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I Tried Getting Swole During Quarantine
At the start of lockdown, VICE journalist Rhys Thomas set himself a goal: get swole. With the help of “Britain’s Fittest Man”, he managed to shed a third of his body fat.
Beauty

Body Positivity Has Lost All Meaning in 2020
I first discovered the term in 2014 as a plus-size fashion and beauty editor. In 2020, it's little more than a buzzword.
Marie Southard Ospina
7.27.20
Philippines

Philippine Police Seize Thousands of Copies of 'Anti-Government' Publication
Just a day before President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address, an office raid of a local magazine raises fears of diminishing liberties.
Sammy Westfall
7.27.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Filipino Cop Caught on Video Kneeling on a Man for Allegedly Breaking COVID-19 Rules
The incident has drawn comparisons to the police brutality George Floyd experienced, as the video shows the uniformed police officer pinning the man down by kneeling on his neck and stomach.
Miran Miyano
7.27.20
Crime

Chinese Students in Australia Are Faking Their Own Kidnappings. Here’s Why
Police are investigating a global extortion racket that has seen families being swindled out of millions of dollars.
Gavin Butler
7.27.20
North Korea

How Notoriously Isolated North Korea Got Its First Suspected COVID-19 Case
The hermit kingdom just declared a national emergency and put a city on lockdown. The person suspected of bringing the virus to the country however, might be the bigger story.
Junhyup Kwon
7.27.20
Coronavirus

Indonesia's COVID-19 Pandemic is Killing Medical Professionals at an Alarming Rate
More than 70 medical professionals have died from COVID-19 since the virus hit Indonesia.
Rizky Maulana
Jonathan Vit
7.27.20
climate

Student Sues Australian Government Over the Financial Risks of Climate Change
It is the first time a climate change case has been brought against a sovereign nation, according to experts.
Gavin Butler
7.27.20
world politics

Two Countries Just Had a Bilateral Meeting at What Was One of the World’s Busiest Border Crossing
Before the pandemic, a photo op on the Johor-Singapore Causeway would've been “unthinkable,” but politicians from Singapore and Malaysia managed to hold a very important bilateral meeting on a closed-off stretch of the empty border.
Heather Chen
7.27.20
Coronavirus

COVID has Caused the Longest and Deepest Reduction in Human Noise on Record
With most of the world in lockdown, the "seismic noise" produced by humans has reduced by up to 50 percent.
Gavin Butler
7.27.20
Politics

100 Days Before the Election, Things Are Looking Bleak for Trump
“Things are pretty bad,” said one GOP strategist. “If Trump doesn’t turn things around, we’ve got real problems.”
Cameron Joseph
7.26.20
Activist Playbook

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A Marine's Advice on Tear Gas Attacks
Everything you need to know about tear gas from a US Marine Marine Corps Veteran.
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