Gibbon Conservation Center director Gabi Skollar feeds one of the little apes Every morning, as dawn breaks over the dry hills north of Los Angeles, a chorus of sirens, deep hoots and high-pitched calls echoes across the Santa Clarita Valley. The sounds come from the Gibbon Conservation Center, a sanctuary that has spent half a…

Enforcement Directorate raided the properties of IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday searched the premises of IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar in Bengaluru and Bareilly in connection with its money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in an examination conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), officials said.Gangwar, a 2016-batch…

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia has a stockpile of 600 to 630 high-speed ballistic missiles, among its most powerful weapons, and is seeking to produce more than 100 a month ahead of winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The warning comes as Kyiv faces shortages of air-defence interceptors needed to counter such attacks and…

Flock Safety ALPR camera system on a roadside pole A former Texas police officer accused of using automated licence-plate reader technology to monitor a female colleague has surrendered his law-enforcement licence to avoid criminal charges. Michael Palitz, who previously served as a sergeant with the Pasadena Police Department in the Greater Houston area, reached an…