WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department's watchdog will audit the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of United Airlines maintenance practices, the Office of Inspector General said on Thursday.
"Specifically, we will evaluate FAA’s actions to address maintenance non-compliances and violations at the air carrier," the office said on its website.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Caitlin Webber)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior U.S. official for North Korea discussed the country with her Chinese counterpart in Tokyo on Thursday, and expressed concerns about the forcible repatriation of North Koreans from China, the U.S. State Department said.
The discussions between Jung Pak and China's Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming followed a visit to Beijing last month by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the... (continue reading...)
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Rescuers saved a horse on Thursday that had been trapped precariously for two days on a rooftop in a severely flooded town in southern Brazil, television images showed.
The horse straddling the roof of a farmhouse was spotted on Wednesday by a TV network helicopter on the outskirts of Canoas, a town north of Rio Grande do Sul state capital Porto Alegre.
Canoas Mayor Jorge da Silva called on authorities to... (continue reading...)
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish judge with access to military secrets, who asked for asylum in Belarus, looked set to face espionage charges on Thursday, after a Polish court said it was lifting his immunity.
Judge Tomasz Szmydt's defection to a key ally of Moscow threw Warsaw's place as a key target for Russian intelligence activity into sharp focus, while opposing lawmakers have traded blame over who allowed his ascent to the upper echelons of the Polish... (continue reading...)
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to crack down on draft dodgers, as the country grapples with a serious shortage of soldiers available to fight more than two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
The bill, backed by a majority of lawmakers but not yet signed into law by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, includes raising fines for anyone caught trying to avoid the call-up and allowing authorities to detain draft... (continue reading...)
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