Peter Yeung

poverty

More People Than Ever Are Sleeping Rough on Night Buses – and It’s Going to Get Worse

Exclusive: Data obtained by VICE World News reveals a hidden population of homeless people in London seeking refuge on night buses as millions are set to enter fuel poverty.
Max Daly
Peter Yeung
8.31.22
FRANCE

‘We’re Treated Like the Mafia’: France’s Election Is Normalising Islamophobia

French Muslims tell VICE World News that they are being targeted by all the main political parties.
Peter Yeung
4.7.22
Weed

Inside Germany's Legal Weed Gold Rush

No-one is sure what Europe's largest legal weed market will look like. But behind the scenes, cannabis firms are gearing up for a piece of a £3.3 billion market.
Peter Yeung
1.11.22
Environment

The World’s Thirst for Palm Oil Is About To Destroy Asia’s Largest Remaining Rainforest

The demand could spell disaster for Indonesia’s Papua province.
Peter Yeung
8.11.21
Corsica

‘The Mafia Was Behind This’: Why Are Politicians Ignoring a Climate Activist’s Murder?

Powerful criminal gangs are operating with impunity on the French island of Corsica, but ahead of crucial elections campaigners say regional leaders are refusing to even acknowledge the mafia’s existence.
Peter Yeung
6.18.21
Drugs

Paris Has a Serious Crack Problem, and It’s Spiraling out of Control

Users dubbed the “walking dead” by locals who post voyeuristic videos online are seeking refuge in city parks as French authorities fail to get a grip.
Peter Yeung
5.12.21
FRANCE

Let Them Eat Caviar: French Chef Defends Lavish COVID Dinner Parties

Luxury chef Christophe Leroy told VICE World News that things have been so bad that one of his clients was recently forced to eat a sandwich in the street. “Why should they have to eat like that?”
Peter Yeung
4.16.21
climate crisis

France Is Having an Existential Crisis About Giving Up Meat to Save the Planet

France will do anything to stop the climate crisis. Unless that means eating more vegetables.
Peter Yeung
3.29.21
FRANCE

How Europe's Vaccine Campaign Descended Into a Hot Mess

Petty squabbles and abrupt U-turns have seen French President Emmanuel Macron become the figurehead of Europe's new chaotic era.
Peter Yeung
3.19.21
FRANCE

If You Thought the Culture War in the US and UK Was Dumb, Check Out France’s

French politicians are proudly using a new term – originally coined by the far-right – to paint left-wing academics as sympathetic to Islamist terrorists.
Peter Yeung
2.19.21
FRANCE

Inside the ‘Absurd’ Plan to Bring the Amazon Rainforest to a Grey Corner of Europe

‘Tropicalia’ is a £63 million project to build the world's largest single-domed tropical greenhouse, in a sleepy village in northern France.
Peter Yeung
2.17.21
Calais

'The Situation is Catastrophic': Inside France's Brutal Policy Towards Refugees

The conditions faced by refugees in northern France are now “more precarious than ever,” humanitarian charities say.
Peter Yeung
1.18.21
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