Trần Lệ Xuân, or Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, the First Lady of the Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, once celebrated the holiday to commemorate the Trung sisters by riding an elephant in honour of their service and sacrifice. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source Views: 0
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The Trung Sisters – Venerated First-Century Freedom Fighters Of Vietnam
Sisters Who Survived Holocaust Die Days Apart in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two sisters who survived the Holocaust as girls and moved to the United States afterward died just days apart in their adopted home of Alabama. The Alabama Holocaust Education Center said Ruth Scheuer Siegler died Saturday at the age of 95. Her sister, Ilse Scheuer Nathan, died 10 days earlier at the age of […]
Saudi sisters who fled to Australia found dead in apartment
Two Saudi sisters, who fled the Kingdom five years ago, have been found dead in their apartment in Australia earlier this month. According to the news outlet, Daily Mail Australia, the women – aged 23 and 24 – were found dead in their apartment in Sydney’s Canterbury suburb on 7 June by police, who were […]
Hell Hath No Fury Like the Freedom Fighting Trung Sisters
Throughout history, Vietnamese women have been instrumental in resisting foreign domination. The most well-known of these heroines are the Trung sisters, Read more Section: News History Important Events Famous People Read Later Views: 0
FM: Geneva sisters repatriated from Syrian Desert camp
Two Swiss half-sisters, whose mother took them out of the country with her when she joined the Daesh militant group in the Middle East in 2016 have been repatriated from a desert camp in north-eastern Syria, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Tuesday and reported by Reuters. The older girl, now 15, had suffered a […]
Sisters in Florida Condo Collapse Buried in Same Coffin
SURFSIDE, Fla.—The bodies of two young sisters pulled from the rubble of a Florida condo building—so tiny that the 4 and 10-year-olds were placed in the same casket—were buried alongside their parents Tuesday, their white coffin draped with innocent pink and purple ribbons. Lucia Guara, “Lulu bear,” loved watching “Jeopardy” with her dad, dancing and […]
Letter From The Sisters Of Lakshadweep
Dear sisters, We write this in deep anguish and fear. We fear for our community, the land we belong to and a special way of life. We live in one of the islands in the U.T of Lakshadweep which is very much in the news for the wrong and most cruel details . We should […]
Haim sisters to soundtrack animated Netflix film
The Jewish sister rock band Haim is getting into the movie business. The trio will soundtrack the Netflix animated feature “The Witch Boy,” which will be based on a three-book graphic novel series of the same name by Molly Knox Ostertag. The fantasy musical is set in a magical community where all the girls become […]
Twin Sisters Kidnapped, Pastor and Three Other Christians Killed in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church elder was shot as his daughters were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Friday (Sept. 18), days after a pastor and three other Christians in a north-central state were killed earlier this month. Hassana and Hussaina Garba, teenaged Christian twin sisters, were kidnapped from their home beside their Evangelical Church […]
Carnage In Syria Product Of US Empowerment Of Saudi Arabia
Print Friendly Above Photo: By Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Vijay Prashad and Paul Jay discuss the demands Americans can make of the US government to create a cessation of hostilities Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. He is the author of sixteen […]
Huge explosion rocks metro station in Turkey’s Istanbul
A huge explosion has rocked a metro station in Turkey’s strategic city of Istanbul, Turkish media say. The blast took place at an overpass close to the Bayrampasa subway station, located on the European side of the city, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. There were conflicting reports on the number of casualties and the cause of […]