A cursory glance at current events.
In cycling, Tadej Pogačar (pictured) wins the Tour de France.
The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July. The race did not finish in Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Incumbent U.S. president Joe Biden withdraws from the 2024 presidential election.
On July 21, 2024, Joe Biden, the incumbent Democratic president of the United States, announced his withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election in a statement on social media. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement as the party's candidate in the election.
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In golf, Xander Schauffele wins the Open Championship.
The 2024 Open Championship, officially the 152nd Open Championship, was a major golf tournament held 18–21 July 2024 at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the tenth Open Championship played at the Old Course of Troon. Xander Schauffele shot a final-round 65 to win his second major championship, two strokes ahead of Justin Rose and 54-hole leader Billy Horschel. With Schauffele's win, Americans won all four majors in the same calendar year for the eleventh time and the first time in 42 years.
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General secretary and former president of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng dies at the age of 80.
Nguyễn Phú Trọng was a Vietnamese politician and communist theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo and Central Military Commission, Trọng was considered Vietnam's paramount leader. From 2018 to 2021, he also served concurrently as president of Vietnam.
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