Month: July 2020

A gunman dressed all in black opened fire on a busy Toronto street, leaving two people dead and another 12 injured – including a young girl. The 29-year-old attacker also died following the rampage in the Canadian city’s Greektown district on Sunday night. A video from one witness shows a man dressed in black clothes and a […]

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1932  Kansas City, Missouri:– World Champion Jim Londos beat Abe Coleman– Rudy Dusek beat Wee Willie Davis – George Zaharias drew Gino Garibaldi – Jim McMillen beat Jack Hurley  1935 Waterloo, Iowa:– Earl Wampler beat Louis Thesz 1950  Houston, Texas:– Verne Gagne defeated Miguel Guzman for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title 1962  Minneapolis, Minnesota:– AWA Champion Verne […]

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The world’s most coup-prone state risks renewed turmoil this week as a contentious referendum threatens to destabilise the Comoro Islands and draw France deeper into a migrant crisis that has bolstered its nationalist right. The archipelago of Indian Ocean islands off south-east coast of Africa had seemed to have shaken off an era of chronic […]

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As Britain and the rest of Europe swelter through a heat wave, a new study suggests that drought had bloody consequences for the rulers of the ancient world. Academics have found that prolonged periods of low rainfall in the Roman Empire led to more emperors being assassinated by restive legions. According to the thesis put forward […]

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One of Japan’s most prestigious medical universities marked down tests from female applicants as they were considered more likely to leave the profession after getting married and having children. In a growing scandal that has triggered widespread anger and reflection over gender equality in Japan, Tokyo Medical University was also found to have accepted bribes […]

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Big South Conference Tournament Championship Bracket Round 1: Jackson County Central 49 Fairmont/Martin County West 21 106 Jordan Wolter (F/MCW) Dec. Justin Heckard (JCC) 8-3 113 Jacob Tvinnereim (JCC) Fall Zachary RIngnell (F/MCW) 2:33 120 Payton Anderson (F/MCW) Fall Zach Poelaert (JCC) 2:50 126 Dalton Wagner (JCC) Maj. Dec. Chris Ettesvold (F/MCW) 16-3 132 Collin […]

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