The planet has broken global heat records for three years in a row — a finding that, paradoxically, may raise public concern about global warming, but won’t change long-term climate forecasts. First, the good news: Scientists say the run of record-breaking temperatures doesn’t mean that we should expect every year to be relentlessly hotter than the last. From year …

  Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd. plans to expand its international business after a three-year restructuring effort by Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce helped deliver record profits for the Australian carrier. The division, which was losing money before the turnaround, is now in a position to grow, Joyce, 50, said in an interview in Beijing with Bloomberg TV on Thursday. Joyce …

  DUBLIN / Reuters Ryanair is in talks about providing connecting flights to AlItalia’s long-haul services and has raised objections with German authorities about a Lufthansa-Air Berlin tie-up, as it tries to ease its expansion in continental Europe. The Irish airline, Europe’s largest by passenger numbers, is looking to add 11 million passengers in the year to March 2018 and …