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Awesome Austin vaults into medal contention

Horse Sport of Ireland 

Awesome Austin O’Connor delivered a foot-perfect clear cross country round within the time on board Colorado Blue to lie 14th individually in Eventing. O’Connor and his dashing grey came home one second under the limit to remain on his dressage score of 31.7. Unfortunately however, an injury to Sarah Ennis’ Irish Sport Horse Acton Lady M, picked up in the course of a brilliant round that saw the Howth pilot pick up just 3.2 penalties, have put a major dent in hopes of a medal for Dag Albert’s squad. Читать дальше...

Turkey debates fate of millions of stray dogs

France24.com (en) 

The government estimates there are four million stray dogs and the law, which will be debated over several days, will allow the killing of sick animals and those with "negative behaviour". The maximum fine for abandoning dogs would be increased 30-fold to 60,000 lira ($1,800). President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ahead of the debate that Turkey faces a problem "like no other civilised country" which was "growing exponentially". A growing number of rabies cases particularly worries the government. Читать дальше...

Face the Nation: McCaul, Van Hollen, Lujan Grisham

CBSNews.com 

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells "Face the Nation" that in the wake of the deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the shipments of weapons to Israel have been "delayed internationally", Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, tells "Face the Nation" that although he thinks a potential Harris administration will "elements" of the same policy toward Israel... Читать дальше...

Hezbollah evacuates positions ahead of expected Israel raids: source close to group

France24.com (en) 

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant vowed to "hit the enemy hard" a day after rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 minors in Majdal Shams, again raisings fears that the war in Gaza will spread. Israel blamed Lebanon's Hezbollah movement for firing a Falaq-1 Iranian rocket but the Iran-backed group -- which has regularly targeted Israeli military positions -- said it had "no connection" to the incident. "Hezbollah has evacuated some positions in the south and in the Bekaa valley that it thinks could... Читать дальше...

Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts

Times Union 

Wildfires across the western United States and Canada have put millions of people under air quality alerts, as thousands of firefighters battle the flames, including the largest wildfire in California this year. The so-called Park Fire had scorched more than 550 square miles of land in inland Northern California as of Sunday, darkening the sky with smoke and haze and contributing to poor air quality in a large swath of the Northwestern U.S. and western Canada. Although the sprawling blaze is only 12% contained... Читать дальше...