1940 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Bruns beat Orville Brown in 2 out of 3 falls 1944 Nashville, Tennessee: – Herb Welch defeated The Yellow Scorpion for the Tennessee World Junior Heavyweight Title 1957 – Kurt Von Poppenheim defeated Red Bastien to win the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii: […]
> 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.) -Former WWWF Champion, Intercontinental Champion, […]
Afghanistan could reach new heights of violence because of its forthcoming presidential election, one of the country’s most infamous warlords has warned. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is himself standing for election, warned of a crisis that US intervention could not resolve if Saturday’s vote is not free and fair. "The situation will spiral out of everyone’s […]
The United States on Monday blacklisted 28 Chinese companies that develop facial recognition and other artificial intelligence technology, saying they were implicated in the repression of China’s Muslim minority. The Commerce Department put the companies on a so-called Entity List for acting contrary to American foreign policy interests. The blacklist effectively bars US firms from […]
Bashar al-Assad’s forces swept into cities across northeast Syria for the first time in seven years on Monday after the West’s former Kurdish allies agreed to a Russian-brokered deal to try to hold off a Turkish attack. The Syrian regime’s black-and-red flag went up across the region as Russia seized on Donald Trump’s abandonment of […]
Japanese retail giant Uniqlo has pulled a commercial featuring a 98-year-old US fashion figure from South Korean screens, it said on Monday (Oct 21) after it was accused of whitewashing colonial history. South Korea and Japan are both United States allies, democracies and market economies faced with an overbearing China and nuclear-armed North Korea, but […]
A diplomat at the centre of the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry did say there was a "quid pro quo" between the US president and Ukraine, according to his lawyer. Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, gave evidence earlier this month to congressional committees. His lawyer Robert Luskin, told the Wall Street Journal […]
India’s capital New Delhi was enveloped in heavy, toxic smog on Sunday – the worst levels in recent years – with flights diverted or delayed as politicians blamed each other for failing to tackle the crisis. Every winter, the megacity of 20 million people is blanketed by a poisonous smog of car fumes, industrial emissions […]
NEWARK, NJ — A flight from Colorado to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey was diverted Sunday after a small group of passengers panicked when they mistook a fellow traveler’s allergies for coronavirus symptoms, reports say. United Airlines Flight 1562 was headed for Newark when a passenger began to sneeze and cough. A handful […]
This story on coronavirus developments is updated throughout the day. Scroll down for links helpful to day-to-day living and stories on recent developments. We’re All In This Together: Help Patch Help Our Communities Hours after the nation’s death toll from the new coronavirus passed 1,000, the U.S. Senate approved the largest relief legislation in the […]