kslmadmin

By Will Dunham June 4 (Reuters) – The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across Siberia and into North America and hunting large prey – and perhaps even people – before going extinct around the end of the Ice Age. New genome research reveals what made this big cat unique and how it differed from the […]

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, June 4 (Reuters) – A Nepali Sherpa guide has been rescued from Everest after surviving about a week on the slopes of the world’s highest mountain without food or oxygen in a rare case of survival in such conditions, a hiking official said on Thursday. Dawa Sherpa, 52, was returning with a Polish climber after failing to reach the 8,849 m (29,032 ft) summit, when he […]

By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, June 4 (Reuters) – New World screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, traveled north from Central America to Mexico before being confirmed in a Texas calf on Wednesday, creeping past biological barriers that kept the pest contained for decades, experts said. Washington has halted cattle imports from Mexico for the past year, citing the insect’s spread further into Mexico.  With […]

By Rashika Singh June 4 (Reuters) – Broadcom shares sank about 12% in premarket trading on Thursday, a day after the company missed quarterly revenue views and disappointed investors’ lofty expectations of stronger momentum from the AI boom. The chipmaker could lose more than $285 billion in market cap at the current price of $418.83, if losses hold. Broadcom vies with Nvidia, whose graphics processors remain the gold standard for […]

HANOI, June 4 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that the U.S. Trade Representative’s conclusion that it had failed to curb trade in goods made with forced labour does not fully or accurately reflect Vietnam’s mitigation efforts. Vietnam’s policy strictly prohibits any form of forced labour, and it complies with the regulations of the International Labour Organization, foreign ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang told a regular press conference […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Supporters of opposition political figures and state security forces fought in armed clashes Thursday that erupted in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday evening ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration. No official casualty figures were immediately available from the violence that prompted calls for restraint from the United Nations and the United States as the government and opposition traded blame for the violence. Residents reported heavy gunfire […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Brazilian João Victor Gonçalves began playing soccer in one of Rio de Janeiro ’s poorest and most violent favelas, little did he know the game would one day allow him to travel abroad and play in an international competition. Last month, along with nine other young boys, he flew to Mexico to represent Brazil in the Street Child World Cup, a tournament with teams […]

HAVANA (AP) — On a recent afternoon in Cuba, the temperature climbed and anxiety grew among the residents of a Havana street. Their focus was an improvised dump site on the sidewalk with rotting food scraps, torn bags, cardboard and rubble. Swarms of flies and stray cats gathered around the trash whose stench wafted on the breeze from the nearby sea. “What you’re looking at is depressing,” lamented María Odalys […]

DUBAI, June 4 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a message on Thursday that Iran’s enemies, having been defeated on the battlefield, were now seeking to undermine public resilience and sow internal divisions. Khamenei called for national unity in the face of those threats and said any action that created pessimism or frustration among the public amounted to helping the enemy. The message was read on his […]