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VICE News Reporter Hind Hassan Visits Taliban Militants

Video About On February 29, 2020, the United States signed a peace deal with the Taliban to end America’s longest war. The historic agreement was intended to create a pathway towards peace in Afghanistan, but one year later, violence in the country has reached an all-time high. Under the 2020 peace deal, the U.S. agreed… Continue reading VICE News Reporter Hind Hassan Visits Taliban Militants

VICE Media Wrongly Tied to Militant Extremist Group

About VICE Media In 2015, when Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit inmates at a federal prison, VICE Media was selected to be the media group to produce a video of the visit. [View] Journalists with VICE Media have been given exclusive access to people and places that other media agencies are… Continue reading VICE Media Wrongly Tied to Militant Extremist Group

Why Ethiopian Jews Are Building a Movement Against Racism in Israel (6 Jun 2020)

Watch Click play on the video below to watch. About Solidarity marches for U.S. protesters rippling around the world reached Israel on Tuesday where hundreds of protesters waved “Black Lives Matter” signs and chanted “George Floyd.” They also called out another name: Solomon Teka. Over the past five years, six young men of Ethiopian descent… Continue reading Why Ethiopian Jews Are Building a Movement Against Racism in Israel (6 Jun 2020)

VICE News: Moscow’s Facial Recognition Tech Will Outlast the Coronavirus (16 Apr 2020)

MOSCOW – The Russian capital is home to a network of 178,000 surveillance cameras. Thousands of these cameras are already connected to facial recognition software under a program called “Safe City.” Police claim the technology has helped arrest more than 300 people. Now, as part of the response to COVID-19, authorities are trying to bring… Continue reading VICE News: Moscow’s Facial Recognition Tech Will Outlast the Coronavirus (16 Apr 2020)

IRAN – Documentary by VICE Media (15 Apr 2020)

Over the past weeks and months, Iran has descended into chaos. From the downing of a passenger jet to the assassination of a top general, and now one of the world’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, life in the Islamic Republic is facing its toughest challenges since it was founded in 1979. Just days before all hell… Continue reading IRAN – Documentary by VICE Media (15 Apr 2020)

COVID-19 is Pushing Lebanon to the Breaking Point (25 Mar 2020)

For the lebanese, Coronavirus is only piling on top of an already dire situation. On Monday, the Lebanese government announced it would stop paying all around $30 billion worth of foreign loans, defaulting for the second time on part of its 90 billion dollar debt this year. If that sounds like big picture economics, imagine… Continue reading COVID-19 is Pushing Lebanon to the Breaking Point (25 Mar 2020)