At 11:38 GMT (7.38am EDT) on Friday, United States astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir switched on their spacesuits' battery packs and officially started spacewalk No. 421 from the International Space Station (ISS) - the first-ever all-women spacewalk. "We show crew-lock depress complete. The hatch thermal cover is open. Christina, you may egress the airlock,"…
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Every single state, except for Alaska, has now reported illnesses related to vaping, bringing the nationwide number up to nearly 1,500. But health officials are still unclear about what’s causing the serious lung injuries. An update from the Centers for Disease Control…
Turkey and United States agreed to a temporary ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow Kurdish fighters withdraw from a planned so-called "safe zone" to be controlled by Turkish armed forces. Thursday's announcement came after talks between Mike Pence, the vice president of the US, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Turkey launched the cross-border operation on October 9 after repeatedly…
Protests in the Spanish region of Catalonia have grown so fierce that they’ve forced the postponement of next week’s “El Clásico” match between Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona. Major tournaments aside, there is no bigger soccer match in Spain — and perhaps the world — than Barcelona v. Madrid. But protests against the jailing of…
Shawn Mendes has deleted that hilarious video of him kissing girlfriend Camila Cabello and some fans have already jumped to the conclusion that there might be trouble in paradise. For anyone who’s been living under a rock, the couple recently uploaded an intense video of themselves kissing as a way to shut down the trolls…
