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It would also overhaul the chain of command for the D.C. National Guard, which was hampered on Jan. 6. In addition to setting policy for the entire U.S. military for the coming year, the House makes consideration of the annual defense measure a feat of endurance.

Lance Franklin is on quest for the 1,000-goal milestone, Essendon are out to win their first finals games since 2004, and Melbourne and Port Adelaide look to convert home-ground advantage into a preliminary final.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says wildfires that ripped through the outskirts of Athens and other parts of Greece this month underlined the need for radical shifts in behaviour to tackle global warming.

Cyclist Paige Greco not only claimed Australia’s first gold medal of the Paralympics, but she twice smashed her own world record in the C3 3000m individual pursuit. In the qualifier, her ridiculous time of 3:52.

A working bee last weekend did some manicuring of the racing surface, removing some tree limbs and debris from recent windy days and trimming the grass in the pit area in readiness for the action this Sunday.

Historic Leyburn Sprints will go ahead from September 11-12, after weeks of COVID-induced scheduling mayhem. A full program of competition and off-track events has been confirmed for this iteration, which has overcome changes to lockdown and border restrictions in Queensland.

The royal has repeatedly called on the business community to support his ambitious Magna Carta-style charter to safeguard the planet.

Rafael Nadal's decision to withdraw from the US Open means that the season's final Grand Slam event will be missing five players who have been champions in New York in 12 of the last 17 years.

A new social media and metropolitan billboard campaign aims to share the action farmers are already taking on climate change.

The CSIRO's research shows agriculture's goal of becoming climate neutral by 2030 is achievable, by increasing soil carbon and reducing emissions, without the need to cut herd and flock numbers. The problem we have as an industry is that because we work the land,