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Canadian swimmers broke a national record for podium appearances at a single world championships with two more medals on Friday. And 19-year-old Josh Liendo was at the heart of both. After capturing individual bronze in the men’s 100-metre butterfly, Liendo led off the 4×100 mixed freestyle relay team that won silver, …
Read More »World’s largest recorded freshwater fish caught in Cambodia
The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States. The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost four metres from snout to tail and weighed slightly under 300 kilograms, …
Read More »Teen sensation McIntosh, Canadian women’s relay team win silvers on opening day of aquatics worlds
Summer McIntosh began the FINA world aquatics championships in the best way possible – with a medal around her neck. The 15-year-old from Toronto swam to the silver medal in the women’s 400-metre freestyle at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday. McIntosh swam the face in three minutes, 59.39 …
Read More »Australia passes world’s first law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news
In a first, the Parliament in Australia cleared the amendment in a law for making giants like Facebook and Google pay to media companies for their news content. What’s the new law? The Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the popular News Media Bargaining Code as per the agreemen reached …
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