Venezuela and Cuba were hit with further sanctions by the United States on Thursday, as Donald Trump’s hawkish national security adviser unveiled a new policy on countries he termed, with Nicaragua, as "the troika of tyranny". Speaking at the Freedom Tower in Miami, at the heart of the city’s Cuban-American and Venezuelan dissident communities, John Bolton said the policy showed the US "will no longer appease dictators and despots near our shores in this hemisphere." Venezuela will, under the new policy, be unable to sell its gold. Much of the country’s reserves have been shipped to Turkey in the last year, with over $870 million exported. Mr Trump reportedly asked…

Tuesday night’s episode of SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2.662 million viewers, up two percent from last week and the fourth highest viewership total of 2017.  SmackDown finished fourth for the night in total viewers on cable and first in the 18-49 demo with a 0.82 rating. It was the second straight night of good ratings news for WWE following Survivor Series as Monday’s Raw posted its best audience since the start of football season.  For the ninth time in the last 12 weeks, SmackDown was up year-over-year in the ratings. SmackDown retained just over 87 percent of the Raw audience from the previous night, a similar retention to what the show has done since the…

A woman carrying a grenade-shaped belt buckle on a train from Barcelona to Madrid caused havoc on Wednesday, forcing railway stations to be evacuated as well as delays. Police in Barcelona said they were advised by security personnel in the city’s main Sants station that "they had seen by scan an object that could be an explosive artefact," a spokesman told AFP. A photo of the luggage scan posted on the Twitter feed of Catalonia’s Mossos police force showed what looked clearly like a grenade. Most Spanish stations require passengers boarding trains to put their luggage through scanners. Police subsequently evacuated two high-speed trains at the Barcelona station but didn’t find anything, the spokesman said. "Then…

With the show just days away, Trish Stratus has been added to the lineup for Raw’s 25th anniversary episode. Stratus joins Nikki & Brie Bella, Jacqueline Moore, Torrie Wilson, Terri Runnels, Maria Kanellis, Michelle McCool, and Kelly Kelly as women’s wrestlers who will be making special appearances on Monday night. Stratus was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013 and then did the induction speech for Lita the following year. Monday’s Raw is the go-home show for the Royal Rumble. The show should answer whether any legends will be advertised for the women’s Rumble in advance. There was a backstage segment on the January 8th episode where it was teased…

One of the frontrunners to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of her political party has called for Germany to deport migrants to Syria. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said asylum-seekers whose claims are rejected or who commit crimes could be returned to the war-torn country. “Certain regions of Syria could be secure enough in the foreseeable future,” she told Bild newspaper.  Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, popularly known in Germany as “mini-Merkel”, is widely seen as Mrs Merkel’s preferred successor. But she has been at pains to distance herself from the chancellor’s controversial migrant policy in her bid for the leadership of the Christian Democrat party (CDU). Germany currently bans deportations to Syria because of the situation…

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There was nothing fun about the Minnesota Class 2A state wrestling tournament for James Huwe last season. With the weight of attempting to do something that had never been done in Detroit Lakes High School history on his broad shoulders, the state meet was business. “You’re supposed to get down here and you’re supposed to wrestle for fun, but when you’re trying to do something I’m trying to do, there’s a whole lot of pressure on you,” Huwe said at the meet last season. “You have to stay composed and do what you need to do. I’m out here not just because I like it. I love this sport.” Continue…

Granite Ridge Conference Dual Foley 51 Milaca 9 106 No. 9 Nathan Garneau (FOL) Fall Garrett Hall (MIL) :57 113 Ryan Dunlap (FOL) Dec. (No. 4) Jon Hall (MIL) 3-1 120 No. 9 Cameron Kowitz (FOL) Fall Sprencer Crook (MIL) 4:20 126 John Dierkes (FOL) Fall Zack Salgren (MIL) 1:20 132 Austin Loehrer (FOL) Dec. Logan Majerus (MIL) 3-0 138 Kyle Starr (MIL) Dec. Mitch Rothfork (FOL) 12-5 145 Taylor Jurek (FOL) Dec. Reece Sandberg (MIL) 2-0 4XOT 152 Noah Lefebvre (FOL) Fall Roy Marx (MIL) 1:51 160 No. 7 Dru Kuchenbaker (MIL) Dec. Simon Bryce (FOL) 3-1 170 Dakota McIver (FOL) Dec. Cole Barsody (MIL) 4-2 182 No. 1…

Gopher alums Tony Nelson and Scott Schiller donned the red, white and blue this weekend as part of Team USA at the Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul and both turned in strong performances, particularly Nelson, who captured the silver medal in freestyle at 125 kilograms. Nelson picked up three victories on his way to the championship bout, overwhelming his side of the bracket along the way. He began with consecutive 10-0 tech falls, first knocking off Recep Bolme and then Slim Trablsi. In his semifinal match, Nelson pinned Yasin Kilic in just 1:38, putting him into the finals without a point allowed. Nelson found himself fighting for the gold against…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If Mark Hall was in basketball instead of wrestling, he’d be as big as LeBron. At least, when LeBron was coming out of high school. “Tons and tons and tons of attention,” his coach, Dalen Wasmund, said with a chuckle. And when the state wrestling tournament begins on Thursday, for the senior 170-pounder from Apple Valley, it’s a whole lot bigger than a chance at a state title. Click Here: camisetas de futbol baratas It’s a shot at history. View/continue reading at minnesota.cbslocal.com