September, 2021

• 23 September

  Xi Jinping’s coal pledge is climate followership

  As a second act, it doesn’t quite match up to the promise of the original. At last year’s United Nations General Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to reduce his country’s emissions to net zero by 2060 and hit peak pollution by 2030. That was a genuinely striking commitment from a country that had long chafed at pollution controls. At ...

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• 23 September

  Virgin Atlantic, British Airways sales jump 600% on US opening

  

  Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd’s US bookings surged more than 600% from a week earlier after the Biden administration said most foreigners fully inoculated against Covid-19 would be able to visit again. New York saw the biggest surge in demand, the UK airline said in a statement, while leisure destinations also performed well. Sales to Orlando, Miami and Las Vegas ...

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• 23 September

  FAA asks airlines to charge unruly travellers

  Bloomberg The federal regulator charged with keeping the nation’s airways safe met with representatives of US passenger airlines and urged them to take more aggressive steps to reduce the incidents of unruly passenger behaviour that have been on the rise during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said its senior leaders initiated the meeting, scheduled to be the ...

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• 23 September

  Mauritius to revive its national airline

  Bloomberg Mauritius government is set to reimburse $223.5 million to creditors of state-owned airline and provide an additional 2.5 billion rupees to help the carrier emerge from voluntary administration. The Air Mauritius Ltd debt-restructuring plan is in a report by administrators Sattar Hajee Abdoula and Arvindsingh K Gokhool ahead of meetings with three classes of creditors scheduled for September 28. ...

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• 23 September

  Brazil’s Gol orders 250 vertical aerospace flying taxis

  Bloomberg Brazil’s largest airline Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes plans to operate 250 Vertical Aerospace Group electric air taxis as part of a plan to establish a ride-sharing business. Leasing firm Avolon Holdings Ltd said it will work with Gol to identify local partners and infrastructure and certification requirements for the VA-X4 vertical takeoff and landing model. Avolon ordered 500 of ...

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• 23 September

  Lululemon seeks new CEO for Mirror unit

  Bloomberg Lululemon Athletica Inc is looking for a new chief executive officer for its Mirror unit as its leader steps down just over a year after the at-home fitness company was acquired. Brynn Putnam is leaving her role as CEO of Mirror but will continue to work as an adviser to the company through July. Putnam founded Mirror in 2016 ...

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• 23 September

  Suga says China military rise may threaten Japan economy

  

  Bloomberg China’s rapidly growing military influence and unilateral changing of the status quo could present a risk to Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in an interview with Bloomberg, ahead of the first Quad summit. “The changing power balance brought by the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific, along with the increasing inward focus spurred by the pandemic have increased ...

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• 23 September

  UK’s Johnson mocks French outrage over submarine spat

  

  Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France it’s time to get over its anger about being brushed aside as the US and Britain cut a deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines. He made the comments in a pooled television clip in Washington on Wednesday following a meeting with US President Joe Biden the previous evening. France certainly did ...

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• 23 September

  Ukrainian presidential aide Serhiy Shefir’s car shot at in Kyiv, say police

  

  Bloomberg A car carrying a close aide of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was shot at in Kyiv in an apparent attempt to murder an official at the heart of a crackdown on the country’s biggest businessmen. While the adviser, 57-year-old Serhiy Shefir, escaped unscathed, his driver was wounded in Wednesday’s incident, according to a police statement. Prosecutors said 18 bullets ...

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• 23 September

  Manila mayor eyes Philippine presidency

  Bloomberg The movie star turned mayor of Manila declared his candidacy for the Philippine presidency in next year’s elections, posing the biggest challenge to President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to extend his hold on power. Isko Moreno, 46, said he will soon unveil his platform, but pledged to expand his pandemic response and projects for the poor in the capital on ...

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