Local Cambodian Doctor Infects Over 100 People With HIV

An unlicensed Cambodian doctor has been charged today over an apparent mass HIV infection in a remote village after admitting he reused needles when treating patients, officials said.

Hundreds of panicked residents of Roka village in the western province of Battambang have flocked for testing since news of the infections emerged two weeks ago, with more than 100 people believed to have been infected.

Canadian broadcasting shortens local supper-hour newscasts

Laura KaneThe Canadian Press
CBC will shorten all local supper-hour newscasts to 30 or 60 minutes and will broadcast Radio One morning shows on TV beginning next fall.

The changes will save the public broadcaster at least $15 million and are part of a five-year strategy to shift priorities to mobile and digital offerings announced in June.

“The audience behaviour is shifting. More and more people are getting their news via their smartphones,” said Jennifer McGuire, editor-in-chief of CBC News, in an interview.

She said the broadcaster was ditching concentrated 90-minute supper-hour newscasts in favour of more frequent local updates throughout the day, to reflect a shift in how people consume news.

“If you know you’re watching television in a market like Toronto or Ottawa, you’ll be connecting locally more often than you are now. Will it be for 90 minutes? No, it won’t. It’ll be for one minute through the afternoon and through the updates through primetime and either 30 or 60 minutes at supper hour.”