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.) Steve Austin says he is happy for…

Though details about their Tag Team title tournament are still sparse, AEW has revealed when the semifinals will be taking place. The semifinals of the AEW Tag Team title tournament will be held at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 23. That’s week four of AEW television. Tickets for weeks four and…

> 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.) Netflix announced tonight that it…

Donald Trump threatened Iran with “obliteration” after the country’s president questioned his mental health for imposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader.  The exchange of insults came as Britain ruled itself out of a potential war between the two sides.  Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, told the Commons on Tuesday: "The US is our…

Chinese state media on Tuesday ended its blackout of the Hong Kong protests, broadcasting footage of “serious illegal actions” after a group of demonstrators stormed the parliament building on Monday night. Censors allowed clips to be shown of the ransacking of the legislature, where protesters smashed through glass barriers before daubing pro-democracy slogans on the walls and…

Malaysia has stopped selling sea sand to Singapore, cutting off the tiny island nation’s main source of one of the key materials it needs for extensive expansion plans. Those plans include the development of the Tuas mega port, expected to be the world’s biggest container terminal. Malaysia exports roughly £277m in sand to Singapore, which…

Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 50 people in Nepal in the past few days, with more deaths reported across the border in India and Bangladesh, officials said onSunday. At least 30 other people were missing in Nepal, either swept away by swollen rivers or buried by mudslides since monsoon…

Europe is to launch a spacecraft to the Moon as it seeks to become a contender in the new space race that has taken off 50 years after the historic US lunar mission.  The Paris-based European Space Agency (ESA) is to land a a robotic rover on the lunar surface rather than astronauts, but says…

Hong Kong descended into pandemonium for the second day in a row on Sunday as police again fired tear gas and rubber bullets at pro-democracy protesters as clashes in the city become increasingly violent.   In the western end of Hong Kong island, rounds of tear gas coming from all sides were fired continuously to disperse…

Libya is to close three of its largest migrant detention centres, including one which was hit by an airstrike last month during fighting between rival forces. Fathi Bashagha, interior minister with the UN-recognised government in Tripoli, has reportedly ordered the closure of camps in Khoms, Misrata and Tajoura following international condemnation of the "inhuman" conditions…