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Open-Source Vaccines Got More Funding From Tito’s Vodka Than the Government
Corbevax is targeting low-income countries to stop new COVID variants from emerging. Scientists say rich countries are still refusing to fund it.
MasterChef Contestants Allegedly Cooked Endangered Animals
The governments of Ecuador and Colombia condemned the possible use of wild species in the cooking show.
Kidnapped as a Boy, This Man’s Hand-Drawn Map of Home Helped Him Find His Mom
After posting a map online of his childhood home drawn from memory, it took only days for the 37-year-old to find his birth mother.
China Wants You to Know It Doesn’t Care About Biden’s Summit and the Olympics Boycott
To show it doesn’t care, China threw its own democracy summit and posted salty tweets saying they were “relieved” U.S. officials weren't attending the Winter Olympics.
El Chapo’s Wife Emma Coronel Was Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
Emma Coronel Aispuro, El Chapo’s current wife, was just sentenced to three years in a U.S. prison—more than a decade less than she could have received.
Authorities Just Rescued 53 Dogs Tied Up in Sacks on the Way to a Slaughterhouse
The emaciated animals were found squeezed into a delivery truck, tied up in sacks and muzzled as they were transported to be killed for their meat.
Search for a Missing Teenager Leads to a Chatroom Where Kids Plan to Run Away
“We need to listen to our children more. They always need us.”
Baby Elephant Dies After Losing Her Trunk to a Poacher’s Trap
The one-year-old elephant was abandoned by her herd after being caught in a poacher’s trap that nearly severed her trunk.
'A Slow Death': How the Taliban Crushed Afghanistan's Flourishing Media
VICE World News talked to Afghan journalists and media workers on the future of the sector under the second round of Taliban rule.
Gunmen ‘Stormed the Beach and Started Shooting’ at Cancun Resort
Tourists ran for cover during the hotel shootout, which the local prosecutor's office blamed on rival drug dealing groups.
Indigenous Peoples Can’t Get to World’s ‘Most Inclusive’ Climate Conference
The costs of COVID quarantine and visa issues are preventing Indigenous climate activists from attending COP26 at the United Nations.
Las Patronas: The Rise of Female Drug Bosses in Latin America
VICE World News brings you exclusive reporting from Latin America’s criminal underworld on the boss women you’ve never heard of.