The first women’s Grand Tour of the season commences this weekend: La Vuelta Femenina.It has been expanded to include eight stages spanning across 867km in what will be the first edition of the race since Annemiek van Vleuten’s retirement.There are a number of contenders to fill the void left by…
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View MoreSecretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday emphasized the need for the U.S. and China to avoid “miscalculations” and “misunderstandings.”Speaking in Beijing ahead of a closed-door meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Blinken said there is no substitute for “face-to-face diplomacy.”Both sides need to make sure “that we’re as…
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View MoreOn this day in history, April 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a farm in Virginia 12 days after he fatally shot the president of the United States.On April 14, 1865, Booth, 26, an actor, shot Lincoln during…