Chinese prodigy Pan Zhanle became the first Asian swimmer to break the 47-second mark in the 100 metres freestyle at the Asian Games on Sunday, while North Korea celebrated its return to major competition with a medal in the judo. Pan stormed to gold in the Hangzhou pool with a scintillating time of 46.97 seconds, the fifth fastest ever, announcing himself as a major contender in the blue-riband event a year out from the Paris Olympics.

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Chinese prodigy Pan Zhanle became the first Asian swimmer to break the 47-second mark in the 100 metres freestyle at the Asian Games on Sunday, while North Korea celebrated its return to major competition with a medal in the judo. Pan stormed to gold in the Hangzhou pool with a scintillating time of 46.97 seconds, the fifth fastest ever, announcing himself as a major contender in the blue-riband event a year out from the Paris Olympics.

WRAPUP 1-Games-Teen swimmer Pan adds to China's golden glow at Asian Games comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

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Actor Stephen Fry, the British voice behind the “Harry Potter” audiobook series, revealed that artificial intelligence was used to mimic his distinct accent for a documentary that he knew nothing about.

“I said not one word of that — it was a machine.

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The stock market 20-month-long muted growth could be coming to a climax. You might want to own this tech stock before the bull market begins.
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India has been carrying out a lot of construction activities at the China border in the last three years, BRO Director General Lt General Rajeev Chaudhry said on Sunday.
The DG was here to inspect the ongoing construction work of an air dispatch unit o…

India has been carrying out a lot of construction activities at the China border in the last three years, BRO Director General Lt General Rajeev Chaudhry said on Sunday.
The DG was here to inspect the ongoing construction work of an air dispatch unit o…

Created out of personal necessity by North Carolina-based developer Dan Gardner during a near three-and-a-half-hour King Kong screening, RunPee is an app that tells film audiences the best times to nip to the loo.
Where did the idea come from?
By the e…

Created out of personal necessity by North Carolina-based developer Dan Gardner during a near three-and-a-half-hour King Kong screening, RunPee is an app that tells film audiences the best times to nip to the loo.
Where did the idea come from?
By the e…

The Dublin office of X (formerly Twitter), where TikTok is reported to have agreed a sublease to take over a majority of the space. Photograph: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie
TikTok is set to take over the majority of the Dublin office of X (formerly known …

The Dublin office of X (formerly Twitter), where TikTok is reported to have agreed a sublease to take over a majority of the space. Photograph: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie
TikTok is set to take over the majority of the Dublin office of X (formerly known …

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: A Michigan-based 3PL aims to capitalize on Mexico trade through an acquisition; San Antonio mulls banning overnight truck p…

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: A Michigan-based 3PL aims to capitalize on Mexico trade through an acquisition; San Antonio mulls banning overnight truck p…

Earlier this year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully soft-landed Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole in what was a major leap forward for Indian space exploration.
Another such leap was taken exactly nine years ago, on Septem…

Earlier this year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully soft-landed Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole in what was a major leap forward for Indian space exploration.
Another such leap was taken exactly nine years ago, on Septem…

Lehman Brothers was still in business, Gordon Brown was the prime minister and George Bush was US president. The last time the Bank of England held interest rates above 5%, the world economy was very different. There were warning signs, but few could h…

Top priority will account for more than half of new financing at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

China has limited room for further monetary policy easing, and it should pursue structural reforms such as encouraging entrepreneurs rather than counting on macroeconomic policies to revive growth, a central bank adviser said on Sunday. Liu Shijin, a m…

Narendra Modi’s first-term prime ministership began in a flurry of activity. Foreign policy was a priority. Fixing the broken economy was another. But there was a complication. Though the Congress had plunged from 206 Lok Sabha seats in the 2009 genera…