THE twin brother of a teenager who died fighting with ISIS in Syria has been stabbed to death in Brighton. Two of Abdul Deghayes brothers were killed fighting with Islamists in Syria. The 22-year-old convicted drugs dealer was stabbed on Saturday night following a road collision in central Brighton. Sussex Police said Abdul was found brutally stabbed to death in the passenger seat of a car near The Level, a area of the city notorious for drug dealing. The VW Polo he was sitting in had been in collision with a number of other cars on Elm Grove before police were called at 9.29pm. He was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6.28am on Sunday morning. VICTIM'S BROTHER WAS ISIS JIHADI Abdul Deghaye was jailed for two years in 2017 after he admitted four counts of possession with intent to supply after police found drugs, cash and scales at an address in Brighton. His twin brother of Abdullah who was killed fighting in Syria the year before and his … [Read more...] about ISIS fighter’s twin brother, 22, stabbed to death after Brighton car crash
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Lào Cai ethnic woman vows to preserve traditional embroidery
Hanging by a thread: Lò Tả Mảy is an ethnic Dao woman in Tả Phìn - one of the most attractive tourism spots in Lào Cai Province - who is fighting preserve their embroidery tradition. Viet Nam News Mai Khuyên LÀO CAI — With a sewing needle, a reel of thread and a piece of cloth on her person at all times, Lò Tả Mảy, 29, from Tả Phìn Village in the northern province of Lào Cai has all she needs to stitch her intricate embroidery, any time and any place. Mảy is one of just a few ethnic Dao women in Tả Phìn - one of the most attractive tourism spots in Lào Cai - who are trying to preserve their embroidery craft. The traditional handicraft has stretched back through the generations but is now in danger of disappearing due to the boom in the market economy and the invasion of imported products in local markets across tourism areas. Like many other Dao women, Mảy is … [Read more...] about Lào Cai ethnic woman vows to preserve traditional embroidery
9 Needles Inserted In Teenage Girl’s Throat During Alleged Occult Practice
Aug 01, 10:15 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Suman Varandani @suman09 08/01/18 AT 9:22 AM A 14-year-old girl in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal underwent a surgery to have nine needles removed from her throat, which were reportedly inserted during an occult practice. According to local reports, doctors initially thought the girl had mistakenly swallowed the needles."It was later found out that the needles were actually inserted inside her throat from outside as a part of some kind of tantrik (occult) ritual," a senior doctor of the NRS Hospital in Kolkata said. The team of doctors fought hard to save the girl's life during a more than three-hour long surgery. According to the doctors, the family of the girl did not want to disclose how the needles reached her throat. The actual cause was discovered when the girl was questioned after she was able to speak following the surgery. … [Read more...] about 9 Needles Inserted In Teenage Girl’s Throat During Alleged Occult Practice
GOP Senate candidate raffles off machine that makes ‘untraceable’ AR-15s
To drum up support ahead of a highly-contested August primary, a GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate in Missouri says he’s giving away a machine that can build “untraceable AR-15” rifles.Austin Petersen is one of 11 Republican contenders hoping to run against Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in the fall. On Tuesday, he sent an email to supporters publicizing the giveaway of a Ghost Gunner 2, a machine that can build the rifle parts with no serial numbers, according to The Associated Press.RELATED: AR-15 assault rifle 7 PHOTOS AR-15 assault rifle See Gallery AR-15 assault rifle AR-15 rifles are displayed on the exhibit floor during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, May 20, 2016. The nation's largest gun lobby, the NRA has been a political force in elections since at least 1994, turning out its supporters for candidates who back expanding access to guns. Photographer: Luke … [Read more...] about GOP Senate candidate raffles off machine that makes ‘untraceable’ AR-15s
French artist uses Vietnamese paper and embroidery to heal the wound
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — In Marianne Smolska’s new series entitled Phù Du (Ephemeral), delicate monochrome motifs of skulls, wilted flowers, brambles, roots and chrysalises intertwine with embroidery on handmade Lao and Vietnamese paper. Her solo exhibition is ongoing at the Đông Phong Gallery at 3 Lý Đạo Thành Street, Hà Nội. Inspired by David Bowie’s death, this ballpoint series is a reflection on the frailness of life, the passing of time, the inescapable aging of the body and the wounds of bereavement that have to be tended, nursed and even stitched up. The bare threads, fragile lifelines, webs or seams, sometimes caught in brambles, seem to seek to capture a pattern before it disappears. And when they are simply stretched or suspended, these strands seem to weave links between worlds—the world in which the artist lives, Việt Nam, and the one from which she comes, France, but also between … [Read more...] about French artist uses Vietnamese paper and embroidery to heal the wound