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US security adviser John Bolton presses Russia about election meddling President Donald Trumpʼs National Security Advisor John Bolton gave a press interview in Geneva on Thursday between the morning and afternoon sessions of his meetings with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev. It was clear the first top-level meeting since theTrump-Putin summit in Helsinkiin July was not going well. In the interview with US news agency AP, Bolton said he had raised the issue of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US elections: "I made it clear that we wouldnʼt tolerate meddling in 2018, and we were prepared to take necessary steps to prevent it from happening." Bolton said the Russian delegates had reacted to his words with stone faces: "They didnʼt respond at all," he said. He said later that the issue of election meddling had prevented the two sides from issuing a joint final statement.
German police fight farright infiltration claims An incident last week in Dresden, when police detained a TV crew filminga far-right demo against German Chancellor Angela Merkel,has done nothing to quell persistent suspicions about links between the far-right scene and Germanyʼs security forces. Those rumors were only strengthend with the subsequent revelation that the supporter of theanti-migrant PEGIDA movement, who harassed the reporters and complained to the authorities washimself employed by the Saxony state police department. The journalist in question — from public broadcaster ZDF — accused police of effectively acting as the "executive" arm of PEGIDA. The case has generated plenty of political fallout at national level. Chancellor Merkel on Thursday stressed her "strong commitment to press freedom" and said that demonstrators "must accept they may be filmed by the media."
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UK warns of red tape, card charges in ʼno-dealʼ Brexit The daily lives of British people would see major changes
German churches under scrutiny for violating asylum rules For rejected asylum-seekers in Germany, turning to the church is often their last hope. Many parishes open their doors to delay or preventan imminent deportation. The refugees then live for several weeks or months on the congregationʼs premises, giving them temporary protection from police access. Church asylum makes it possible "to submit individual cases to the authorities for re-examination and thus prevent humanitarian hardships," according to Karl Jüsten.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab presented the first of a series of technical notices telling businesses and citizens how to prepare for a no-deal exit from the EU. Dominic Raab presented the first 25 of about 80 technical notices to be issued over the summer giving an indication of the impact on daily life if the UK leaves the EU without a deal in place next March. In recent weeks, there have been concerns that the country could crash out of the 28-nation bloc without a dealamid infighting within British Prime Minister Theresa Mayʼs divided Conservative government. Raab said he remained confident the UK and the EU would reach a deal, but said that he was releasing the documents to help people and businesses prepare for any disruption caused in case there is no deal. The guidelines stated that companies trading with Europe would face new customs and excise rules and require paperwork covering customs and safety declarations. If Britain left without a deal, "the free circulation of goods between the UK and EU would cease," the guidance said. What do the papers say? Britons will have to pay more to make credit card payments in the EU.Businesses on the continent could be cut off from investment banks in London.Britons living in
the EU could lose access to their UK bank accounts.Companies trading with Europe would face new paperwork to cover customs and safety declarations.Britain will unilaterally accept some EU rules and give EU financial services firms continued access to the UK market.The UK will recognize EU standards for medicines. This means that drugs from the bloc wonʼt need to be re-tested in the UK.Contingency plans to avoid shortages of medicines. The UK finance ministry also indicated in a letter to an MP published on Thursday that a nodeal exit from the EU could eventually cause a budgetary hole in the region of 80 billion pounds (€89 billion or $102 billion) unless public spending were cut to offset this. Analysts fear that a failure to agree exit terms would seriously damage the worldʼs fifth-largest economy as trade with the bloc would be subject to tariffs and regulatory barriers. ʼPlan for every eventualityʼ The first 25 papers issued on Thursday cover everything from financial services to nuclear materials. They say "people and businesses should not be alarmed" by the planning.
Italy lets children disembark from Diciotti rescue ship After spending almost a week on the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti, 27 migrant children were on Thursday allowed to disembark from the vessel at the Sicilian port of Catania, Italian news agencies reported. Aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it had finally met the children; the Italian Interior Ministry said they were all between 14 and 16 years old. A delegation from Italyʼs guarantor of personal rights office also boarded the ship. Read more: Will Italyʼs refugee stance bring down the EU? Italyʼs Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had said on Wednesday that he would allow children to leave the rescue ship, but refused to let the remaining 150 migrants on board off the vessel. "If there are children on board, they can get off now," Salvini said in a Facebook video.
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Cologne ricin plotters bought a hamster to test biological weapon The wife of a Tunisian man who was detained last month over aricin-based biological weapon plotwas also arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being an accomplice. German federal prosecutors said the 43-year-old German woman, named only as Yasmin H, was suspected of helping prepare an act of violence and helping produce biological weapons. Her husband, Sief Allah H. was arrested on June 12 for "planning a serious act of violent subversion." Read more:Ricin — an easy-to-obtain bio-weapon from the internet Hamster conspirator Prosecutors allege that Yasmin H, reportedly a convert to Islam, allowed her husband to use her online accounts to order ingredients to make ricin. The couple allegedly then bought a hamster to test the effectiveness of the toxin. On Tuesday, prosecutors said Yasmin H. had organized also a trip to Poland for her husband in late 2017 to buy explosive materials.
ʼJunkʼ art stash may yield multimillion dollar masterpieces New York gallery owner David Killen believes he has uncovered six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which — if verified — could be worth tens of millions of dollars. The works were part of a stash of artworks that languished in a storage locker in New Jersey until the dealer offered $15,000 for the lot. Killen is confident that a painting by legendary Swiss modernist Paul Klee is also among the artistic flotsam. A worthwhile investment A de Kooning canvas, "Untitled XXV" (pictured top), soldfor a record $66.3 million (€56.7 million) at Christieʼs in 2016, while another sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015 — as part of a $500 million sale that include a Jackson Pollock painting. Killen estimates the discovered works could sell for between $10,000 and $10 million when they are auctioned late this year and early the next. He is planning to unveil the paintings Tuesday at a party in New York. 2
2 killed, 1 seriously injured Paris knife attack:
A man has killed his mother and sister and seriously injured a passerby in a knife attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes. When he walked towards police with the knife, the attacker was shot dead. News Paris knife attack: 2 killed, 1 seriously injured A man has killed his mother and sister and seriously injured a passerby in a knife attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes. When he walked towards police with the knife, the attacker was shot dead. Two people were killed and one seriously wounded in a knife attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the French capital on Thursday morning. The 36-year-old attacker had been on aterror watch list since 2016, and is believed to
DR Congo declares Ebola outbreak over With the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Doctors Without Borders, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has achieved something that, not long ago, hardly anyone would have thought possible. Less than three months after the first case of Ebolawas recorded in the north-westof the country, the Health Ministry on Tuesday declared the outbreak over. The authorities are following the WHO definition, which decrees that 42 days – double the incubation time – must pass after the last Ebola patient is discharged. If there is no new instances of infection in this time, the outbreak can officially be declared
have had serious mental health problems. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, who visited the scene on Thursday, rejected the claim by "Islamic State" (IS) that it was an attack by one of its fighters. Collomb told reporters that the attacker was "mentally unstable, rather than someone who was committed, who would respond to orders from a terrorist organization, in particular Daesh," using another name for IS. He walked towards the police with his knife," Collomb said. "Police then opened fire." over. The DRCʼs health minister, Oly Illungo, has described it as a remarkable success. "With the swift reaction from the government and the involvement of the population we were able to bring the situation under control within seven weeks," Illungo said in an interview with DW.
Pakistan election: Islamist parties benefit from political polarization The moment you step out of Lahore airport you are greeted by hundreds of gigantic banners with smiling portraits ofImran Khan, a former cricket player and candidate for prime minis-
Swimmers warned against Baltic Sea as German heat wave approaches German health officials have warned members of certain ʼat riskʼ groups to avoid swimming in the Baltic Sea as increased water temperature poses a danger from vibrio bacteria. The health ministry in Germanyʼs northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania warned that people living with HIV, the elderly, liver patients and alcohol addicts are particularly prone to bacterial infection. Germanyʼs weather service (DWD) issued a heat warning for large parts of Germany on Monday and advised the elderly and sick people to sit in the shade, drink plenty of water and avoid the heat. What are vibrio bacteria? Vibrio bacteria live in certain coastal waters and are present in higher concentrations between May and October when water temperatures are warmer, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How does infection occur? If open wounds come into contact with infected sea water, vibrio bacteria can infect the wounds. People may also become infected by eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters. Elderly and immunosuppressed people are at particular risk of infection.
ter in the Pakistani general electionon Wednesday. Khanʼs election symbol, a cricket bat, is also omnipresent in Lahore, capital of Punjab province in eastern Pakistan. You can clearly tell that Khanʼs Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party is going to give Nawaz Sharifʼs Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party a tough time in its political stronghold. Unlike in the West, election posters and banners are hugely important in Pakistan. They tell you which party has more funds and a greater presence in cities. For instance, it is difficult to find election banners for the Pakistan Peopleʼs Party (PPP), headed byBilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of late premier Benazir Bhutto. The PPP is all but finished in Pakistanʼs most populous and electorally significant Punjab province. The main electoral battle here is between the PTI and the PML-N.
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Angela Merkel to designate Georgia as safe for migrant returns Merkel announced that Georgia would be labeled a safe country of origin, making it easier for Germany to send back rejected asylumseekers. The comments came at the start of her visit to three former Soviet Union states. Following a rise in migrant arrivals from Georgia, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany would soon designate Georgia as a safe country of origin. The comments came after meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze in the capital Tbilisi where Merkel kicked off her three-day trip to the South Caucasus region. Merkel noted that since the European Union liberalized visas for Georgians, Germany has seen a rise in the number of asylum applicants from
Meet the New York Stock Exchangeʼs only female trader On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, men in expensive suits are staring hard at computer screens. Men call out the numbers. Men run frantically from one stock trading booth to the next, headsets in ear. Even the cleaner here is a man. Almost inconspicuous amid the commotion, Lauren Simmons sits at the trading stand of the investment house Rosenblatt Securities. At just under 1.60 meters tall, dressed in a short skirt and high heels, sheʼs the only female trader on the floor. "I think my story is so unique, because Iʼm not only the youngest on the floor, but also a woman and a minority," says the 23-year-old. Lauren moved from a small town in the state of Georgia to the Big Apple. "I came to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) through a colleague," she says. Despite her studies focusing on genetics, she has always been fascinated by numbers. "Numbers are a universal language that everyone is connected to."
the country. The decision to label Georgia as a safe country of origin would make it harder for Georgian asylumseekers to be recognized as refugees in Germany. It also makes it easier for Berlin to return rejected asylumapplicants. Between January and July this year, some 2,625 people from Georgia applied for asylum in Germany, comprising 2.7 percent of all applications so far this year, according to figures from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).
Angola wants German investors and war ships
Lourenco was on a two-day official visit to Berlin, 11 months after he was picked to succeed Angolaʼs president for 38 years, Jose Eduardo dos Santos. "Weʼre inviting German investors to work with the Angolan state to protect our coastline - either for the supply of war vessels, for our navy, or of other electronical means in order to control our vast maritime frontier, which is a part of the Gulf of Guinea used by pirates and terrorists," Lourenco said.
The visit is not Lourencoʼs first to Berlin and Angolaʼs interest in acquiring German-built naval vessels is not new. In 2014, as defence minister, he signed a cooperation deal in Berlin and said Angola needed more war ships. Three years before that, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had suggested the sale of such vessels to Angola during a visit to Luanda. That offer was so sharply criticized by the German opposition that it never materialized.
First Hindu woman to run for parliament in Pakistan Sunita Parmar is the first Hindu woman to run in Pakistanʼs general elections. She belongs to the lower-caste Meghwar community. The 30-year-old mother of three wants to promote womenʼs education and health.
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Shark in a sweater: Sergio Marchionneʼs legacy at Fiat Chrysler It was an unusually macabre tribute to his importance at the helm of one of the worldʼs largest automakers: Shares of Fiat Chrysler and Ferrari dropped in Monday trading, after it was disclosed over the weekend that CEO Sergio Marchionne was stepping down immediatelyfor health reasons. Chrysler has had its share of impressive bosses over the years — among them its founder Walter P. Chrysler and the charismatic Lee Iacocca — as did Fiat with Gianni Agnelli, but few were as hard working as 66-year-old Marchionne, who joined the Italian company in 2004. He bet big and most of his gambles paid off. But Marchionne was not only head of this industrial behemoth, he also separately led spinoffs Ferrariand CNH Industrial, a maker of busses and industrial trucks and equipment — all three of which are controlled through the Agnelli familyʼs holding company, Exor. His sudden departure could expose a lack of younger talent within the company. At the very least, itʼs a lesson in not putting all of your companies in the hands of one — albeit very talented — manager. "He taught us to think differently and to have the courage to change, often in unconventional ways, always acting with a sense of responsibility for the companies and their people," said John Elkann, grandson of Gianni Agnelli and head of Exor, in a statement .
Trafi app shows the fastest way from A to B Mobility app Trafi could signal the end of city tailbacks and choking smog. It combines public transport, bike and car sharing into a network. Trafi’s most important customers include Google Maps and Volkswagen Mobility app Trafi could signal the end of city tailbacks and choking smog. It combines public transport, bike and car sharing into a network. Trafi’s most important customers include Google Maps and Volkswagen Mobility app Trafi could signal the end of city tailbacks and choking smog. It combines public transport, bike and car sharing into a network. Trafi’s most important customers include Google Maps and Volkswagen 4
VW has best ever sales month ahead of new test procedure
Volkswagenʼs core brand has reported record sales for July, stating that the number of cars shifted in Germany and Europe as a whole was particularly high. A looming new test procedure has much to do with it. Volkswagen Group reported Thursday that European sales of its core VW brand cars jumped by a staggering 30 percent in July to 163,000 units. The Wolfsburg-based auto manufacturer said the success was largely due to "special sales initiatives for cars approved under the outgoing NEFZ test procedure. Those carscan currently be
Berlin real estate sales reach record €18 billion in 2017 In 2017, buyers spent a recordbreaking sum on Berlin real estate, although fewer and smaller apartments were sold, according to a report published on Monday. The annual report from the appraisal board for real estate values in Berlin found that the growing population of the German capital as well as the rising number of singles seeking apartmentshas boosted demand in the real estate market. What the report found: All of the houses, apartments and plots of land that sold in Berlin last year totaled €18.2 billion ($21.2 billion), breaking the previous record set in 2015.Despite the high sum, the number of properties purchased was lower than in 2016, underscoring the rarity and high expense of Berlin real estate.Purchasing prices for apartments rose by 13 percent.More than 25,000 apartments were sold in the city last year for an average price of €3,626 per square meter.The most expensive apartment sold in 2017 cost €8.5 million and was located close to the popular shopping boulevard Kurfürstendamm (Kuʼdamm).
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Chinese retail titan JD.com muscles in on German market
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, an online retail giant with more than 300 million active users, intends on opening an office in Germany in 2018 with a view to establishing itself in Europe, according to its chief executive. In an interview with German business daily Handels‐ blatt, Richard Liu, who heads the Fortune 500 company, made it clear that JD.com has established a clear European plan, based initially around the German market. "I traveled to Berlin to achieve two goals," he told the newspaper during a business trip to the German capital. "I want to expand the business. Iʼm no longer just interested in selling products from Germany to China, I also want to sell products in Europe."
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bought at a discount and can no longer be sold come September this year. The company increased its VW sales in its home market by 33 percent. Worldwide, a total of 505,900 VW cars left the showrooms in July, making it the best ever month for the companyʼs core brand in terms of sales.
Technology that helps us fall asleep
If you have trouble sleeping, Julian Jagtenberg and his colleagues might have something for you: the worldʼs first sleep robot. "Itʼs like a huggable teddy bear," Jagtenberg, a robotics engineer, says while taking the robot into his arms. Its name isSomnox. Itʼs nothing more than a peanut-shaped pillow – but heavy and with a lot of technology stuffed inside. You can cuddle it; it plays meditative music; when you turn it on, it says ‘good nightʼ in Dutch; and most importantly, it breathes - just like a cat lying beside you. The pillowʼs surface rises and falls as if it is alive - this is an essential feature, Jagtenberg told DW. "It makes you synchronize subconsciously to the breathing rhythm of the robot. And we can have you breathing like a Buddhist monk in, like, a minute.”
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Fossil femaleʼs mom was Neanderthal, but dad was Denisovan It marks the first time a direct offspring of the two has been found
Actor Jimmy Bennett speaks out over Asia Argento assault claim The actor who alleged in legal documents that Italian filmmaker and actor Asia Argento had sexually assaulted him when she was 37 and he was 17 spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since The New York Times revealed the allegations. "I did not initially speak out about my story because I chose to handle it in private with the person who wronged me," Jimmy Bennett, now 22, said in a statement released through Attorney Gordon K. Sattro. He went into further detail in an Instagram post, noting that he had great respect for the #MeToo movement and had not previously come forward as he was "afraid and ashamed to be a part of the public narrative."
Leo Budapest Bar - the best panoramic view of the city! Scientists say they have found the remains of a prehistoric female with a Neanderthal mother and whose father was one of the Denisovans. A group of scientists said on Wednesday that a 90,000-year-old bone fragment found in Siberia shows signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and another prehistoric group ofhuman relatives known as Denisovans. While past genetic studies have shown signs of interbreeding between the two groups, as well as with homo sapiens, Wednesdayʼs study is the first
to identify afirst-generation child with Neanderthaland Denisovan parents. Scientists nicknamed the inter-species love child Denny, after her Denisovan father. "Itʼs fascinating to find direct evidence of this mixing going on," said Svante Paabo, a geneticist at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and one of the studyʼs lead authors.
A code word to counter sexual harassment at festivals Wacken, 2010: With tens of thousands standing in front of the stage, the crowd carries a woman on their hands. Sheʼs wearing a tight-fitting top piece and an even skimpier skirt. Beneath her are the hands of hundreds of men, drunk, in a party mood — and probably a bit fired up by the attractive burden theyʼre moving along. This or that hand — intentionally or not — is bound to touch an intimate spot. Afterwards, she returns to the ground without panties. A heated
discussion erupts later on a Wacken online forum. Statements like "The way she looked, she wanted it" are met with outrage: "Thereʼs no reason to treat women like a piece of meat just because youʼre drunk and horny!" One woman responded with this post: "Many drunken heads donʼt realize that there can be a normal person under the bikini and the hot pants. But it might be worth thinking about dressing a bit more appropriately if you insist on riding on hands."
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Events Horizon: what’s happening in Budapest – August 2018
Festivals, cool concerts, cultural events and amazing parties – Budapest is always buzzing. Every month, we bring together all of the important happenings taking place in and around Hungary’s capital, so you can plan ahead. In August, the Sziget Festival, WAMP Design Fair and fantastic fireworks are all among the many exciting events you shouldn’t miss. Whether you would like to shake it to the coolest beats, immerse yourself in culture or give in to guilty pleasures, we present a bunch of events for the upcoming weeks. Get out there and enjoy everything that Budapest has to offer! A38 Concerts WAMP Design Fair Rigoletto Liberty Bridge Picnics Jason Derulo Sziget Festival Festival of Folk Arts CityMatiné Saint Stephen’s Day The Budapest Short International Film Festival A38 Concerts WAMP Design Fair Rigoletto Liberty Bridge Picnics Jason Derulo Sziget Festival Festival of Folk Arts CityMatiné Saint Stephen’s Day The Budapest Short International Film Festival
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Europa League: Werner back as RB Leipzig face Universitatea Craiovia
Timo Werner will be back in action for the Red Bulls as they face the first leg of the tournamentʼs final qualifying round. Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick wants his team to strike early and give themselves a cushion. RB Leipzig heads into the last phase of qualification at the Europa League this Thursday in Romania before returning to Germany for the second leg on August 16. The meeting marks the first ever meeting of the sides. Leipzig is looking for a win, on the heels of their last Europa League match against Swedish club Häcken thatended in a 1-1 draw that helped them through after a comfortable first leg win. Leipzig is expected to have Timo Werner back in the starting lineup for the first time this season. The 22-year-old forward is back from a long break after the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica A brilliant second half free kick from captain Aleksandar Kolarov led Serbia to a deserved win over Costa Rica. Serbia were wasteful in front of goal but did enough to secure three vital points in Group E. Another World Cup day, another sublime freekick. If Cristiano Ronaldo’s ice-cold effort tosnatch a point against arch-rivals Spain on day two was the current goal of the tournament front-runner, the Portuguese may have just met his match. Aleksandar Kolarov, take a bow. A combination of poor finishing and sublime goalkeeping had kept the scores level until Serbia’s no.11 produced his moment of magic. Kolarov’s powerful left foot is no secret, but few inside the stadium would have expected such a thunderous strike when the Roma defender stood over a free kick midway through the second half. His shot was unstoppable; a side-footed missile which screamed into the top corner of the Costa Rica net. Kaylor Navas, who kept his team in the game with several crucial saves either side of half time, was nowhere near it.
La Liga players could strike over US proposals The Spanish footballersʼ union said it will ʼdo everything possibleʼ to avoid industrial action
La Liga players have not ruled out a walkout over contentious plans to move some regular season games to the United States. La Ligaʼs plans to play regular season games in the United States have been met with unanimous opposition by the union of Spanish footballers (AFE), who has not ruled out going on strike to protest against the proposals. Captains and vicecaptains representing the 20 clubs in the league, including Barcelonaʼs Sergio Busquets and Real Madridʼs Sergio Ramos, attended a meeting in Madrid called by AFE President
David Aganzo in response tolast weekʼs announcement from La Liga. "The captains are surprised and angry that such an important decision was taken without being consulted. The players are unanimously against this, no-one is in favour of it," Aganzo told a news conference. "There are some clubs that are in favor and others that are against it, but Iʼm speaking on behalf of the footballers."
The Bundesligaʼs top 4 in the transfer market
Tiger Woods creates golf buzz as he plays himself into Open contention
With three weeks remaining to do business, the Bundesliga clubs in the Champions League still have time to improve their squads. But how has it gone so far and who still needs to bring players in? DW takes a look. 6
As The Open championship reaches its final day, Tiger Woods has remarkably played himself into contention for the title with a round of five under. On Sunday, Tiger Woods will contend for his 15th major golf championship after a remarkable performance on day three at the British Open. With the rain and wind gone, day three turned into birdie bingo and Tiger Woods delivered quite the card. Woods hit six birdies, with only a bogey at the 16th dampening his charge. For the
last eight years personal issues and back problems have forced Woodsʼ golf career onto the back burner. His last tournament win came in 2013 and since then the battle to return to competitive golf again has one been lost more often than won. That is what makes Woodsʼ performance at The Open — after missing the last two — all the more remarkable. His round of 66 was his best weekend round at a major since the 2010 US Open. Briefly, Woods was even tied for the lead, which hadnʼt happened at a major since 2012.