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.) Dragon Gate’s biggest show of…

Prince Harry will "insult" Malawians if he fails to meet with civil society figures after shaking hands with the country’s controversial president next week, a senior human rights activists said.  The Duke of Sussex will arrive in Malawi on Tuesday, where he will meet President Peter Mutharika and pay tribute to Guardsman Mathew Talbot, a…

In a windowless garage on the outskirts of a vast refugee settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Nour pored over the Harry Potter books he had saved up to buy. Not only did they help the Syrian teenager practise his English, but Harry’s fantastical adventures in a faraway land offered him a much-needed escape. Like JK…

An emotional livestreamed account from a young female student alleging sexual assault at the hands of the police sparked fresh anger and new protests in Hong Kong on Friday. A video of Sonia Ng, who waived her anonymity to make the accusations during an open forum on Thursday night at the Chinese University of Hong…

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte was slightly injured after falling off a motorcycle in the grounds of his residence, aides said on Thursday. The 74-year-old president’s life-long passion for motorcycles has left him with permanent nerve damage in his neck, and frequent migraines, among numerous ailments that ensure his health and his disappearances from the public eye are…

People are increasingly resorting to stealing pork in China as prices for the meat soar, with swine flu decimating the country’s hog herd. One man in southern China lifted a shopping bag filled with pork sausages after spotting a woman leaving the meat unattended in her bike basket. After swiping the pork, he concealed the meat…

The head of a Chinese language and cultural institute at a Brussels university has been banned from Belgium after security services accused him of being a spy.  Xinning Song, 65, was also barred from the EU’s passport-free Schengen zone for eight years, Belgian media reported. Professor Song has lived in Belgium for ten years. His…

Democrats have launched an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump after accusing him of violating the US Constitution, plunging a deeply divided nation into yet another clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The US president accused Democrats of another political "witch hunt", summing up his view of the probe in an all-caps tweet:  PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT! —…

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GA — Georgia prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for four of the five people charged in the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found buried behind their house in the Guyton area in December 2018. According to The Augusta Chronicle, the biological father of the teens, Elwyn John Crocker, is…

Former Vice President Joe Biden swept three states holding Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday, carving out an almost certain path to the party’s nomination after winning in Arizona, Florida and Illinois. Ohio was also on the primary election calendar, but took the extraordinary step of canceling in-person voting on the eve of election day amid rising…