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The WWE world is devastated over the death of former professional wrestler Sara Lee. Lee — who won Season 6 of WWE’s “Tough Enough” reality series — died at the age of 30, her mother, Terri Lee, announced in a Facebook post on Thursday. No cause of death was given. WWE legend Mick Foley called the news of Lee’s death “awful.” Sara Lee on “Tough Enough”WWE Sara LeeInstagram/Sara Lee “I’m sending my best wishes and a healing prayer to her family and friends. #RIPSaraLee,” Foley wrote. As tributes from fellow WWE stars poured in on Twitter, WWE called the late…

veneThe Biden administration denied plans to relax sanctions on Venezuela to allow American businesses to operate in the country and unfreeze vital financial assets. “Our sanctions policy on Venezuela remains unchanged,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement. “We will continue to implement and enforce our Venezuela sanctions. As we have previously made clear, we will review our sanctions policies in response to constructive steps by the Maduro regime to restore democracy in Venezuela and alleviate the suffering of the Venezuelan people.”A report in the Wall Street Journal claimed that the administration had started to hash out a…

Captain Traore was named the head of state after the coup that deposed Damiba amid growing violence in the Sahel.Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso after Paul-Henri Damiba was removed in the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months. The Sahel country plunged into political turmoil on September 30 after a group of officers decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening armed uprising, dissolved the transitional government and suspended the constitution. Traore has been appointed as “Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces”, according…

The leading ladies of social media weren’t the only ones having fun with the coy accessory. At Christian Dior, models stepped out in knee-high black and white fishnet tights with Mary Jane heels for a Lolita-type touch. Industry-veteran label Xuly.Bët put a look-at-me spin on the style by making them in highlighter yellow and hot pink. By contrast at Valentino knee-highs felt as if they were almost part of a school uniform when worn with a suit. London-based designer Nensi Dojaka put her signature sultry twist on the tights by fastening them like a halter to a pair of crosshatched…

A car being pursued by Milwaukee police fell 35 feet off a bridge and burst into flames Thursday, killing three people inside the vehicle, police said.Officers saw the occupants of the Toyota Avalon in a suspected drug deal and tried to stop the car at the intersection of West Mineral and South 22nd streets just before 6 p.m., according to the Milwaukee Police Department.“But the suspects fled recklessly and a vehicle pursuit was initiated,” the department said in an emailed statement. “After approximately one minute, the suspect vehicle fled across the 16th Street viaduct, crossed the center line and began to…

Lengthy visa processing times are stopping millions of travellers from travelling to the United States.In some countries, wait times are more than 400 days for first-time applicants. But the delays vary hugely between countries. Getting the green light to enter the US can take anywhere from three days to three years, depending on the applicant’s local embassy or consulate.Planning on travelling to the US? Here’s what you need to know about visas.What is a US visitor visa?The US visitor visa is for travellers who want to enter the US for business, tourism or both, and is valid for up to…

CNN  —  The Ukrainian military has recaptured 2,400 square kilometers of territory in Kherson region in the south of the country “since the beginning of the full-scale war,” a senior Ukrainian official said Friday. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president’s office said six settlements had been liberated in the Kherson district as well as 61 in the Beryslav district. Tymoshenko said the evacuation of civilians continued amid massive destruction to critical infrastructure in towns like Arkhanhelske, Vysokopillia and Osokorivka, all of which saw weeks of heavy fighting and indirect fire. Demining is in progress, he added. Ukrainian forces have…

Cardano appears set to make a bullish run in the coming months with several high-profile crypto commentators picking ADA as a coin to watch in recent days.Founder Charles Hoskinson has also promised there is a huge appetite from institutional investors with the blockchain set to welcome hundreds of new projects to their ecosystem after the successful Vasil hard fork upgrade.But can Cardano, long considered an undervalued crypto coin without ever truly breaking out, finally make huge returns on its great promise?Cardano Loved by Crypto AnalystsTwo videos emerged this week from highly influential crypto analysts that both spoke at length about…

South American nation’s prison agency says 14 people were taken to hospital and work is underway to identify the dead.At least 15 prisoners have been killed and many wounded in the latest riot to hit Ecuador’s troubled prison system. Monday’s rioting at the Cotopaxi No 1 jail in Latacunga left “15 people dead and 20 injured,” said a spokesperson for SNAI, the agency that manages Ecuador’s prisons. More than 400 inmates have died in prison violence since February 2021, which the government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso has attributed to gang warfare over control of territory and drug trafficking routes.…

CNN  —  Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign cut ties with its political director on Wednesday, CNN has learned, the move coming just days after The Daily Beast reported that the Georgia Republican paid for a woman’s abortion more than a decade ago. The departure of Taylor Crowe, who previously held the same role on ex-GOP Sen. David Perdue’s failed bid for Georgia governor this year, comes just weeks before Election Day in the crucial Senate contest against Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock. With an evenly split Senate, Republicans are hoping to flip the Georgia seat as they look to take control of…