American Airlines and JetBlue in 2023 will expand their Northeast Alliance with 10 additional destinations from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and Boston Logan International Airport, the carriers announced Friday. Starting May 5, American will begin service between LaGuardia and each Birmingham, Ala., (once daily); Buffalo, N.Y., (three times daily); Columbia (once … Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R). File | Photo Credit: AFP Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday pledged to deepen his country’s alliance with the United States under Japan’s new defense policy that breaks from its exclusively self-defense-only stance in the face of growing regional tensions. Mr. Kishida, … Read more
An election commission staff member in Nepal separates ballot papers to count a day after the general election in Kathmandu. Once all votes are counted, the 275 elected members of Parliament will chose a prime minister who will have to get the support of half the chamber | Photo Credit: AP As the counting of … Read more
Cavea Plus, a streaming service based in the country of Georgia, has joined the anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Formed in 2017 with a a focus on copyright protection and enforcement, the coalition now has 42 members, with a governing board that includes Motion Picture Association members Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures, … Read more
The world’s three largest rainforest nations Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Monday formally launched a partnership to cooperate on forest preservation after a decade of on-off talks on a trilateral alliance. Reuters reported in August that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected as Brazil’s president at the end of October, would seek … Read more
Giorgia Meloni has vowed Italy will never be “the weak link” in the western alliance against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after her prospective government coalition partner Silvio Berlusconi was recorded blaming Kyiv for the war. In a statement on Wednesday evening, the Brothers of Italy leader, who is expected to be appointed prime minister … Read more
The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent Monday to divebomb Ukraine’s capital delivered the most emphatic proof yet that Tehran has become a rare, increasingly close ally to the Kremlin, offering both weapons and international support that Russia sorely lacks. There is no deep love between Russia, newly a pariah for attacking another country, and Iran, … Read more
sanfel/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ:ALGT) has been granted approval for an ultra-low cost alliance for travel between Mexico and the United States. In a statement released on Monday, Allegiant (ALGT) said that its commercial alliance with the Mexico City-based Viva Aerobus was approved by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) in … Read more
Since his 2018 arrest, imprisonment and Lupin-esque escape from the clutches of Japanese justice, a favourite assessment of Carlos Ghosn is that he was the glue that held together the Renault-Nissan automotive alliance for nearly two decades. The analogy works pretty well. In addition to his skills as a businessman, he undoubtedly had strong glue-like … Read more
Broadcaster commissioning initiative The European Alliance has put The Kollective, a journalism-based mystery drama from Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli (Gomorrah – The Series, ZeroZeroZero) and producer Femke Wolting, into development. The announcement came during a session at MIA Market in Rome today, where its execs called for producers to pitch ideas for high-end limited … Read more