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Policing

Police Say They’re ‘Too Busy’ to Assist Abused Children on National Children’s Day

Authorities in Sri Lanka often don’t take domestic abuse seriously, according to activists.
Kris Thomas
10.8.21
Cyber Ninjas

Trump Supporters Have Already Turned on the Cyber Ninjas

The CEO of the company responsible for the sham audit in Arizona says he won’t do another one because of the abuse he’s received from MAGA world.
David Gilbert
10.8.21
china

Chinese Women Are Dumping Their Boyfriends Over a Feminist Comedian

Young men and women in China are increasingly divided over feminism.
Viola Zhou
10.8.21
Lebanon

‘I Can’t Take It Anymore’: Lebanon’s Biggest Public Hospital Is Running Out of Medicine

Lebanon is experiencing what’s been described as one of the world’s worst-ever economic collapses. Fuel, electricity, and now medicine, are all in short supply.
Matthew Cassel
Lama Al Arian
10.8.21
climate change

Russia's Wildfires Dwarfed All Other Fires Across the World in 2021

Wildfires in Siberia emitted seven times as much CO2 as all wildfires in the US, while "zombie fires" burning in peat are set to reawaken next summer.
Alec Luhn
10.8.21
Internet

Why I Married a Rice Cooker, and Then Divorced It

Inside the life of an Indonesian man who hammers it out as a construction worker by day and moonlights as a viral content creator.
Arman Khan
10.8.21
Tunisia

Tunisia Has the Arab World’s First Woman Prime Minister, But Not Everyone's Convinced

Any happiness at a progressive appointment is being undermined by concern among young people that the appointment of the little-experienced Najla Romdhane is being used as a cover to the president’s power grab.
Sarah Little
10.8.21
Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

The Rappler CEO and Novaya Gazeta editor were awarded the 2021 prize for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.”
Mitchell Prothero
10.8.21
LGBTQ

This Is What It’s Like To Be the Only Trans Woman in Elite Motorsport

VICE World News speaks to endurance driver Charlie Martin, who dreams of becoming the first transgender racer to compete in 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
10.8.21
housing

Are You Friends With Them, or Just Housemates?

“I romanticised the idea of living with mates so... I ignored the fact that most of the time we’d spent together had been whilst drunk or high."
Sophie McCabe
10.8.21
sex and relationships

Foreigners Reveal What Shocked Them About Sex in the UK

"Maybe they need to be taught about their bodies and sex by someone who doesn't look and act like they want to turn inside out and die."
Gina Tonic
10.8.21
History

The Forgotten History of the Roma Holocaust

During one of history’s darkest chapters, 25,000 Roma people were persecuted by Nazi-allied Romania. Survivors are still discriminated against today.
Vlad-Andrei Roșianu
Alexia Șerban
10.8.21
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