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BTS Is the First K-Pop Group to Reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Here’s What It Took to Get There.

The achievement is the just latest milestone for the pop group, whose song “Dynamite” now also holds the record for most YouTube views in 24 hours.
Lia Savillo
9.1.20
protest

Protesters Used Notting Hill Carnival Weekend to March Against Racial Injustice

Organisers said the demonstration was organised in the original anti-racist spirit of Carnival, to “celebrate emancipation from slavery” and “express what freedom means to us as a minority”.
Zing Tsjeng
9.1.20
Donald Trump

Trump Just Went Full QAnon in a Wild Fox News Interview

Even Laura Ingraham called Trump's claims a "conspiracy theory."
David Gilbert
9.1.20
Coronavirus

The UK's Anti-Lockdown Movement Has Welcomed David Icke and QAnon Believers

At London's "Freedom Rally", David Icke was cheered on by crowds waving placards peddling everything from anti-mask statements to the bizarre QAnon conspiracy theory.
James McMahon
9.1.20
Rohingyas

For the Last Three Years, More Than a Million Rohingya Muslims Have Been Stuck in Bangladesh

Refugees say that they are trapped on a bare hillside in a foreign country with no hope
Faisal Mahmud
9.1.20
china

Tensions Flare Between China and India Over Border Dispute

Over the years, pockets in Ladakh have seen several flashpoints between China and India.
Anthony Esguerra
9.1.20
News

COVID-19 Is Putting Essential Indigenous Casino Revenue At Risk

Revenue from casinos often helps fund services like healthcare and education in Indigenous communities. Tribal governments nationwide could lose more than half of projected revenue.
Anya Zoledziowski
9.1.20
SURVEILLANCE

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds

Police across Canada are increasingly adopting algorithmic technology to predict crime. The authors of a new report say human rights are threatened by the practice.
Nathan Munn
9.1.20
china

China Detains Australian Journalist Working for Chinese State Media

Authorities did not give a reason for Cheng Lei's detention, which comes as a time of escalating tensions between China and Australia.
Anthony Esguerra
9.1.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

A Classic Filipino Christmas Song, Rewritten for the Pandemic

The song “Christmas In Our Hearts” goes viral in the Philippines every Sept. 1, the unofficial start of the holiday season, but this year, the memes are looking a little different.
Lia Savillo
9.1.20
Food

‘Everything Has to be Authentic’ – Black Restaurant Owners on What Inspires Their Business

Gordon McGowan of Buster Mantis, chef Zoe Adjonyoh and others discuss the cultural connections that lie behind their restaurants.
Carly Lewis-Oduntan
9.1.20
Food

Less Than 5 Black-Owned UK Restaurants Were Reviewed by National Newspapers in the Last Year

The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Sunday Times were among the newspapers to feature no Black-owned restaurants in their review pages.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
9.1.20
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