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The Tour de France is a 2116.1-mi (3,405.6-km) bike race split up between 23 days. The race is split up into 21 stages and 2 rest days. This article explains all the important stuff in the race, and is updated daily. July 1, 2023: Stage 1 Stage length: 113.1 mi (182 km) Stage location: Bilbao, Spain Stage winner: Adam Yates (UK) July 2, 2023: Stage 2 Stage length: 129.8 mi (208.9 km) Stage locations: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain to San-Sebastian, Spain Stage winner: Victor Lafay (France) July 3, 2023: Stage 3 Stage length: 120.2 mi (193.5 km) Stage locations: Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain to Bayonne, France Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) July 4, 2023: Stage 4 Stage length: 113 mi (181.8 km) Stage locations: Dax, France to Nogaro, France Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) July 5, 2023: Stage 5 Stage length: 101.1 mi (162.7 km) Stage locations: Pau, France to Laruns, France Stage winner: Jai Hindley (Australia) July 6, 2023: Stage 6 Stage length: 90 mi (144.9 km) Stage locations: Tarbes, France to Cauterets-Cambasque, France Stage winner: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) July 7, 2023: Stage 7 Stage length: 105.6 mi (169.9 km) Stage locations: Mont-de-Marsan, France to Bordeaux, France Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) July 8, 2023: Stage 8 Stage length: 124.7 mi (200.7 km) Stage locations: Libourne, France to Limoge, France Stage winner: Mads Pederson (Denmark) July 9, 2023: Stage 9 Stage length: 113.3 mi (182.4 km) Stage locations: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France to Puy-de-Dôme, France Stage winner: Michael Woods (Canada) July 10, 2023: Rest Day 1 Rest day location: Clermont-Ferrand, France July 11, 2023: Stage 10 Stage length: 103.9 mi (167.2 km) Stage locations: Saint-Ours-les-Roches, France to Issoire, France Stage winner: Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spain) July 12, 2023: Stage 11 Stage length: 111.7 mi (179.8 km) Stage locations: Clermont-Ferrand, France to Moulins, France Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) By: Mihir Gupta For more information/news on Tour de France, go to www.letour.fr/en.

Mark Zuckerberg's new Threads app has reached over 100 million users within just five days of its launch, which is a huge feat for the rising competitor to Twitter. That also puts it on track to surpass Twitter's user count in just a matter of weeks, maybe even days. Threads poses as a huge threat to the social media company now owned by Elon Musk, which has already been in decline for a few months now. After unreliability at Twitter, many users have moved to Meta's Threads, including many celebrities and over 100 US lawmakers. On another note, floods are plaguing many areas around the world, including the Northeastern US, India, and Japan. The US states of New York and Vermont are experiencing huge flash floods and heavy rain, killing one person as they were swept away. The water has washed away roads, bridges, cars, and even entire houses in some areas. Meanwhile, in India and Japan, rain and mudslides are the issue. In India's monsoon season, heavy rains are common, but these are unprecedented. Torrential rains have closed schools, washed away roads, buildings, people, everything. Many crops have been destroyed as well, leading prices to rise over 400% in some areas. Lastly, in Japan, floods and landslides have killed at least six people in what some residents call the 'heaviest rains ever.' Again, roads and buildings have been washed away, and scientists warn that these severe weather events will only get worse due to climate change.

British singer Elton John has officially retired from touring after his final concert in Stockholm, Sweden, where he thanked fans for 52 years "of pure joy" during his career. He highlighted that he wanted to spend more time with his family in 2018, and then launched his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The farewell tour was supposed to end in 2021, but was delayed after COVID-19 hit. At 76-years-old, he has achieved 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Disney Legend Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor; his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour has also become the highest-grossing tour of all time. Since the start of his career in 1969, he has played over 3,500 concerts worldwide, and has composed 31 studio albums, 5 live albums, 10 soundtrack albums, 16 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, 3 tribute albums, 4 collaboration albums, and 2 holiday albums, which all comes out to 464 songs in total. Wow! On another note, severe weather is punishing the northeastern US, causing road closures, water rescues, flash floods, and some damaging winds. The heavy rain has flooded multiple major cities, and at least one person was killed after they were swept away in Orange County, New York. New York and Vermont are the hardest hit states so far, but more rain is yet to come. In fact, the governor of Vermont declared a state of emergency because of the flooding, and over 9,000 people are out of power in the New England state. Over 25 million people are still under flood alerts across the entire Northeast as well, because the water can quickly flood basements, parking garages, and ground floors; officials are urging residents to move to higher floors to avoid the high water levels. Lastly, for information/stats about Tour de France, check out this article by Mihir Gupta!

Logan Paul's PRIME energy drink is now going under investigation by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its caffeine content after it was requested by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The drink has become extremely popular with many children across the country- as it is backed by many social media influencers- but it actually contains the caffeine of six Coke cans. The FDA is now investigating it, as the high caffeine content could be harmful to some people. On another note, flooding has also recently hit northern India, with hundreds of roads collapsing and lots of infrastructure being destroyed. Monsoon season, which lasts from June to September, is a common occurrence in south Asia and brings severe flooding to the region every year. Officials reported that New Delhi received more rain than it has in decades, and 15 people have been killed in the floods and landslides triggered by the heavy monsoon rains. However, a lot more rain is yet to come. Lastly, for information/stats about Tour de France, check out this article by Mihir Gupta!

Today, the Russia-Ukraine War has reached a grim milestone, with the statistics on the 500th day of the war showing just how much both sides have lost. At least 62,500 people have been killed, with over 60,000 others injured. At least 15,000 people are missing, and over 17 million people in total have been displaced. Over 140,000 buildings have been destroyed, and the war has caused at least $411 billion in damages. Now, as this day has come and gone, the United States has approved a new military aid package to Ukraine, which also includes controversial cluster munitions. These unique bombs explode into smaller bombs (called submunitions), and are designed to attack a large area. However, these bombs are banned in over 100 countries around the world, so Ukraine announced that they would not use these munitions in Russia. Ukraine's Defense Minister announced after the aid package was approved that they welcome the helpful munitions, but they would only be used to liberate Ukrainian territory that had been taken by Russia. He also said that it would help to save the lives of many soldiers, but they would keep a strict record of the cluster munition usage for their partners in NATO. Also, for information/stats about Tour de France, check out this article by Mihir Gupta!

Today's only news is that a new update has just come in on the deadly train crash in Odisha, India on Saturday, June 3, where over 290 people were killed in a three-way accident. Three people have now been arrested; two signal engineers and one technician. The accident took place as a passenger train was put onto a parallel loop track by mistake, and crashed into a freight train carrying iron ore coming from the opposite direction. Then, one of the train cars fell onto another track, and another passenger train hit the derailed car and crashed. In all, over 290 people were killed and over 1,000 others were injured in the incident involving almost 2,300 people. Also, for information/stats about Tour de France, check out this article by Mihir Gupta!

Today, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Facebook (and its parent company, Meta), announced the launch of a new competitor to Twitter. The app, called Threads, is very similar to Twitter in many ways, but it could be a huge game-changer for the market. As it has been launched by an already globally-known company, it could be Twitter's only big competitor that could compete with the social-networking company now owned by Elon Musk. The app is currently under Instagram, and it has gained a large amount of traction in just a day. Over 30 million people signed up for the social media app within 24 hours of its launch, and Mark Zuckerberg expects millions more in the coming days. On another note, new reports show that the world temperature average broke records again, just the following day after the record was previously broken. On Monday, July 3, the world average temperature reached 62.62ºF (17ºC), which passed the previous record from August 2016- 62.46ºF (16.92ºC). However, the record did not last long. Just the next day, the world's average temperature broke temperatures again, reaching 62.92ºF (17.18ºC). Some scientists say that Tuesday, July 4 could have been Earth's hottest day in over 125,000 years! But the heat wasn't done. On Wednesday, July 5, the average temperature almost broke records again, but thankfully did not- topping out at 62.90ºF (17.17ºC). These three days are just another sign that global warming continues to affect our planet in numerous detrimental ways, and more action is needed to help stop it. For information/stats about Tour de France, check out this article!

Today, our only news is some bad news in the US. In the United States, Fourth of July was disastrous in many areas, with heat and mass shootings plaguing the country over the weekend. Temperatures in the South hit the 110ºF (43ºC) mark in multiple big cities like Phoenix and El Paso, while other southern US cities sweltered in extreme humidity and 90 degree (32 degree Celsius) temperatures as well. Meanwhile, across the rest of the US, the July 4 weekend saw 22 mass shootings across 17 states that left 20 people dead and over 125 others injured. In the United States' capital city, nine people were injured in an early morning shooting on July 5, while five people were killed and two others injured in Philadelphia on Monday. The same night, three people were killed and eight others injured in Fort Worth, and small parties in Indianapolis and Baltimore turned into disaster zones after gunmen stormed onto the scene and fired. Many more were reported, and we at TWN feel for those whose family and friends were affected by this violence.

To all of our American viewers, we at TWN hope you had a wonderful American Independence Day. To our viewers outside of the U.S, we recommend this article as a quick read to inform you about the holiday. Here's the news for today. To start off, we have some saddening news. On July 2, a wildfire formed in Skamania County, Washington State and has burned a total of 500 acres. At least 10 structures have been destroyed. To add on to the list of things going wrong, the heat waves going on in the country are fueling the flames. Also, the fire is raging in the Columbia River Gorge, a deep canyon going up to 4,000 feet deep in some areas. All this is hindering the progress of the firefighters who are trying to stop the fire. This is just another sign of the heat that keeps on plaguing the globe as temperatures rise across the world. In fact, Monday, July 3rd, holds the latest record for the hottest day ever recorded globally, with the average global temperature reaching 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 Fahrenheit). August 2016 originally held the record of 16.92ºC (62.46ºF). On another sad note, there is more news regarding the killing of the teen in France. Two fundraisers have been set up. One for the teen's family, and one for the family of the policeman who killed the teen. The teen's family's fundraiser raised €380,000 ($414,000), while the policeman's family's fundraiser raised €1.5 million ($1.6 million). Why? Well, the second fundraiser was created by French media personality and former politician Jean Messiha. According to CNN reporter Christian Edwards, "[many] French lawmakers have criticzed the fundraiser and questioned the motives of the organizers." Also, just before midnight on Monday, 11 people were shot in the neighborhood of Como, in Fort Worth, Texas. Three were declared dead and the other eight were wounded. There was no indication of who did the shooting.

First Monday of the month completed! Now let's move into the news. Today, the last of the surviving D-Day commando ranks, Frenchman Leon Gautier died at age 100. He had participated in the liberation invasion at the age of 21. Also, today was day 3, stage 3 of Tour de France, the world's largest cycling event. Yesterday's stage winner was French racer Victor Lafay on the 130-mi (209-km) track from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastian, Spain. Today's stage winner was Belgian racer Jasper Phillipsen on the 115-mi (185-km) track from Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain to Bayonne, France. Finally, the Vietnamese government has banned the upcoming movie Barbie from airing in this southeast-Asian country for a very unique reason. Apparently, in one of Barbie's scenes, there is a map which says all of the South China Sea is under Chinese control, while in real life, all the countries surrounding the water body also have a claim on it, including Vietnam. By Mihir Gupta For more information on Tour de France, go to its official website.