We're still months away from warm weather in much of the country, but American Airlines is already making plans for the summer of 2027.The Fort Worth-based carrier on Thursday announced its newest European destination, which will launch more than a year from now: Porto, Portugal.It will be the first time American has flown to the coastal Portuguese city — known, among other things, as the home of port wine.It'll also be a different type of transatlantic destination for the airline. Until now, American has primarily flown to major metropolitan areas in Europe like London, Athens, Paris and Rome.But Porto is decidedly a "secondary" European destination,...

Could the centre-right Republicans join forces with the far-right National Rally in France? Philippe Marlière writes that if a governing alliance were to be formed between the two parties, it would be unique in Europe. Emmanuel Macron’s election as President of France in 2017 blew apart the old left-right divide. At the time, few commentators fully grasped the significance of this realignment. A political novice in his thirties, with no party affiliation, winning the flagship political election on his first attempt and then going on to secure an absolute majority in the legislative elections, is an exceptional political event. The consequences...

We're still months away from warm weather in much of the country, but American Airlines is already making plans for the summer of...

Could the centre-right Republicans join forces with the far-right National Rally in France? Philippe Marlière writes that...