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(Reuters) - Boeing is facing heightened scrutiny from U.S. regulators and prosecutors into its safety and quality practices following the Jan. 5 panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9.

The planemaker is producing its cash-cow MAX jets at a low rate as it works to address the issues, which have also sparked a reshuffle in its top management and led to a drop in its stock price this year.

Below are some of the probes since the... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Ukraine will lift a temporary ban it imposed on consular services for military-age men living abroad starting on Saturday, the foreign ministry said.

Hundreds of thousands of military-age Ukrainian men are living abroad, while the country faces an acute shortage of troops to help it defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion.

Kyiv introduced the ban in April citing a need for a technical pause to align with legislation... (continue reading...)

By Karen Freifeld

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the judge said.

"Justice Merchan said the complaint, from more than a year ago, was dismissed in July with a caution," spokesperson Al Baker of the state Office of Court... (continue reading...)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least five people on Friday including Lebanese militants, Palestinian fighters and Syrian civilians, security sources told Reuters.

Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have been exchanging fire across Lebanon's southern border for seven months in parallel with the Gaza war. Other Lebanese factions as well as Palestinian groups have also fired rockets at Israel from... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Friday repeated her view that inflation will fall further with the policy rate held steady, but said she has seen no improvement on inflation this year and remains willing to hike rates should progress stall or reverse.

"After seeing considerable progress on slowing inflation last year, we have not yet seen further progress this year," Bowman said in remarks prepared for delivery to the... (continue reading...)