Pilots for Southwest and American Airlines warned that pilots could leave if they are forced to get a COVID-19 vaccine

Pilots at two of the country’s biggest airlines said that mandates for COVID-19 vaccines could lead to major shortages during the critical holiday flying season.

The Allied Pilots Association, which represents 15,000 pilots at Fort Worth-based American Airlines, sent the White House and Congressional leaders a letter Friday that warned that carriers may have “mass terminations of unvaccinated pilots” if the White House goes through with its announced plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for federal contractors and companies with 100 or more employees.

“To ensure commercial aviation’s ongoing viability by avoiding a scenario in which airlines are forced to either offer unpaid leaves of absence or, worse, implement mass terminations of unvaccinated pilots, it is essential that an alternate means of compliance with the Executive Order be made available for professional pilots,” the letter from Allied Pilots Association president Eric Ferguson said.

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Europe cannot count on the United States to guarantee its protection, according to France

"What happened in Afghanistan and the submarine issue show that we can no longer count on the United States to guarantee our protection," said French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire.

The crisis generated by the Aukus submarine agreement shows that the European Union should not count on the United States to ensure its protection, said the French Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, this Thursday (09/23/2021).

"The first lesson to be learned from this issue is that the European Union must build its strategic independence. What happened in Afghanistan and the submarine issue show that we can no longer count on the United States to guarantee our protection," said Le Maire. to the radio station Franceinfo.

"The United States has only one strategic concern: China, containing China's rise in power," the minister added. Both former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden "believe that their allies must be docile and we must be independent," he said.

On Wednesday, Biden and Macron had a telephone conversation that the US president called "friendly" aimed at restoring confidence after the submarine crisis. The leaders agreed to meet in October in Europe .

After this exchange between the two leaders, France decided that its ambassador in Washington, called for consultations, return to the United States.

Source consulted www.dw.com

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Gigante inmobiliario chino Evergrande, cuyo desplome en bolsa en los últimos días ha arrastrado a mercados bursátiles en todo el planeta, afronta con incertidumbre el pago de intereses por valor de 84 millones de dólares (unos 71,6 millones de euros) cuyo vencimiento es el próximo jueves.

A estos se les suman otros 47,5 millones de dólares (40,5 millones de euros) a devolver antes del próximo 29 de septiembre. Según el diario económico Caixin, la empresa debe más de 800.000 millones de yuanes (127.500 millones de dólares, 105.000 millones de euros), a devolver en los próximos doce meses, pero su liquidez actual asciende a un 10 % de ese importe.

La misma fuente indicó que a finales de junio Evergrande contaba con una deuda de 2.000 billones de yuanes (unos 309.000 millones dólares o 263.600 millones de euros), "además de una cantidad de deuda desconocida que no está en las cuentas".

"Muchas instituciones creen -apuntó Caixin- que el gigante inmobiliario está al borde de una reestructuración de deuda o incluso de una bancarrota".

Así las cosas, "durante los últimos dos meses, cientos de personas se han estado reuniendo en el Zhouye Houhai Center de (la localidad suroriental china de) Shenzhen, del que la sede de Evergrande ocupa veinte plantas".

Fuente La crisis del gigante inmobiliario chino Evergrande hace temblar los mercados mundiales

At least six people were killed in a shooting on a university campus in Perm, in the Urals, in Russia. A student was detained as the alleged perpetrator, the Russian Investigative Committee reported.

A gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, this Monday morning (20.09.2021).

"A student who was in one of the university buildings (...) opened fire on the people around him," the Russian Investigation Committee, the body in charge of the most important investigations, said in one of its successive statements. from the country.

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North Korea launches two ballistic missiles into the Sea of ​​Japan

The Japanese Coast Guard indicated that the projectiles fell outside the Japanese exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

North Korea launched two unidentified ballistic missiles into the Sea of ​​Japan (called the East Sea in the two Koreas) on Wednesday (09/15/2021), reported the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), which continues to analyze the details of the event.

La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha añadido otra variante del coronavirus a su lista para vigilar. Se llama mu y ha sido designada como variante de interés (VOI). Esto significa que tiene diferencias genéticas con las otras variantes conocidas y está causando infecciones en múltiples países, por lo que podría representar una amenaza particular para la salud pública.

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Bolsonarista' truckers block the highways of half of Brazil in support of the president and he calls for them to free the roads

The political situation in Brazil does not give a break. While the three powers are submerged in a serious crisis driven by the president himself, Jair Bolsonaro, truckers block the roads of several states for the second day in a row as a sign of support for the far-right.

"A few words to the truckers who are there, they are our allies, but these blockades affect our economy. This causes shortages, inflation and hurts everyone, especially the poorest," said the president in an audio message sent to the groups of conductors.

Source consulted actualidad.rt.com