The Strange Swiss Custom of Dressing Up as a Bush and Throwing Women in Wells
However you spent your weekend, it’s probably safe to say that it didn’t include disguising as a bush, sneaking up on women and dunking them in a nearby well. Unless you happen to live in the Swiss...
View ArticleVICE News: Surrounded by War in Sloviansk
On Sunday, recently elected President Petro Poroshenko vowed he would end two months of fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine by the end of the week. Last week, however, the Ukrainian army suffered...
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A Funeral for Manuel, 32 Years After the Guatemalan Massacre That Killed Him
On the 14th of May, 1982, Carmen Sánchez Chen left her three-year-old son, Manuel, with a neighbour as she went to bathe in Guatemala's Chixoy River. Two months had passed since Guatemalan soldiers...
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For £200, Tata Will Slap You Until You're Sexy
All photos by Toby Silverman When I arrived at Face Slapping International in San Francisco’s Richmond District, a young Thai couple dressed in eccentric outfits greeted me. The man wore a blazer with...
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I Went to a Doomsday Prepper Convention
Before last week, I'd never met a doomsday prepper in person. My entire knowledge of them was culled from stuff like Tremors, Louis Theroux documentaries and that one show on National Geographic where...
View ArticleMachina's MIDI Jacket Turns Dance Moves into Sound
Machina's MIDI Jacket Turns Dance Moves into Sound
View ArticleContra a Copa: the Other Side of Brazil's World Cup (Part 1)
Contra a Copa: the Other Side of Brazil's World Cup (Part 1)
View ArticleGround Zero: Journey to Golan
In May of 2013, Syrian rebels took control of the heavily disputed border between Israel and Syria. Seven months later, they were joined by FSA forces from Daraa. In January of 2014, various Islamic...
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Explaining Football to Americans
If a common language divides the English and the Americans then they’re also divided by a common sport, football. Prior to the World Cup, my American buddy John Klingler got in touch with me to start...
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These Guys Faked a Wedding to Smuggle Refugees Through Europe
Abdullah is a 30-year-old Palestinian from Syria with short black hair, a thin frame and shadows under his eyes. Fleeing from the civil war, he boarded a small fishing boat heading to Libya on the...
View ArticleContra a Copa: The Other Side of Brazil's World Cup (Part 2)
Contra a Copa: The Other Side of Brazil's World Cup (Part 2)
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Furious London Cabbies Protested Against Uber Yesterday
On Wednesday afternoon, hordes of pissed-off London cabbies gathered together in Trafalgar Square to rage against TfL and the scourge of Uber, a smartphone taxi app that they say is ruining their...
View ArticleLife Ball Is Still the World's Gayest Party
The 22nd annual Life Ball took place a few weekends ago at Vienna’s City Hall, where – as always – thousands turned up to raise money for HIV/AIDS research and awareness. The Life Ball's very...
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Property Moguls Are Giving Money to the Conservatives
Richard Harrington MP, who set up a meeting of Britain's richest oligarchs, telling them to oppose the mansion tax by giving money to the Conservatives (Photo by Simon Childs) The phrase “housing...
View ArticleMeet the Crazy Russian Who's Supposedly Destroying NASA
Meet the Crazy Russian Who's Supposedly Destroying NASA
View ArticleListen to Morrissey Rehearsing For the Archers
Listen to Morrissey Rehearsing For the Archers
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