WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of three people in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program. The scheme involves thousands of North Korean information technology workers who prosecutors say are dispatched by the government to live […]
Skift Take The roll-out comes at a sensitive time for the carrier as the FAA continues a major safety review into the company’s operations. Gordon Smith United Airlines has premiered its new pre-flight safety video. The company says it has been designed “to capture and keep the attention of even the most frequent travelers.” The video features more than 1,000 real
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Skift Take Once at a standstill as a result of the pandemic, road warriors are returning to business travel as corporations implement more return-to-office policies and in-person client meetings. Meghna Maharishi Since the pandemic, airlines have reported record results quarter after quarter. International and premium travel have been the main drivers. But in the most
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Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off. More than three-fifths — 62.9% — of the world’s coral reefs are badly hurting
Skift Take A new program is incorporating tours and experiences from TUI Musement into the Foundation’s charity efforts. Jesse Chase-Lubitz TUI Care Foundation, a charity linked to the European tourism giant TUI, announced a marine conservation program on Thursday in the Dominican Republic. The foundation is independent of the parent company, TUI Group. Still, the
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Washington — An Arizona woman has been accused of conspiring with people tied to the North Korean government to illegally procure remote telework posts with U.S. companies, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Christina Chapman allegedly worked with North Korean IT workers Jiho Han, Chunji Jin, Haoran Xu and others as part of a scheme to steal
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PHOENIX — A truck driver has been killed after a tank holding waste material depressurized at a construction site in Phoenix, where workers are building an advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant that could supply tens of millions of chips for powering smartphones, vehicles and data center servers. Cesar Anguiano-Guitron, 41, was taking waste material away from
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and two others face charges after an investigation
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Former President Donald Trump often arrives at his New York criminal trial flanked by elected officials who choose to while away the hours sitting in a courtroom. They sit in the first two rows of the court on Trump’s side, a section reserved for his team. On the prosecution’s side, the same section often has
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Washington — Nadine Menendez, the wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, is being treated for grade 3 breast cancer and will have a mastectomy, her husband disclosed Thursday. The New Jersey Democrat revealed his wife’s cancer diagnosis in a statement while his trial was underway in federal court in Manhattan. He and his wife are accused
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