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Russia Is Trying to Make Putin’s Holidays in Siberia a ‘Thing’
The Russian tourist board is now promoting a relaxing summer holiday to the president’s favourite macho holiday spots in response to foreign flight bans.
Delivery Startup Enjoy Tells Workers It Has ‘Hope’ It Can Pay Them
Workers at the startup, founded by a former Apple executive, are panicked and worried, according to internal Slack chats obtained by Motherboard.
Government Scientists Discover Biggest Bacteria Ever, Visible to Naked Eye
Measuring the width of a Cheerio, Thiomargarita magnifica is 50 times bigger than any other bacteria.
Nigerian Senator Charged Over ‘Child Organ Harvesting Plot’ in UK
Ike Ekweremadu, a leading politician, and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, were arrested in London on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.
A Drug Lord Who ‘Died’ of COVID Last Year Was Just Arrested in Europe
Brazilian Sergio Roberto de Carvalho was arrested in Hungary where he had been living under a false identity after faking his own death.
An Ayahuasca Retreat Claims to Sell 'Miracles.' Former Workers and Guests Say It's Unsafe and Abusive.
Celebrity guests love Rythmia, a psychedelic retreat in Costa Rica. Insiders, though, describe a dangerous environment.
The EncroChat Hack Was Hailed as a Major Coup Against Gangsters. But Europe Is Still Awash With Drugs.
When police hacked into organised crime's secret messaging network, it led to a wave of high-profile arrests and drug busts. Two years on, analysis by VICE World News shows that it has failed to dent drug supply.
Scientists Concerned About ‘Public Health Threat’ as Man Contracts Super Gonorrhea
The Austrian man contracted the rare strain in Cambodia, with researchers saying it represents a “concern for future treatment of gonorrhea.”
COVID Truthers Are Having Their Own ‘Red Pill’ Glasto
Danny Rampling and Right Said Fred are involved in the three-day music festival that only features artists affiliated with the COVID conspiracist scene.
This Climate Guru Is a Celebrity in the US. In India, He’s Accused of Destroying a Forest.
Sadhguru, who was seen with Will Smith in 2020 and most recently with Trevor Noah, has been accused of illegal construction in a protected forest.
A US Tourist’s Life Is At Risk Because of Malta’s Strict Anti-Abortion Laws
Andrea Prudente's pregnancy is unviable, but no doctor in Malta can terminate it. Her husband told VICE World News that what she's enduring is “torture.”
Ukrainian Photojournalist Maks Levin ‘Executed in Cold Blood’ by Russian Soldiers
A report by Reporters Without Borders found Levin and a friend were possibly tortured before being shot. His girlfriend told VICE World News she wants Russia “to pay for what they’ve done.”