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asia & pacific

Worker Dies at Disabled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

The man is the third worker to have died at Fukushima since the start of decommissioning work to dismantle the damaged nuclear plant.
Pierre Longeray et Pierre-Louis Caron
8.4.15
Festival Season!

"Will Work 4 Rave": Music Festival Volunteers Across North America Strive For Compensation

A love for music and workers rights collide for music festival volunteers.
Gigen Mammoser
Richard Mahogany
8.4.15
Europe

Everyone in Europe Is Now Just Eating Italian Takeout

All adoration for their native cuisines gets tossed aside when Europeans have the option of having a pizza arrive at their door instead.
Munchies Staff
8.4.15
Art

[Exclusive] Laurie Anderson Designs the Poster for New York Film Festival 2015

The fabled artist joins the pantheon of artists commissioned to design NYFF’s official event poster.
Nathaniel Ainley
8.4.15
News

Your Instagram Feed Is About to Have a Lot More Ads

The Facebook-owned app launched its ad API Tuesday, which essentially opened the floodgates.
Kaleigh Rogers
8.4.15
News

Apple Is Not Planning to Be Your Wireless Carrier

Don't get your hopes up.
Nicholas Deleon
8.4.15
defense & security

This Computer Worm Could Break Into Your Mac Without You Even Knowing

The worm was developed to expose Apple security flaws, and creators say getting rid of it is a “throw-your-machine-away kind of situation."
VICE News
8.4.15
Environment

The United Nations Wants to Crush Extreme Poverty

Critics say its draft Sustainable Development Goals fail to deal with the world's richest 1 percent, who are poised to accumulate half of the world's wealth in 2016, according to Oxfam America.
Laura Dattaro
8.4.15
Tech

The Ada Initiative, a Women in Tech Non-Profit, Is Shutting Down

The feminist organization will publish its training materials so others can use them.
Kari Paul
8.4.15
The VICE Guide to Right Now

New South Wales Police Will Pay Out $1.85 Million to Wrongful Arrest Victims

Flawed information in a police database has led to about 100 young people being falsely arrested.
Julian Morgans
8.4.15
South East Asia

VICE News Capsule - Tuesday, August 4

A Syrian military plane crashes into a crowded marketplace, Burmese rescuers struggle to deliver monsoon relief, Hungary begins to seal its southern border, and Gazans have a new place to relax by the sea.
VICE News
8.4.15
BBQ

Austin Loves Its Barbecue Too Much to Regulate the Smoke

If you happen to live in Austin, you may very well live downwind of a barbecue joint. And the sultry, mesquite embrace emitted from the meat equivalent of a forest fire? Well, it might just be driving you batshit crazy.
Alex Swerdloff
8.4.15
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