A vocal vaccine critic, Djokovic’s bid to get around vaccine requirements so that he could play has caused an uproar and triggered allegations of special treatment in Australia.
Nation / World
National and world news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
November trade deficit hits near-record high of $80.2 billion
The November deficit was 19.3% higher than the October deficit of $67.2 billion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
advertisement
Posted inNation / World, News
Biden offers blistering criticism that Trump and supporters held ‘dagger at throat’ of democracy
The president’s remarks launched the start of daylong remembrance, drawing a contrast between the truth of what happened and the false narratives that persist about the Capitol assault.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
France fines Google, Facebook millions over tracking consent
U.S. online giants give French users a single button to immediately accept cookies, but there is not an equally simple way for them to decline.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
U.S. jobless claims rise by 7,000, but still low at 207,000
The job market has bounced back from last year’s brief but intense coronavirus recession.
Posted inNation / World, News
Scientists explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier
Because of its importance, the U.S. and UK are studying study Thwaites, the widest glacier in the world.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
One year on, the Jan. 6 attack looms large in the lives of Mainers who were there
The march on the Capitol unfolded with Mainers on opposite sides of the police barricades until one side toppled them, shaking the foundations of American democracy.
Posted inNation / World
Ghislaine Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror’s sex abuse
The juror says he ‘flew through’ the pre-trial questionnaire and didn’t recall being asked if he’d been a victim.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Black man whose arrest led to ‘separate but equal’ posthumously pardoned
Homer Plessy was ‘white enough to gain access to the train and black enough to be arrested for doing so.’
Posted inNation / World
Assunta ‘Pupetta’ Maresca, reputed godmother of Naples mafia, dies at 86
Little Doll was the daughter of a top member of the Camorra, and the crime she committed became a global sensation.