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Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co pilots asked a court to temporarily block the company from carrying out federally mandated coronavirus vaccinations until an existing lawsuit over alleged US labour law violations is resolved. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association’s (SWAPA) filing also asked for an immediate hearing on the request before a federal court in Dallas, claiming the carrier has continued to ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong said its coronavirus policy will become increasingly tethered to China’s, as the financial hub recorded its first local Covid-19 case since mid-August, raising the specter of an outbreak in one of the world’s densest cities. An airport worker has been infected, officials said at a briefing. His close contacts and some 400 people in his residential neighbourhood ...

Bloomberg The number of empty storefronts is surging in midtown Manhattan, where an absence of tourists and office workers has hammered the retail industry during the pandemic. Nearly 30% of 311 storefronts were vacant in the retail corridors near Grand Central and Midtown East as of the end of September, roughly double the historical rate, according to a report from ...

Bloomberg Levi Strauss & Co’s strong quarter is sending a clear message to the rest of the apparel industry: There’s value in spreading out manufacturing. Chief Executive Officer Chip Bergh said the denim maker sources less than 4% of its goods from Vietnam — which has faced factory shutdowns recent due to Covid-19 outbreaks — and tries not to have ...

Bloomberg Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen said the island is facing “unprecedented challenges” and will defend its sovereignty, pushing back after Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared a day earlier that unification will be achieved. Taipei hopes for an easing in cross-strait ties, and resolving differences requires dialogue on the basis of parity, Tsai said in a televised National Day address on ...

Bloomberg Ethiopians in the south of the country have voted almost unanimously to have their own state, part of a push for increased autonomy that’s intensified since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018. South West will become Ethiopia’s 11th state after 1.26 million Ethiopians in six zones and one locality took part in a September 30 referendum. About ...

Bloomberg Singapore is pressing ahead with plans to reopen its borders despite battling a record Covid-19 outbreak, saying it will allow vaccinated travellers from nine more countries including the US and UK to enter without having to quarantine. The other places to qualify are Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain with travel to Singapore to start from October ...

Bloomberg Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned in the face of corruption allegations, a stunning blow for a rising star of European conservative politics. Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, whom Kurz recommended as his successor, now begins the work of salvaging the ruling People’s Party/Green Party coalition. He’s due to meet Green officials and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday. ...

Bloomberg Czech President Milos Zeman was rushed to the hospital over complications related to his chronic health problems, a development that may snarl government negotiations after his ally suffered a shock election defeat. Zeman, 77, has spent the past years in a wheelchair suffering from diabetes and neuropathy. A staunch supporter of Russia and advocate of deepening ties with China, ...

Bloomberg Talks to form a three-way coalition government in Germany risk getting bogged down over finance and budget matters, based on divergent policy objectives outlined by leaders of the two junior parties over the weekend. Volker Wissing, secretary-general of the business-friendly FDP, said his party won’t accept tax increases or a loosening of the so-called debt brake, according to a ...