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Month: August 2023

Israeli PM orders ministries to get his OK before secret talks, as drama over Libya meeting persists

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an order mandating that his office approve all secret diplomatic meetings in advance, as officials scrambled to contain the growing diplomatic firestorm over Israel’s disclosure that its top diplomat had met with his Libyan counterpart. The exposure of the first-ever

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India’s moon rover confirms sulfur and detects several other elements near the lunar south pole

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements on the surface near the lunar south pole a week after the country’s historic moon landing. The  Indian Space Research Organization says the rover’s laser-induced spectroscope instrument also has detected aluminum, iron,

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Bend Police conclude ‘suspicious death’ investigation of woman lying injured in street, say no crime is suspected

(Update: Police say death investigation found no evidence of crime) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A suspicious death investigation begun by police after a Bend woman found lying injured in a street died at St. Charles Bend has determined that no crime is suspected, police said Thursday. Jeri Lynn Davies, 51, was found lying on Northeast

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Head of powerful real estate trade group resigns amid sexual harassment allegations

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The National Association of Realtors, the 1.5 million-member trade association that dominates the real estate industry, announced on Monday that its president, Kenny Parcell, has resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Parcell’s resignation came two days after the New York Times published an article outlining complaints from current

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