President Trump has vetoed a bill Congress passed to end U.S. military assistance in the Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen. In a break with the president, Congress voted for the first time to invoke the war powers resolution to try and stop U.S. involvement in a foreign conflict. Mr. Trump vetoed the measure Tuesday. Congress […]
Read MoreThe Ultimate Warrior has issued the following press release announcing that fans will be able to watch his return to the ring on an exclusive online Pay-Per-View event: UltimateWarriorTV.com Partners with Dailymotion for the Return of the Ultimate Warrior Broadcast PRWEB) June 10, 2008 — Dailymotion, the world’s largest independent video entertainment site, has joined […]
Read MoreCanada will take back dozens of shipping containers full of trash from the Philippines “sooner than later,” a Philippine official said this week. Canada’s agreement to take back the garbage, which has been rotting for up to six years in Manila, may end a battle, but the wider war is just beginning as wealthy nations […]
Read MoreThe 40th birthday of Ironman was always going to be a special race, and so it proved with the Kona debut of Javier Gomez, course records broken, emotional stories of redemption and some heavyweights showdowns between the world’s greatest long-course athletes. Advertisement Grabbing the headlines in the men’s elite event was Patrick Lange, who broke […]
Read MoreEthan Page was the surprise entrant in the Face of the Revolution ladder match, and has signed with AEW. Page was the unannounced sixth entrant in the ladder match that took place at tonight’s Revolution event. He did not win the match; Scorpio Sky laid out Cody and grabbed the brass ring to win, earning […]
Read MoreKhartoum, Sudan — Sudan’s military council said Wednesday the ruling generals are ready to resume negotiations with the opposition, after three days of a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that purportedly left 100 dead across the country. The head of the council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, said there would be “no restrictions” in talks with the […]
Read MoreWashington — To stem the flow of migration from Central America, the Trump administration is betting on the expansion of a controversial policy that requires asylum seekers to wait for their court hearing in Mexico. But the proposed “full-blown” push to implement the practice along the entire southwestern border faces significant logistical, legal and political […]
Read MoreYuki Tsunoda fired off a series of impressive times in the closing stages of testing in Bahrain, but it appears the AlphaTauri rookie used and abused a DRS ploy on his cracking hot laps. Tsunoda’ indulged in a series of late runs on Sunday, the fastest of which was just 0.093s shy of Red Bull […]
Read MoreParatriathletes Lauren Steadman and Alison Patrick have both won gold at the Buffalo City ITU World Paratriathlon Event, gaining automatic qualification for the Paralympics in Rio Advertisement Steadman, 23, won the PT4 category and has now qualified for her third Paralympic Games, having competed twice before as a swimmer. She said: “The top women weren’t […]
Read MoreThe panelists, including Nicole Sapstead (CEO UK Anti-Doping), Kelly Sotherton (Olympic medalist) Wendy Martinson OBE (nutritionist to elite sport) and Chris Fisher, Head of Healthspan Elite (a supplier of high-quality vitamins and supplements) debated the use of performance enhancing drugs in athletics and the issues facing the sport ahead of the Rio. Panel members discussed the alternatives for […]
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