Alex Noren buoyed for major challenge after European PGA Championship win
Noren's round which included eight birdies and an eagle at the last finished two hours before the overnight leaders came in but no-one mounted a serious challenge but he thought victory was off the agenda after double bogeying the 18th on Saturday.
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Iranian election back to two-horse race as Tehran mayor withdraws
Iran's senior vice president dropped out of the country's presidential race Tuesday to endorse current President Hassan Rouhani , who is seeking a second term. Rouhani, who pledged to reduce Iran's global isolation and grant more freedoms at home, averted a second round by winning just over 50 percent. Speaking at a gathering in the mainly Kurdish populated city of Urmia in northwest of Iran, Raisi said he saw no differences between the country's diverse peoples and faiths.
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United Kingdom lowers attack threat level as police close in on bomber's network
Greater Manchester Police said the threat level in the United Kingdom has been reduced from critical to severe. Mark Rowley, Britain's top counterterrorism police officer, said authorities have dismantled a "large part" of the network around bomber Salman Abedi .
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8 dead in shooting rampage in Mississippi; suspect arrested
He expresses regret for shooting the sheriff's deputy. The deputy asked Godbolt to leave, and at first, it seemed like Godbolt would comply, he said. As of Sunday morning, the name of the victims, including the deputy, had not been released. Godbolt also killed three females at the house, Strain said, before heading to another residence in the nearby city of Brookhaven and fatally shooting two boys, Strain said.
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Iraqis demand compensation after US probe into Mosul strike
He said IS has tried to set up similar incidents since then, prompting Iraqi and coalition forces to adjust combat tactics and watch locations more carefully in advance of strikes. "The best way to protect civilians is to defeat ISIS", the general said, using an alternate acronym for the group. Initially, residents say they were inundated with journalists and Iraqi government officials, but within a week the neighborhood was "abandoned", said Ali Idriss, 30, whose home is within eyesight ...
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Bromance alert! Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron are clearly breaking the internet
Macron added: "One must show that you won't make small concessions, even symbolic ones, but also not over-publicize things, either". Steve Holland, who covers the White House for Reuters, tweeted this: "The photogs noticed that Trump and Macron were gripping their hands hard..." David Mack, an editor at BuzzFeed posted a series of photographs of the two leaders.
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Qld police officer injured near Grafton
Unconfirmed reports suggested the shooting occurred during a police pursuit. "He is contained within the exclusion zone", a police spokesman told AAP. Police could not confirm the identity of the victim but say they were responding an incident in the region. Queensland Police have urged people to avoid Wallers, Forestry, Ringwood and Fords Roads.
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NKorea fires apparent Scud-type missile into eastern waters
The North Korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchers within range of one of the most densely populated cities on Earth - Seoul , the capital of South Korea , Mattis said. This is the ninth missile test North Korea has conducted this year . As with a number of previous North Korean tests, the timing of Monday's launch came close to a key global event.
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Memorial Day services in NEPA
The parade will start at 11:00 a.m.at the Quincy American Legion. ALTOONA - The Bishop Eugene A. Garvey Catholic War Veterans Post 1691 Memorial Day parade will start at 8:45 a.m. The day finishes with a patriotic concert at Pacific Auditorium at 7 p.m. "This is the 150th anniversary of the Memorial Day celebration and it's very important to us that it stays focused on its intended objective", Cliff Post, the Parade Chairman, explained.
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NKorea fires short-range ballistic missile off western Japan
The missile was sacked at 5:39 a.m. local time (4:39 p.m. Sunday ET) from an area near Wonsan, Kangwon province, toward the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula, according to a statement from South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff . Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to take "concrete action" with the USA after North Korea's latest missile launch, which landed in the Sea of Japan.
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Singaporeans urged to take precautions when travelling to southern Philippines
A Philippine soldier sits on an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) while residents fleeing from Marawi city drive past on a highway going to Marawi, in Balo-i town, on the southern island of Mindanao, May 24, 2017. "The situation is very fluid and movements are dynamic because we wanted to out-step and out-manoeuvre them", he said. Martial law has been declared in Mindanao following heavy clashes between Filipino government troops and militants in Mindanao's Marawi city .
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Courtois: Sanchez goal should never have stood
While Wenger has done little to curb the endless rounds of speculation, he admits that the matter should have been cleared up long before supporter protests were sparked. The Arsenal players expect Wenger to confirm he will be staying on. I just want to do well for this club and, after that, it is down to the board members to decide if I am the right man to take this club further and for me to decide if I'm the right man, that is it.





