> 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.) WWE issued the following press…
Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a treasure trove of good luck charms and fertility amulets which they think may have been used for casting spells by an ancient Roman sorcerer. The collection includes tiny carved phalluses, pieces of bone shaped as human skulls and fists, small bronze bells which would have been rung to ward…
Omar al-Bashir, the ousted former president of Sudan, is expected to stand in court on Monday for the first stage of a corruption trial which could see him jailed for many years. Bashir took power in a 1989 coup but was deposed in April after mass protests and security forces deciding to withdraw support for his…
At least one Hong Kong police officer fired a warning shot during clashes with protesters armed with sticks on Sunday, the first time a live round has been used in three months of protests. The incident occurred as riot police also deployed water cannon trucks for the first time since mass demonstrations began, shooting volleys…
As Asia Bibi sits free at last in a secret location in Canada, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a false blasphemy charge thinks of those left behind still facing the same ordeal. Nearly four months after the 54-year-old finally left Pakistan following a miscarriage of justice that caused worldwide…
India’s attempt to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon ended in apparent failure on Saturday after the Chandrayaan-2 lost contact with mission control during its descent to the lunar surface. The descent at first proceeded smoothly. But the control room fell silent as the landing craft’s trajectory diverged less than two miles from the surface…
The pro-democracy protests gripping Hong Kong have forced the Hong Kong Tennis Open to be postponed, organisers said Friday, as tourist numbers plummet. The announcement comes as Hong Kong prepares for yet another uncertain weekend amid protests triggered 15 weeks ago by a controversial bill that would allow people facing criminal charges to be extradited to…
The tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati severed ties with Taiwan on Friday, switching its diplomatic allegiance to China in the second such defection in a week. "Kiribati today officially notified us that it was cutting diplomatic ties with our country," Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s foreign minister, told reporters at a hastily organised press conference. "Today we are also…
At a recent PCW Event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Kenny Omega wrestled his first match since losing his IWGP Heavyweight Title to Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 13 on January 4th. Omega wrestled in a 6-Man Tag Team Match with Don Callis as one of his opponents. The two have built up quite a rivalry…
It was recently announced by WWE COO Paul “Triple H” Levesque that he will be taking part in his usual Post-NXT TakeOver interview with Cathy Kelley immediately after NXT TakeOver: New York goes off the air this coming Friday evening. Triple H recently took to his Twitter to make the announcement and said that The…