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Afghanistan

Who Dropped the Bombs That Killed 47 People, Mostly Women and Children, in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan claims its neighbour and ally Pakistan carried out the attack. But Pakistan has been silent on the airstrikes.
Rimal Farrukh
4.20.22
Tech

America’s Freight Train Drivers Are Exhausted and Overworked
A new attendance policy has made the life of train conductors and engineers a nightmare, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
Matthew Gault
4.20.22
Tech

8 Scientists Spend 16 Months Determining Edibles Look Like Food
Roughly 8% of edibles products use copycat packaging that makes them look like food.
Matthew Gault
4.20.22
Disinformation

Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries
Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.
Claire Woodcock
4.20.22
elon musk

We Spoke to an Old-School Corporate Raider About Elon Musk and Twitter
One of the inspirations for Gordon Gekko grades the Tesla CEO's battle to own his favorite social media platform.
Maxwell Strachan
4.20.22
electric vehicles

There Aren’t Enough Batteries in the World to Power Our Huge Cars
Someone help me budget this, my environment is dying.
Aaron Gordon
4.20.22
worldnews

We Found the World's Worst Weed: ‘Paraguayo’
Farmers and activists are fighting to improve the weed’s quality and reputation.
Nathaniel Janowitz
4.20.22
conflict

How a Coup in Burkina Faso Could Damage the US War on Terror
The West has poured hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid into Africa's Sahel region, but violent extremism is only getting worse. VICE World News went to the front line to find out why.
Michael Anthony Adams
Joe Hill
Roberto Daza
4.20.22
Policing

Cops Told the ‘Smell of Cannabis’ Doesn’t Justify Stop and Search
A new report from the police watchdog calls for huge improvements to stop and searches to reduce racial profiling.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
4.20.22
japan

Train Driver Who Had His Pay Cut for Being 1 Minute Late Is Awarded 45 Cents After He Died
A Japanese court has ordered the 59-year-old driver’s employer to pay back wages that had been docked for the lateness.
Hanako Montgomery
4.20.22
Life

India’s First Hemp Cafe Wants To Open up Conversations on Cannabis
In a country with conflicting legal and social attitudes to marijuana, this idyllic cafe wants to break the stigma around the persecuted plant.
Shamani Joshi
4.20.22
VWN Investigators

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How Putin's Oligarchs Hide Their Billions
How did oligarch Dmitry Firtash, aka Putin’s ‘Man in Ukraine’, end up buying a tube station in the heart of London? Journalist Oliver Bullough investigates.
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