A United Airlines passenger aircraft prepares to leave its gate and taxi to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. Robert Alexander | Getty Images United Airlines is buying a flight-training academy in an effort to speed up hiring of more than 10,000 pilots by the next decade as about half
Month: February 2020
Japan is issuing passports featuring art by ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai to Japanese citizens who applied after February 4. “Ukiyo-e” is a genre of mass-produced Japanese woodblock prints that display everything from theater announcements and landscapes to sumo wrestlers and even salacious erotica. The prints were cheap to produce and widely distributed in Edo (today’s
(CNN) — Chinese travelers can’t visit their country’s museums right now. So the museums are bringing the exhibits to them — virtually. Museums around the country have been forced to temporarily close their doors due to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. In response, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) has asked them to stay active on
(credit: 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge) Overlooking the East River in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood, 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge boasts expansive views of the East River and Manhattan skyline. Designed to show the dichotomy of the city and the beauty of nature, native greenery, and reclaimed materials are used throughout the hotel to better connect each guest
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