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Hong Kongers Line Up to Buy Copies of Apple Daily After Its Founder Was Arrested
Supporters line up at 2am to purchase newspaper copies a day after Jimmy Lai was arrested, heightening concerns of the city's diminishing press freedoms.
Sammy Westfall
8.11.20
Drugs

WATCH: The Great MDMA Drought and Its Deadly Consequences
When Cambodian authorities seized and burned tonnes of a chemical used to make MDMA, blackmarket chemists created a different drug to plug the gap – one that ended up killing dozens of young people halfway around the world.
VICE News
8.11.20
Vice Guide to Right Now

A Flight That Crashed in Japan 35 Years Ago Mysteriously 'Appeared' on a Flight Tracking Website
Flight number JL123 was seen approaching a Tokyo airport, just a few days before the anniversary of its catastrophic crash.
Miran Miyano
8.11.20
World News

The Great Millennial Exodus: How Coronavirus Forced Young People Out of London
As remote working becomes the norm, many young Brits are asking themselves: do I want to live here?
Jumi Akinfenwa
8.11.20
Singapore

Singapore Is Putting Trackers on Some Incoming Travelers. Should Other Countries Do the Same?
To monitor incoming travelers required to quarantine at home amid the pandemic, Singapore and other Asian countries have turned to monitoring devices. Experts don't think it'll work elsewhere.
Sammy Westfall
8.11.20
Drugs

How a Quiet Corner of Northern Europe Became a Theatre of Extreme Drug Warfare
Underworld violence is on the up in the otherwise peaceful countries of Belgium and the Netherlands – and it’s all linked to the international cocaine trade.
Niko Vorobyov
8.11.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Filipinos Have Been Searching for Beer More Since Lockdown Started
A study found that there was a 68.7 percent increase in Google searches for beer from February to March, when the Philippines first went under lockdown.
Miran Miyano
8.11.20
Film

India is Getting Its First Anime-Inspired Film
Four years and thousands of workhours later, the Bengali-language film has won awards at film fests but is struggling to find a release back home.
Satviki Sanjay
8.11.20
Coronavirus

COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Led to a Huge Spike in Sex Doll Sales
Some sex doll companies have doubled sales since coronavirus lockdowns came into effect—with many dolls going to married couples.
Gavin Butler
8.11.20
police brutality

Canada’s Largest Local Police Force Disproportionately Arrests and Kills Black People: Report
Both the city and the province are giving Toronto police more money.
Manisha Krishnan
8.10.20
Crime

Video Shows Two Men Terrorizing a Crowd with Chainsaws in Toronto
Toronto police told VICE News they arrested two men after being called for an “assault in progress of a large group of people.”
Mack Lamoureux
8.10.20
uber

California Judge Rules Uber and Lyft to Immediately Classify Drivers as Employees
The court issued a preliminary injunction, using harsh language about the rideshare companies' “prolonged and brazen refusal to comply with California law."
Lauren Kaori Gurley
8.10.20
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