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Djokovic admits having made “mistakes”

Claiming to be the victim of “misinformation” which he considers “very hurtful” for his family, the world number one explained that he had not yet received the result of his PCR test, carried out the day before, at the time of appearing in public on December 17th. On the other hand, the Serbian recognizes an “error of judgment”, that of having received, then asymptomatic patient, journalists from the French daily The team for an interview.

“Djoker” also pleads “human error” for checking the wrong box in the form for entering Australia. The latter has been widely publicized by Australian media, and shows the player checking the box confirming that he has not traveled in the 14 days prior to arriving in Australia on January 5. However, the player was, in these two weeks, in Serbia then in Spain. His participation in the Australian Open, which begins on January 17, remains in suspense.

Biden launches the battle to defend the right to vote

The American president wants to harmonize at the federal level the conditions under which Americans vote, from registration on electoral registers to the counting of votes, including postal voting or identity verification. These are all parameters that several Southern Republican states, including Georgia, have undertaken to modify to, they say, increase ballot security.

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“I have had quiet conversations with members of Congress for two months now. I’m tired of being silent” in the face of the Republican opposition blocking two crucial electoral reform projects, the Democrat said. age 79 on the land of Martin Luther King, Georgia. Speaking of a “turning point” for the United States, he assured that “every member of the Senate would be judged by history”.

Hong Kong announces new national security law

The government of Carrie Lam intends to pass, in addition to the current law, a local law including some 40 other offenses once morest national security.

Written in a very vague way, the text imposed in 2020 by Beijing on secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign powers, makes illegal the expression of almost any form of dissent and has reshaped the legal landscape of a territory once considered a bastion of freedoms.

Economy has “good resistance” to Omicron, according to Banque de France

The economy has so far escaped the feared disorganization due to the explosion of Sars-Cov-2 contaminations, according to the results of the monthly survey carried out by the central bank among 8,500 business leaders on the 20 December to January 6.

In its economic report, however, it notes slightly reduced supply difficulties but persistent recruitment problems and still concerning more than one in two companies, with strong disparities according to sectors, especially in services, between “work temporary and business services, which are well oriented “, and conversely accommodation, catering and events, sectors for which we observe a” strong deterioration in connection with the health context “.

Cheops discovers a planet shaped like a rugby ball

The exoplanet observation satellite made it possible to reveal for the first time the deformation of a planet, by the effect of attraction that it undergoes because of its star. The rare bird, dubbed WASP-103b, is located in the constellation of Hercules, a very modest distance of around 1,800 light-years from the solar system – regarding fifty times closer to its sun than Earth is. is his. To the point of making the tour in just 22 hours, once morest 365 days for our blue planet.

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WASP-103b thus undergoes a colossal tidal force which, failing to tear it apart, gives it its particularly rare form, far removed from a sphere. Scientists assume that like Jupiter, this planet has a solid core, enveloped in a liquid layer, surrounded by a gaseous atmosphere. But to clarify, they plan to obtain observation time with the James Webb Space Telescope.


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