Bloomberg The Dutch advertising watchdog ruled that a KLM promotion telling customers they could fly carbon-emission free is misleading. The ad’s tag line, “Be a hero, fly CO2 zero,†is an absolute claim, the Dutch Advertising Code Committee said in a verdict seen by Bloomberg. As such, the company has the burden of proving the statement and didn’t meet that ...
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US bans Russia’s Aeroflot, others from receiving parts
Bloomberg The US issued orders suspending Aeroflot PJSC, Russia’s biggest airline, and two others from receiving US parts and services for their planes, a step that officials expect over time will limit their ability to fly. The denial orders for Aeroflot, Azur Air, and UTair Aviation PJSC announced by the Commerce Department mark the first enforcement action for violation ...
Read More »Airbus ships 63 jets as ‘oil price’ fails to quell demand
Bloomberg Airbus SE delivered 63 planes last month, boosting the firm’s plans to ramp up output despite concern that surging oil prices and the conflict in Eastern Europe could dent demand. The handovers took the first-quarter tally to 142. Net deliveries were reduced by two after trade sanctions imposed over the Ukraine invasion prevented the handover of A350 long-haul ...
Read More »Amazon union vote in Alabama challenged
Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc interfered in a union election at an Alabama warehouse by prohibiting employees from discussing the union during work hours or posting literature about the effort, according to objections filed by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union seeking to void the election results. Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union ...
Read More »Pakistan lawmakers set to vote in new PM with close ties to army
Bloomberg Pakistan lawmakers are set to vote in opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as the next prime minister after former cricket star Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence motion that ended his four-year run. A united opposition bloc cobbled together 174 lawmakers to vote against Khan in Islamabad, two more than required to remove him from office. Parliament convenes again ...
Read More »Nato considering permanent presence in east, says Telegraph
Bloomberg Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said military commanders are working on plans for a permanent troop presence on the alliance’s eastern border in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Telegraph reported. Stoltenberg said Nato is envisaging a “reset†that would shift the role of troops in eastern European member countries from serving as a tripwire in case of ...
Read More »Hong Kong’s Lee tops nomination threshold
Bloomberg Hong Kong’s leading candidate for the city’s top government job has secured enough nominations required for the leadership race just a day after John Lee kicked off his campaign, according to the South China Morning Post. The city’s former chief secretary received more than 200 nominations as of Sunday, the newspaper reported Chan Yung, a deputy director for ...
Read More »Johnson meets Zelenskiy, pledges more aid
Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a previously unannounced trip to Kyiv, pledging additional military aid and other support. Zelenskiy after the meeting hailed Johnson as “one of the most principled opponents of the Russian invasion†and said he expects the UK will play a “key role†in security guarantees for Ukraine. The pair ...
Read More »Australian PM seeks second ‘miracle’ win in May 21 polls
Bloomberg Australia will hold a national election on May 21, after a six-week campaign period which center-right Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes will bring him another come-from-behind victory. Morrison’s Liberal National coalition is currently trailing the opposition Labor Party in opinion polling, but he was in a similar position ahead of the 2019 election and narrowly won another term in ...
Read More »Macron stalls, Le Pen gets tailwind as France goes to polls
Bloomberg French voters went to the polls Sunday in the lowest numbers in 20 years despite a tight race between Emmanuel Macron and nationalist leader Marine Le Pen. French elections often throw up surprising twists, and this one didn’t disappoint. An early belief the vote would be a repeat of 2017, when Macron faced Le Pen and easily won, was ...
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