Riots

Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund has given $8 million in grants to date to nonprofits that its League of Legends players care about, according to the company’s 2019 social impact report. Riot Games said earlier in 2019 that it would join an $18 million campaign to increase the number of…

At first glance, the new PBS docuseries “Asian Americans” follows the conventions of many history documentaries, interspersing archival footage, documents and photos with talking head commentary. Yet the five-part show, premiering Monday, unfolds almost like a prestige drama series, unspooling emotional personal tales.  The episodes center on individual Asian American…

After years of development, Amazon will launch free-to-play team shooter Crucible on the PC on May 20. In Crucible, players choose from a roster of aliens, robots, and humans, and work with teammates to hunt opponents, take down hostile creatures, and capture objectives. The science-fiction game takes place on a…

GENEVA (Reuters) - Overcrowded, unhygienic prisons in Latin America and the spread of the new coronavirus both in regional prisons and in the United States are a source of “major concern”, the U.N. rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday. In some cases, fear of infection has led to riots, killing…

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti security forces broke up a riot by Egyptian workers seeking repatriation who were being held in shelters dedicated for those in violation of the Gulf Arab state's residency laws, the Ministry of Interior said on Monday.Security forces intervened after "riots and chaos" broke out and seized…

Kim Park says the riots pushed Korean-Americans to become more politically active: Courtesy of Kim ParkKim Park was aged 12 and worked as a cashier in a bullet-proof booth at her mother’s petrol station in Compton when the Los Angeles riots erupted.After her father died and her mother decided to…

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. At least 46 people are dead after a riot in an overcrowded Venezuelan prison Friday that began with inmates protesting a ban on visitors during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a lawmaker and prisoners’ rights group. Carolina…

CARACAS (Reuters) - Human rights groups on Saturday called for an investigation into a prison riot in western Venezuela that left 46 people dead and 75 injured, and questioned authorities’ explanation that the incident was linked to a failed escape attempt. Members of the Bolivarian national guard stand outside Los…

Healthcare workers and members of the Bolivarian national police wait for the arrival of prisoners outside a hospital after a riot erupted inside a prison in Guanare, Venezuela May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Alvarado CARACAS (Reuters) - At least 17 prisoners in a Venezuelan jail were killed on Friday as they…

A strange, unnerving thing started to happen sometime last week: Some of us got a little lazy about the whole social distancing thing to slow the spread of coronavirus. Hop onto your Instagram and you might even see people boldly posting about their ventures outside their home: a pool party…