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More Countries Reopen to Travelers, Signaling a Big Shift in Pandemic Thinking
Countries with some of the strictest border policies in the world are announcing reopening plans days after global Covid infections reached an all-time high.
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Many People Are Flying Private Jet Services for the First Time. Here's What They're Paying
The cost of private jet charters can vary wildly. Here’s why, and what new converts paid for their first flights during the pandemic.
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Heather Mack Remains in Custody on Murder Conspiracy Charges After Bail Hearing
Heather Mack, a Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for killing her mother at a luxury resort on the island of Bali, will remain in jail in Chicago, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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Freed From Indonesian Prison, US Woman Who Killed Mom in Bali ‘Suitcase Murder' Indicted By Feds
A Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for killing her mother at a luxury resort in Bali has been indicted on federal murder conspiracy charges and taken into custody
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Freed From Indonesian Prison, US Woman Who Killed Mom in Bali ‘Suitcase Murder' Indicted By Feds
A Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for killing her mother at a luxury resort in Bali has been indicted on federal murder conspiracy charges and taken into custody
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US Woman in Bali ‘Suitcase Murder' Freed From Jail
An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali has walked free from prison
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US Woman Convicted in Mom's Bali ‘Suitcase Murder' to Be Released
A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year prison sentence
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These People Moved to Their Dream Destinations During the Pandemic — Here's What Life Is Like 1 Year Later
The pandemic ended some jobs and turned others remote, allowing people to make life-changing moves to places like Greece, Napa Valley and Costa Rica.
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Bali Bomb Case at Guantanamo Runs Into Immediate Challenges
Three men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were formally charged Tuesday in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and other plots in Southeast Asia 18 years after they were taken into U.S. custody
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How to Spend a Month Abroad Without Missing Work
New companies are designing international workcations for remote workers who want to live and work abroad without the long-term commitment.
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Here's What It Costs to Work Remotely in 4 Global Hotspots
We break down what remote workers can expect to experience and how much they may pay to live in Bali, Barbados, Croatia and Jamaica.
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Remote Workers Want to Live in Asia, But Asia Doesn't Seem to Want Them Quite Yet
A new vanguard of remote workers wants to live in places such as Bali and Bangkok, but so far no Asian nation has created a visa program to let them in.
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The Poshest Hotels That Opened in Asia in 2020
Despite the pandemic, marquee brands opened new hotels, resorts and lodges across Asia in 2020.
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Lion Air Crash Report Points to Boeing, Pilots, Maintenance
Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago. They faulted design decisions by Boeing that made the plane vulnerable to failure of a single sensor. They criticized U.S. safety regulators who certified the plane. And they pointed fingers at one of their country’s own airlines, Lion...
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Flash Floods, Earthquake in Indonesia Kill Over 80
The number of people killed after torrential downpours triggered flash floods and mudslides that tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s easternmost province has climbed to 79, with dozens of others missing, officials said Monday. On Sunday, the disaster-prone country was hit by an earthquake, triggering a landslide that hit a popular waterfall on the tourist island of Lombok, killing at...
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Digital Detox: Resorts Offer Perks For Handing Over Phones
Can you take a vacation from your cellphone? A growing number of hotels will help you find out.
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Officials Probe Why Las Vegas Airport Controller Went Silent
Federal and airport authorities said Friday they are investigating why an air traffic controller became incapacitated and went silent while working a night shift alone in the tower at busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. “No safety events occurred during this incident,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement about what officials said amounted to a 40-minute span...
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Boeing Re-Issues Advice on ‘Angle of Attack' Sensor After Crash in Indonesia
A crucial sensor that is the subject of a Boeing Co. safety bulletin was replaced on a Lion Air jet the day before it plunged into the Java Sea and possibly worsened other problems with the plane, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said it had agreed with Boeing on procedures that the airplane manufacturer should distribute...
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Crashed Lion Air Jet's Airspeed Indicator Malfunctioned on Last 4 Flights
The “black box” data recorder from a crashed Lion Air jet shows its airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights, investigators in Indonesia said Monday, just hours after distraught relatives of victims confronted the airline’s co-founder at a meeting organized by officials. National Transportation Safety Committee chairman Soerjanto Tjahjono said the problem was similar on each of the four...
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Divers See Indonesian Plane Fuselage, New ‘Ping' Heard, Official Says
Divers reported seeing the fuselage and engines of the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor and a ping locator has detected a signal that may be from the cockpit voice recorder, Indonesia’s search and rescue chief said Saturday. Speaking on the sixth day of the search, Muhammad Syaugi said that two engines and more landing gear had been found....