By Vincent Mumo Nzilani
SHOMPOLE, Kenya, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The dozens of cow and goat carcasses scattered around Maria Katanga's family compound testify to the grinding impact of an ongoing drought on Kenya's pastoralist communities who rely on livestock for survival.
Since August, the 24-year-old Maasai herder has lost more than 100 cattle and 300 goats to drought - and the animals still in her care are too emaciated to produce milk.
... (continue reading...)By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a 33-year-old man with threatening to kill U.S. Vice President JD Vance during his visit to the Ohio region in January, the Justice Department said on Friday.
Shannon Mathre, of Toledo, Ohio, is accused of making a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, Vance, the Justice Department said in a statement.
... (continue reading...)By Lizbeth Diaz
MEXICO CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Friday that at least one body matching the characteristics of one of 10 mine workers who were kidnapped from a mine in northern Sinaloa state late last month was found in a clandestine grave.
Mexico's Attorney General's Office said steps were being taken to confirm the victim's identity and collect evidence from the grave in Concordia, where remains of several... (continue reading...)
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The United States will make an initial payment towards the billions of dollars it owes to the United Nations in a matter of weeks, the U.S. ambassador to the world body told Reuters on Friday, while stressing the need for the U.N. to continue reforms.
Mike Waltz made the comments in a telephone interview two weeks after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm on U.N. finances and warned that the... (continue reading...)
Feb 6 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic is ironing out the final details on a funding round likely to raise more than $20 billion and slated to close as soon as next week, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing sources.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Claude chatbot maker was initially seeking $10 billion but is now on track to raise more... (continue reading...)
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