Bloomberg American Airlines is resuming much of its short-distance service to Latin America and starting to bring back longer flights over the next few weeks, building off of its dominance in the region among US rivals. South America is the strongest part of American’s long-haul system amid the coronavirus pandemic “when, admittedly, all of it is relatively weak,” Chief Revenue ...

Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the election results, forging ahead with transition planning even as the president pursues a multi-state legal fight backed by Republican allies and the Justice Department. Trump’s campaign said it would file a federal lawsuit in Michigan that seeks to stop the state’s top election official from certifying Biden’s win. ...

Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government said its forces killed at least 550 fighters loyal to the ruling party of the northern Tigray region, as the African Union called for an immediate ceasefire. Fighting is continuing in Tigray a week after federal troops began an incursion into the region in retaliation for an attack on one of its army camps in the region. ...