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Amidst trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, US ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, is on a rare visit to disputed Tibet. It is the first visit by any US envoy to the sensitive Himalayan region since 2015."The US Ambassador to China is making a trip to Tibet, the first by an American envoy in four years, after obtaining rare access to the restricted region," a US State Department spokesperson told ANI on Monday.The American envoy will travel to Qinghai Province and the Tibet Autonomous... Читать дальше...

The US move escalates trade-war tensions with Beijing, but also risks making China more self-sufficient over time.

The American Red Cross was organized May 21, 1881, by a schoolteacher named Clara Barton. The first woman to be a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office, Clara Barton moved to Washington at the outbreak of the Civil War. She distributed relief supplies to wounded soldiers and, at the request of President Lincoln, aided for […]

Pyrotechnic specialists, Groupe F, attached 30,000 firecrackers to South Korea's Lotte Tower for a light show spectacle promoting peace on the Korean peninsula.

Hodai, which means "all you can" in Japanese, is a newly-opened fusion restaurant in Examiner St., Brgy. West Triangle Quezon City. The restaurant is set in a two-storey house built in 1965 but is renovated and converted into a Japanese restaurant.

Sir Bradley Wiggins has admitted he is "baffled" by Simon Yates' time-trial nightmare which has dramatically reduced his chances of winning this year's Giro d'Italia.

President Donald Trump on Monday told a crowd of cheering supporters that he'd be visiting Pennsylvania frequently before the 2020 elections, hinting that his grip on the key state may not be a given.

James Holzhauer continued his win streak on "Jeopardy!" Monday by winning his 23rd game.

Palm Beach County Judge Joseph Marx ruled Monday that prosecutors can’t use the surveillance footage video that allegedly shows the 77-year-old New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft engaging in paid sex at a massage parlor, according to a report.

Training camps in every sport always open with the tired cliché that every spot is open and, in this case, it's true.

Der österreichische Sport hat einen seiner Größten verloren. Viele Schicksalsschläge hat Niki Lauda bravourös gemeistert, nach einer im Sommer 2018 vorgenommenen Lungentransplantation kämpfte er aber immer wieder mit gesundheitlichen Problemen. Am Montag verstarb er nur wenige Monate nach seinem 70. Geburtstag im Kreis seiner Familie.

Der österreichische Sport hat einen seiner Größten verloren. Viele Schicksalsschläge hat Niki Lauda bravourös gemeistert, nach einer im Sommer 2018 vorgenommenen Lungentransplantation kämpfte er aber immer wieder mit gesundheitlichen Problemen. Am Montag verstarb er nur wenige Monate nach seinem 70. Geburtstag im Kreis seiner Familie.

Formel-1-Legende Niki Lauda ist tot. Der 70-jährige dreifache Formel-1-Weltmeister und Flug-Unternehmer sei am Montag im Kreis seiner Familie friedlich entschlafen, teilte die Familie in der Nacht auf Dienstag mit.

Jason Mitchell will not be returning for the third season of The Chi on Showtime. The 32-year-old actor was fired from the Chicago-based drama following multiple allegations of inappropriate behavior, Deadline reports. Jason has also been dropped by his agent and manager and has also lost a lead role in the Netflix film Desperados. According [...]

“We’re not asking for more than biological families,” said Valerie Howes of Adopt4Life: Ontario’s Adoptive Parents Association. “We’re just asking to catch up with them.”

Everybody needs a break sometimes, but for Vlad Guerrero Jr. — named AL player of the week after a torrid road trip — Monday’s holiday matinee was not the time for a host of reasons, Rosie DiManno writes.

'I don’t understand this world today'

It seemed like it would never happen, but DaMarcus Beasley announced he is retiring at the end of this season.

https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/05/20/damarcus-beasley-retiring-usmnt-houston-dynamo-mls

What can be said about him that could possibly sum up his career?

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2. Callaway stays; Cespedes breaks ankle on ranch  ESPN
3. Noah Syndergaard on Mickey Callaway hot seat: "I think it's kinda BS"  SNY
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Can we just start over?

Taking aim at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the Democratic frontrunner, President Trump campaigned Monday night in Pennsylvania, a state already emerging as ground zero of the 2020 presidential race.

Middle school students in Powell, Ohio, are reportedly being investigated by local authorities after posting a video of themselves claiming to put semen and urine into crepes they served to their teachers....