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Europe

Wage Activists Hit UK Retailers With Tag Switch for Living Wage
The biggest retailers in the country have seen their labels disappear from merchandise and replaced with calls to pay their staff a living wage.
Lara Whyte
12.26.14
Holy Shit

Here Is a New Song from Thom Yorke Called "Youwouldn'tlikemewhenI'mangry"
You can also now stream his latest solo record 'Tomorrow's Modern Boxes' on BandCamp.
Eric Sundermann
12.26.14
kabaddi

Nuclear Rivals, Corruption, and Free Tractors: The Wide World of Kabaddi
If you don't know about kabaddi, I feel bad for you. Please rectify this situation by learning all about kabaddi. Now.
Jack Ross
12.26.14
indonesia

Jackfruit and Spicy Meat Are a Match Made in Java
If you ever have ever craved a heavy, sweet fruit paired with a spicy tough meat, Nasi Gudeg is the dish for you. Hailing from from Yogakarta, a city in the center of Java, it's the comfort dish that Indonesians adore.
Monique Jaques
12.26.14
PEI

Keep It Canada: Prince Edward Island
Matty heads to PEI to meet a potato farmer, go clam-digging, eat a whole lot of lobster rolls, and cook for his new Islander friends on the beach.
Matty Matheson
12.26.14
Stuff

How Aboriginal Australians Saw the Stars
First Australians tracked and predicted interstellar movements in highly sophisticated ways, looking up at the night with eyes intriguingly different to our own.
David Allegretti
12.26.14
Art

Watch an Analog Optical Illusion of a T. Rex Come Alive
YouTuber Brusspup handcrafts his own optical illusions.
Adriana Ivanova
12.26.14
Culture

The Year Tech Admitted It Had a Gender Problem
Diversity statistics to Silicon Valley scandals: This year there was no denying the tech world’s problem with women.
Victoria Turk
12.26.14
Boxing Day

Boxing Day and the Origins of the Beautiful Game
When the historians argue about the origins of Boxing Day, about where the “box” comes from, they’re obviously missing something.
Brian Blickenstaff
12.26.14
drugs and crime

2014 VICE News Awards: Best Thing to Happen with Legalized Pot in the US — More Pot Legalization
Among the array of political and societal breakthroughs, the legalization of marijuana in Washington DC, Alaska, and Oregon proved that legalization at the state and municipal level was one of the year's most important policy shifts.
Max Cherney
12.26.14
Travel

An Ode to the Anonymous, Class-Less World of British Train Station Pumpkin Cafes
If you're traveling in Britain, chances are you'll either pass by or find yourself, desperate for coffee, inside one of our country's 126 Pumpkin Cafes—a collection of nationwide railway station café-cum-tuck-shops
Nell Frizzell
12.26.14
India

VICE News Capsule - December 26, 2014
Dominican border security tightened to keep out fleeing Haitians, sick Indian villagers sue company that abandoned asbestos mine, and hundreds of world heritage sites are being damaged in ongoing war.
VICE News
12.26.14
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