olympics Games in China, joining the United States diplomatic boycott. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Beijing had not addressed concerns raised by Canberra on several fronts, particularly human rights abuses.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 11:00 UTC

  Defending champ Djokovic to skip Australian tennis Open due to Vax mandate

  

  World tennis Number One and defending champion Novak Djokovic will not play the 2022 edition of the Australian Open in response to the vaccination requirement against COVID-19 imposed by local authorities and organizers.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Qantas announces historic nonstop repatriation flight from Buenos Aires

  

  Australia's flag carrier Qantas is planning a historic nonstop repatriation flight from Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport across the Southern Pole aboard a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  UK/US/Australia defense and security partnership in Indo-Pacific; nuke subs for Wallabies

  

  A landmark defence and security partnership was agreed on Wednesday by the leaders of the UK, the United States and Australia which will protect and defend shared interests in the Indo-Pacific.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Australian intelligence worked with the CIA in the Chilean coup of 1973

  

  Australia was involved in espionage operations in Chile during the seventies, in support of the United States CIA agency activities conspiring against the democratically elected government of Socialist Salvador Allende, ousted by the military 48 years ago.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 04:52 UTC

  IOC picks Brisbane for 2032 Summer Games - not quite a surprise

  

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still not sure what will happen with the Tokyo 2020 Games due to start in a few hours as coronavirus cases surge in Japan, but they already know the 2032 Games will be held in Brisbane, Australia.