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Kim Jong-un Extends New Year's Olive Branch, Offers to Hold Summit with South

South Korea had earlier proposed talks in January on a host of unification issues, and has welcomed the reclusive leader's offer to host "highest-level talks" between the two countries.
Liz Fields
1.1.15
Environment

Pope Francis Is Expected to Make a Major Announcement on Climate Change in Early 2015

An anticipated statement from the pontiff on the issue could potentially mobilize the world's billion Catholics to push for action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Matt Smith
1.1.15
Sothern Exposure

Shooting Up a Confederate Barn on New Year's 1970

Photographer Scot Sothern looks back at some of the weirdest New Year's nights he's had.
Scot Sothern
1.1.15
Comics!

The Top Five Comics of 2014

Cartoonist Alex Schubert shares his list of the top five comics he didn't draw in 2014.
Alex Schubert
1.1.15
Holy Shit

Happy New Year! Here's a New Song by Kanye West Called "Only One" Featuring Paul McCartney

2015 is going to be a good year.
Noisey Staff
1.1.15
2014 in Review

Agalloch/Vhol Drummer Aesop Dekker Grudgingly Lists His Top Ten Albums of 2014

The prolific drummer for Agalloch, VHOL, and Worm Ouroboros goes in on his favorite metal (and otherwise) records of the past year.
Aesop Dekker
1.1.15
asia & pacific

Scores of People Trampled to Death During Shanghai New Year's Eve Celebration

Authorities are investigating the incident, which early reports incorrectly suggested was triggered by a rush to collect coupons resembling cash that were thrown from a riverfront building.
Liz Fields
1.1.15
Film

An Animator Is Making Rotoscope GIFs of Famous Cinematic Moments

Alex Belancourt transforms scenes from 'The Shining,' 'Blazing Saddles,' and more into brilliant 2D animations.
Beckett Mufson
1.1.15
Op-Eds

Finding the Life in Flying Lotus' Vision of Death

Tracing the cultural connections and reactions to social dissonance in FlyLo's newest masterpiece.
Brian Josephs
1.1.15
americas

VICE News Capsule - Thursday, January 1

Mexican vigilantes surrender to authorities, a breath test could diagnose diabetes, Turkey’s border war, and militants drive Kenyan tourism down.
VICE News
1.1.15
featured documentaries

Young and Gay in Putin's Russia (Part 1/5)

In Part 1, VICE News gets a ride with Artem, a young driver for Moscow's gay taxi service "Our Taxi", and meets Nikita, a 17-year-old activist who has been labeled a "propagandist" because of his LGBT rights YouTube channel.
VICE News
1.1.15
Politics

Low Oil Prices in the New Year Are Screwing Petrostates

The combination of an oversupply of crude in world markets and diminishing international economic growth and demand has brought high anxiety to countries that rely on oil exports.
John Dyer
1.1.15
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