Bloomberg
What's Behind the Surge in Food Costs?
May.06 -- Roland Fumasi, regional head of food and agriculture research at Rabobank, discusses the outlook for agricultural commodities. Skyrocketing crop prices are fueling fears about soaring food costs and hunger around the globe....
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Indonesian lives risked on 'world's most polluted' river
The smell is nauseating, the banks are covered in mountains of household waste, and the waters are full of toxic chemicals discharged by hundreds of nearby clothing factories. Sukamaju, Indonesia. (Footage by AFP/Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Amateur Athletic Union Track and Field Meet
Indoor AAU track races / group of runners begin three mile race / Greg Rice laps the competition and breaks records and sets new world record, crowd cheers / Close up of Rice / Al Blozis breaking shot putt record / start of mile race...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Vietnam rice boom piles pressure on farmers and the environment
VOICED : Vietnam rice boom piles pressure on farmers and the environment
Curated Video
Plans to boost rice production amid shortages, high prices
May 2, 2008
1. Wide of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo being given a tour of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
2. Mid of Arroyo (in hat and sunglasses) during tour
3. Tilt up from rice stalks to Arroyo with group...
Bridgeman Arts
Australian troops question Viet Cong prisoner and destroy Viet Cong hideout and tunnels. Supply lines in operation. Vietnam War 1968
Clip 4 from documentary made for publicity purposes to give insight into the Australian soldiers' experience. Australian soldier is wounded in the jungle after contact with Viet Cong. Troops take belongings from dead Viet Cong and take...
Bloomberg
Wall Street Is Stuck With Unwanted Treasuries
March 21 -- The world’s biggest bond dealers are getting saddled with Treasuries they can’t seem to easily get rid of, adding to evidence of cracks in the $13.3 trillion market for U.S. government debt. Bloomberg's Alexandra Scaggs...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Farmers aim to revive African rice
VOICED: Farmers aim to revive African rice
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Somalias banana industry bounces back
VOICED : Somalias banana industry bounces back
Curated Video
PHILIPPINES: SCIENTISTS DEVELOPING NEW STRAIN OF RICE
English/Nat
Scientists in the Philippines are developing a strain of rice which will yield a bigger, better and quicker harvest to meet the needs of an increasing population in the 21st Century.
Biologists at International Rice Research...
Bloomberg
Vietnam Premier Sees Slower Growth From Virus Fallout
May.21 -- Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc says he's expecting economic growth to slow this year, despite successful moves to contain the coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Bloomberg's John Boudreau in Hanoi.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Under siege Syria doctors forced to improvise care
Surgical consultations via Facebook reused sutures and gloves and half doses of expired drugs: doctors in a besieged opposition enclave near Syria's capital are improvising to cope with shortages
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Thailand tipped to retake crown as worlds top rice exporter
VOICED : Thailand tipped to retake crown as worlds top rice exporter
Bloomberg
Thailand’s Precious Says Dry Bulk Shipping Rate to Rise Further
Aug.20 -- Khalid Hashim, managing director of Precious Shipping Pcl, Thailand’s biggest operator of dry bulk shipping services, discusses the outlook for the industry and the company's strategy. The Baltic Dry Index, a benchmark rate for...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : American couple in Kyiv accept "destiny to die" rather than flee
The centre of Kyiv is deserted, with the soundtrack of the approaching war audible in the distance (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Press Association
Truck drivers protest in Dublin over rising fuel costs
Independent TD Richard O’Donoghue attended Monday’s protest where truck drivers staged a demonstration over rising fuel costs.
Curated Video
Facials made of bird excrement
New York, US, July 17, 2013
1. Various of beauty therapist Shizuka Bernstein applying bird droppings facial
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Shizuka Bernstein, proprietor, Shizuka New York
"The main ingredient, the bird droppings, have a natural...
Curated Video
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STORY: During the past decade, Peru's Huallaga valley has become one of the
largest areas in the world producing coca, the raw material of
cocaine. Under pressure from the United States, the Lima authorities
have agreed to an...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Vietnams 12 hour Tet cake worth the wait
CLEAN : Vietnams 12 hour Tet cake worth the wait
Bloomberg
Inside Thiel's Fellowship Spinoff, the 1517 Venture Fund
Dec.01 -- Danielle Strachman and business partner Mike Gibson have spent much of the past decade preaching the gospel of entrepreneurship as co-heads of the Thiel Fellowship, which awards $100,000 grants to about two dozen college-age...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Japan Strikes Against Thailand After Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong
Map of Thailand with animated line of Japanese attack / Thailand's surrender to Japan / montage of Thailand monuments / Japanese and Thai signing treaty / boat with sacks of rice / cityscape / planes flying over monuments / animated line...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Rice to riches: Vietnam's shrimp farmers fish for fortunes
The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the rice bowl of Vietnam is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans
Curated Video
Host of Netflix's new cooking series 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat' shares her favorite foods
HOST OF NETFLIX'S NEW COOKING SERIES 'SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT' SHARES HER FAVORITE FOODS
Bloomberg
Worlds Oldest Spice Bears Vietnam Modern Riches
Nov. 24 -- At a time when commodity producers are enduring a slump in prices for everything from crude oil to iron ore to soybeans, Vietnams pepper farmers are prospering. Bloomberg's Yvonne Man has more on ""First Up."" (Source: Bloomberg)