(Updates with quotes) June 13 (Reuters) – Englishman Greg Owen and Fabian Gomez of Argentina passed the overnight leader to take the lead after the third round at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis on Saturday. Owen and Gomez both shot three-under 67 at TPC Southwind for a 54-hole total of nine-under 201, good enough to share a one-shot lead entering the final round of the PGA Tour event.
– As your mother probably warned you, there’s only one chance to make a first impression. And Audi was clearly determined that our initial experience with the new R8 would be a memorable one. – The invitation was simple, and there wasn’t any chance of us turning it down: Come to Le Mans to watch the 24 Hours race and, during a break between practice and qualifying sessions, take the
– As your mother probably warned you, there’s only one chance to make a first impression. And Audi was clearly determined that our initial experience with the new R8 would be a memorable one. – The invitation was simple, and there wasn’t any chance of us turning it down: Come to Le Mans to watch the 24 Hours race and, during a break between practice and qualifying sessions, take the
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday. “We will pre-position significant equipment,” the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that the Pentagon was poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday. “We will pre-position significant equipment,” the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that the Pentagon was poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for
Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in “hostile countries” after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, the Sunday Times reported. Security service MI6, which operates overseas and is tasked with defending British interests, has removed agents from certain countries, the newspaper said, citing unnamed officials at the office of British Prime Minister David Cameron, the
Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in “hostile countries” after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, the Sunday Times reported. Security service MI6, which operates overseas and is tasked with defending British interests, has removed agents from certain countries, the newspaper said, citing unnamed officials at the office of British Prime Minister David Cameron, the
A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and 21 were wounded in separatist attacks in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides accused the other of intensifying attacks despite a four-month-old ceasefire deal. “In the past 24 hours the number of ceasefire violations by illegal military groups has risen,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said at a briefing at midday. Senior separatist commander Eduard Basurin said
A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and 21 were wounded in separatist attacks in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides accused the other of intensifying attacks despite a four-month-old ceasefire deal. “In the past 24 hours the number of ceasefire violations by illegal military groups has risen,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said at a briefing at midday. Senior separatist commander Eduard Basurin said
Islamic State militants have set up giant television screens in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and are using them to proclaim that they will seize more Iraqi territory after capturing the provincial capital last month, residents said. Efforts by the Shi’ite Muslim-led government and its American allies to break the hardline group’s control of about a third of Iraq are currently focused on Ramadi, in Sunni Muslim heartland Anbar province.