The idea of combining United Airlines and American Airlines may be dramatic enough to excite traders for a day, but it also highlights just how concentrated the US airline industry already is. According to the report, United chief executive Scott Kirby floated the possibility of a tie-up with American to the Trump administration earlier this year, a move that would create the...

The Kremlin is trying to steady its footing after the election defeat of Viktor Orbán, the European leader who for years served as one of Moscow’s most useful political partners inside the European Union. Russia is now adjusting to a new reality in which Hungary no longer offers the same dependable alignment it once did, even if the door to pragmatic relations remains open.

As finance leaders gather in Washington under the shadow of the Middle East war, Ajay Banga is trying to drag attention away from the immediate fire and toward a much larger threat building in plain sight. The World Bank president says developing economies are heading into a historic employment shortfall that could define the next decade far more than any single ge...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has drawn a hard line against U.S. pressure while still signaling that dialogue with Washington remains possible. In a rare interview with an American television outlet, he made clear that Havana will not negotiate over its political system, its constitutional order or leadership succession, even as tensions with the Trump administration cont...

The National Football League is facing a new legal challenge after the U.S. Justice Department opened an inquiry into whether the league’s television arrangements have crossed the line from efficient rights packaging into anticompetitive behavior. At issue is not only how the NFL sells its games, but whether fans are being pushed into paying more than they should through an i...