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オーストラリアン・オープン予選

男子シングルス予選2回戦，坂本怜選手はストレート勝ちで予選決勝へ。
予選第8シードだった西岡良仁選手は第2セット途中で棄権となりました。

女子シングルス予選2回戦，坂詰姫野vs本玉真唯戦は坂詰選手がストレート勝ち，
スペインの選手と本戦進出を賭けて，予選決勝を戦います。

本日の将棋棋戦

本日は順位戦B級2組，久保利明九段が勝利すれば，昇級が決まる大一番が
指されていますが，熱発のため，終局まで見守ることなく，就寝予定です。

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Enjoy Simple English

Heroes and Giants
Malala Yousafzai

https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/malala-yousafzai

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」

パンダ半世紀ぶり国内ゼロ頭に
JAPAN'S LAST PANDAS TO BE RETURNED TO CHINA

fallout noun [U]
uk /ˈfɔːl.aʊt/ us /ˈfɑːl.aʊt/
the bad things that happen after a particular event:
The fallout from the banking crisis has been global.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

Loan vs. Lend: Usage Guide
When English speakers first settled in North America, they brought with them loan as both a verb and a noun: one could get a loan, and one could loan a book to a friend. (The verb lend was also available, making it possible to lend a book to a friend as well.) The verb use of loan died out in Britain, but continued to be used in American English, thereby attracting some negative attention as a dialect term. Warnings against loan as a verb followed and can still be heard, but the use is perfectly standard. The verb loan is only encountered literally; one only lends a hand, never loans it.
(from Merriam-Webster)

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English News

CNN 10

A medical marvel in Peru | January 14, 2026
Today on CNN10: We'll get the latest on the situation in Venezuela, and a key meeting at the White House this week that could potentially impact who leads the country. Then, we'll learn what's driving a historic nurses strike in New York City. Plus, we'll see how a team of medical professionals in Peru successfully separated a pair of infant conjoined twins. All this and more on today's CNN10!

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:10 Trivia
Although identical twins share nearly 100% of the same DNA, which physical trait is always different?

Hair color
Eye color
Fingerprint
Blood type

The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz

Iran's Biggest Threat Since Its Revolution?
International media say Iran is experiencing its most violent protests since the time of its 1979 Islamic Revolution. A drone is utilized to locate and rescue a lost dog in New Jersey. We give you a quick constitutional quiz and then a bit of history about the Casablanca Conference. And we take you to a French castle that's become a teaching tool for medieval construction methods. Plus: bookstores as you've never seen them before!

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A World of Knowledge
What influenced the use of the term "DRONES" to describe unmanned aircraft in the 1930s?

Bees
Robots
Engine sounds
Endless Talk about them

A radio-controlled aircraft used for target practice was the DH.82 "Queen Bee," and historians bee-lieve its BEES -knees name inspired the term "DRONES"!