Volt typhoon articles
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Experience: I lost my hands after being electrocuted by 14,400 volts
As the scrap metal touched the power line, everything went blackIn 2010, I’d been working in Colorado, in one of the world’s most dangerous professions. As a lineman, it was my job to maintain and repair electrical power lines. I knew the risks, and had already witnessed them when my brother, who worked in the same field, lost his right arm in 2008. That same accident saw a colleague lose his life. I began to question whether it was a career I should stay in. I told myself I wasn’t a quitter,...
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Volt: Meet the fintech taking on Visa and Mastercard’s duopoly
For six decades, the global payments industry has been dominated by Visa and Mastercard. In the UK, the two firms had 99 per cent market share of UK debit and credit card payments in 2021.
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Building Resilience: Typhoon-hit community receives lifesaving training from AFP, US
In a concerted effort to enhance disaster preparedness following the aftermath of Typhoon Egay in 2023, joint service members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Armed Forces assembled at the Davila Barangay Hall on April 21, 2024, to provide lifesaving training to residents of Barangay Davila, Pasuquin, Ilocos Nortes, Philippines, as a pre-Exercise Balikatan 2024 community health engagement.