#BREAKING Australia cancels Djokovic visa for second time: immigration minister
#BREAKING Djokovic faces likely three-year ban on new Australian visa: minister
#UPDATE Australian government cancels Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time as it seeks to deport the tennis superstar over his Covid-19 vaccine status.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said in a statement that he acted on "health and good order grounds"
#BREAKING PM says Djokovic visa cancellation protects Australian 'sacrifices'
Novak Djokovic-Australia row timeline.
#AFPgraphics on developments between Novak Djokovic and Australian authorities since he arrived in Melbourne, updated January 14 with Djokovic's second visa cancellation
#UPDATE Australia cancels Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time in a sensational new attempt to deport the tennis superstar over his Covid-19 vaccine status
#BREAKING Australian judge to hold emergency Djokovic hearing Friday: court
#UPDATE The Australian judge who blocked Novak Djokovic's deportation scheduled an emergency hearing late Friday, after the government cancelled the tennis star's visa for a second time
The battle for Djokovic: how Australian institutions have slugged it out over the visa status of the world tennis number one #AFPgraphic@AFP
#UPDATE Australia has cancelled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time in a sensational new attempt to deport the unvaccinated tennis superstar Friday u.afp.com/wGcG #AFPSports
#BREAKING Djokovic seeks injunction against Australia deportation: lawyer
#UPDATE Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic went to court to prevent his deportation from Australia Friday, after the government revoked his visa for a second time
#UPDATE Novak Djokovic's lawyer Nick Wood requested an injunction against the Serbian's removal and appealed for him to be allowed to stay out of immigration detention as the case proceeds
#UPDATE Former world number one Andy Murray said the Novak Djokovic saga is not good for tennis or the #AustralianOpen2022 but refused to stick the boot into his rival "whilst he's down" u.afp.com/wGpu
#BREAKING Australia agrees to delay Djokovic detention, deportation
#UPDATE Australia will delay efforts to deport Novak Djokovic until his renewed legal challenge concludes, a government lawyer said Friday
#BREAKING Australian government seeks to detain Djokovic on Saturday morning: lawyer
#BREAKING Djokovic case referred to Australian Federal Court: judge
#UPDATE Tennis star Novak Djokovic's last-gasp bid to avoid deportation and play in next week's #AustralianOpen2022 suffered a potential setback Friday, when his case was transferred to the Federal Court
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco