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The Independent reports: Smirking as she strolls towards the camera, Fiona Hine is cheered by a waiting gaggle of supporters. Among them, Piers Corbyn – brother of the former Labour leader, Jeremy – tells her “well done”, greeting her warmly with a pat on the back. The 36-year-old’s achievement? She had just appeared in court and pleaded guilty to criminal …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Pope Francis on Monday warned that antivaccine misinformation was undermining recovery from the pandemic and denounced a “cancel culture” intolerant of traditional values that he said was impeding cooperation among the world’s societies. The pope’s remarks came in his annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, in which he typically highlights urgent international …

NY1 reports: City Council member Vickie Paladino told NY1 she’ll never disclose if she’s vaccinated against COVID-19. “It’s just nobody’s business whether I am or not. See, it’s called medical freedom,” she said, stressing that she’s anti-mandate, not anti-vaccine. “I don’t need to show you my papers. This is not Nazi Germany,” the newly elected Queens Republican said. That staunch …

The Daily Dot reports: The death of actor Bob Saget is already proving to be fodder for anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists. They’re convinced he was killed by the COVID-19 vaccine. Saget’s cause of death hasn’t been revealed, but to anti-vaxxers, his death could only have been caused by the vaccine. The sole shreds of evidence for such rumors appears to be …

The Toronto Sun reports: A group of Ontario doctors accused of dispensing vaccine exemptions like candy to the anti-vax crowd are fighting for their “right” not to co-operate with an investigation by their regulatory body. But one of the lawyers usually by their side was conspicuously absent in Superior Court Friday. Constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati, who represents Dr. Rochagné Kilian …

Reuters reports: French politician Stephane Claireaux, who is a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling La Republique En Marche party, said on Monday that he had been attacked over the weekend by protesters demonstrating against France’s COVID health pass. Claireaux is member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a French overseas territory in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, …

Reuters reports: The Australian government had not given tennis star Novak Djokovic an assurance that a medical exemption that he said he had to enter Australia without a COVID-19 vaccination would be accepted, government lawyers said in a court filing on Sunday. The filing ahead of a court hearing on Monday was in defence of the government’s decision to bar …

Reuters reports: Citigroup Inc staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and fired at the end of the month unless they are granted an exemption, according to a company memo seen by Reuters on Friday. The U.S. bank announced its plan to impose new vaccination rules …

The Insider reports: Tennis star Novak Djokovic had a vaccine exemption to enter Australia because he recently recovered from COVID-19, his lawyers said in court documents. The number one men’s tennis player’s visa was revoked on Wednesday when he arrived at Melbourne Airport to compete in the Australian Open. Australian border force officials said that Djokovic had “failed to provide …

Australia’s News Corp outlet reports: Novak Djokovic is a victim of a “political witch hunt” claimed Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic as fans in Belgrade and family members rallied in support of the embattled tennis star after Australian authorities cancelled his entry visa. In the Serbian capital Belgrade, Djokovic’s father Srdjan led a demonstration alongside a few hundred others in front …

The BBC reports: Boris Johnson has accused anti-vaccine campaigners of speaking “mumbo jumbo” when it comes to coronavirus jabs. The prime minister said those spreading false information on social media were “totally wrong” and it was time for him “to call them out”. Some European countries are making vaccination mandatory, but Mr Johnson stressed it was important for the UK …

Media Matters reports: On the December 31 edition of his Spotify podcast, Joe Rogan invited scientist and COVID-19 misinformer Robert Malone to promote the upcoming Defeat The Mandates D.C. rally, which aims “to end the vaccine mandates” and other public health measures implemented during the pandemic. Malone has repeatedly spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic, including falsely …

Australia’s Seven News reports: Rafael Nadal has urged Novak Djokovic to accept the consequences if he continues to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, saying “the world has been suffering enough to not follow the rules”. “I think if he wanted, he would be playing here in Australia without a problem. He went through another – he made his own decisions, and …

First, a reminder from ten days ago: A podcaster who opposed the COVID-19 vaccine contracted the disease and was on a ventilator Saturday after he attended the right-wing “ReAwaken America” event in Dallas early this month, according to conspiracy theorist attorney Lin Wood. Podcast network Frog News said on the social media site Telegram that Doug Kuzma’s last communication with …

The Washington Post reports: Novak Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked men’s tennis player, had his visa canceled, per the Australian Border Force, after being detained for hours in the Melbourne airport upon landing in the country late Wednesday night. Tournament and state officials announced Tuesday that Djokovic had been granted a medical exemption from getting vaccinated against the coronavirus so that …

The Daily Beast reports: On Tuesday afternoon, anti-vax “Vaccine Police” leader Christopher Paul Key was arrested and booked into Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, stemming from a criminal trespassing in the third degree charge. A Jefferson County Jail representative confirmed to the Daily Beast Tuesday evening that Key is being held without bond. The anti-vaxxer, who “serves” packets of …

CBS Sports reports: Novak Djokovic has reportedly been denied entry into Australia ahead of the Australian Open. This comes after the tennis star was granted a medical exemption from tournament organizers to compete in the event, even though he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. All players and staff at the tournament must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an exemption …

Reuters reports: The government on Wednesday defended President Emmanuel Macron’s use of a coarse insult in a stepped-up campaign against France’s unvaccinated, after the phrase drew condemnation from the opposition and mixed reactions from voters. Parliament suspended debate on a COVID-19 bill as opposition lawmakers demanded explanations from Macron, who earlier said he wanted to “piss off” unvaccinated people by …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from acting against 35 sailors for refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The injunction is a new challenge to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to make vaccinations mandatory for all members of the military. The …

Courthouse News reports: An attorney representing United Airline employees who sued the company over its Covid-19 vaccine mandate told a Fifth Circuit panel Monday evening that getting the shots would make them “complicit in the destruction of human life” because the three vaccines available in the U.S. were developed using stem cell technology. Six employees based at Dallas-Fort Worth International …