PHNOM PENH – Minutes before a recent show, VOD Roundtable host Lim Thida readied notes and warmed up the day’s guests. Control room staffers prepped to go live with all the trappings of the kind of on-air radio broadcast that, …
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Philippines Bamboo Entrepreneur Digs In on Poverty and Climate Threats
LONDON – Mark Sultan Gersava grew up in poverty, one of 12 children of a slash-and-burn subsistence farmer in the Philippines province of Sultan Kudarat.
Today he is the “chief executive farmer” of a company aimed at tackling that same …
Unstoppable ‘Mega fire’ Forms North of Sydney
SYDNEY – Several Australian bushfires have combined to form a mega fire that is burning out of control across a swathe of land north of Sydney, authorities said Friday, warning they cannot contain the blaze.
Rob Rogers, New South Wales …
Samoa’s Measles Death Toll Rises to 68
Samoa said Sunday its death toll from measles has risen to 68, with three fatalities recorded in the previous 24 hours.
The Health Ministry has confirmed 4,581 cases of the disease. Most of the victims have been young children.
The …
Attorney Suggests $190 Million Damages in Elon Musk Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES – An attorney told a Los Angeles federal jury Friday it would be reasonable to award $190 million in damages to a British cave explorer who is suing Elon Musk for allegedly branding him as a pedophile during …
Jury: Elon Musk Did Not Defame British Caver in Tweet
LOS ANGELES – Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found Friday.
Vernon Unsworth, who participated in the rescue of 12 boys and their …