Imagine a future in which foreign dissidents traveling to Washington are sued by their governments in US courts for defamation. A federal court may be on the verge of making this nightmare a reality. Last month a group of US government commissions and human-rights organisations, including the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and Freedom House, filed amicus briefs urging the ...

Bloomberg UK airlines are warning that thousands of jobs could be lost if the government fails to reverse course and offer the industry an extension of the furlough program with travel in a slump for a second summer season. Carriers have asked the government for a short-term, sector-specific jobs support plan to tide it through the usually lean winter months, ...

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is considering a public offering in London as the company gears up its business for recovery from the pandemic. Executives have been holding discussions with bankers and potential investors, and could announce the company’s plans for an IPO as soon as the autumn, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to ...