Month: July 2020

> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) -2K launched their first in…

The British scientist found dead at the bottom of a ravine on a Greek island died instantly from a fall, a Greek coroner said on Thursday. Natalie Christopher, 34, was discovered on Wednesday morning on the Greek island of Ikaria, which she was visiting on holiday. Miss Christopher, an astrophysicist and avid trail runner who…

Al-Qaeda has released embarrassing outtakes from an Islamic State propaganda video of fighters in Yemen, in an attempt to undermine its bitter rival. The "blooper" reel, released by Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula’s Hidayah Media Productions, shows a kneeling militant trying to renew his pledge of allegiance to Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but repeatedly…

On a humid August evening, Hong Kong’s expat bankers spill out of their air-conditioned offices in the central business district and into a trendy new bar. There are the usual toasts of whisky-and-soda. But despite everyone’s best efforts to keep the mood light, talk soon turns to the protests that have plunged the former British…

South Korea said Thursday it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid intensifying trade and diplomatic disputes with Tokyo. The decision comes as Seoul and Tokyo are locked in a tit-for-tat trade and diplomatic dispute following a series of South Korean court rulings against Japanese firms, requiring them to pay for forced labour during World War II.…

David Koch, the American billionaire and libertarian whose donations with his brother Charles helped reshape US politics, has died at the age of 79.  Mr Koch had stepped down from executive vice president of Koch Industries, a conglomerate which has an annual revenue of more than $100 billion, last year.  Charles Koch released a statement…

The Sackler family will reportedly give up ownership of Purdue Pharma and pay $3 billion (£2.4 bn) of their own money under a tentative agreement to settle a string of lawsuits accusing the company of fuelling America’s opioid crisis.  The Sackler family, which was estimated to be worth $13 billion in March, is currently considering…

The family of a young American journalist killed while covering South Sudan’s recent civil war on Thursday called on the FBI to investigate his death as a potential war crime. Christopher Allen, a freelance reporter who had reported for The Daily Telegraph among other outlets, was shot dead during a battle between government and rebel…

More than 120 US military construction projects will be adversely affected as the Pentagon prepares to use $3.6 billion to help build or enhance 175 miles (282 km) of the border wall with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised…

Maurice, the noisy French cockerel who made international headlines when his owner was sued by her neighbours over his strident dawn call, has the right to carry on crowing, a court ruled on Thursday. The raucous rooster became France’s most famous bird when a retired couple took him to court, demanding that he be prevented from…