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Tennis: World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty announces shock retirement at just 25
MELBOURNE -
Australian world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty on Wednesday (March 23) announced her
shock retirement from professional tennis at
just 25. She revealed the news in an Instagram
post, uploading a video of her chatting to former doubles partner and good
friend Casey Dellacqua. "Today is difficult and filled with emotion for me
as I announce my retirement from tennis," Barty wrote in the caption.
"I wasn't sure how to share this news with you so I asked my good friend
@caseydellacqua to help me. "I am so thankful for everything this sport
has given me and leave feeling proud and fulfilled.
"Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way, I'll always be
grateful for the lifelong memories that we created together. "More to come
tomorrow at my press conference." She leaves women's tennis less than two
months after winning the Australian Open, her third Grand Slam title after
winning the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon last year.
Source:
Straittimes (Tuesday, 23 March 2022)
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Retirement |
Pensiun |
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Revealed |
Mengungkapkan |
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Fulfilled |
Terpenuhi
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Thousands
without power in Japan after earthquake kills four
Thousands
of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday as companies worked
to assess damage the morning after a powerful quake hit the northeast coast of
Japan, leaving at least four dead and nearly 100 injured, some seriously. The
magnitude 7.4 quake, which struck shortly before midnight on Wednesday and
revived memories of the March 11, 2011 disaster, also severed transport links
to the northeast, with Shinkansen bullet train service indefinitely
suspended and at least one major highway to the region closed for safety
checks. Parts of Tokyo lost power immediately after the quake, though most
regained it within three hours. But some 36,400 households serviced by Tohoku
Electric Power in northeast Japan remained without electricity by 9:00 a.m. local
time (0000 GMT) on Thursday, although the firm said it expected most will have
supply restored later in the day. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said four people
had died and that the government would be on high alert for the possibility of
further strong tremors over the next two to three days. The quake, initially
measured at magnitude 7.3 but later revised up to 7.4 by the Japan
Meteorological Agency, hit at 11.36 p.m. local time just off the coast of
Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 60
kilometres. The 2011 quake and tsunami off Fukushima - commemorated
across the country less than a week ago - left some 18,000 dead. A
tsunami warning was issued but cancelled early on Thursday morning. Some areas
reported a rise in the sea level but no serious damage was immediately
reported. The 2011 disaster also set off meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant. No abnormalities were
reported at any nuclear power plants, although authorities had earlier said a
fire alarm had been triggered at a turbine building at the crippled plant.
Manufacturers were trying to gauge the potential damage to their facilities.
Renesas Electronics, the world's biggest maker of automotive microcontroller
chips, said it was checking for quake damage at three plants in Japan.
Meanwhile Toyota Motor Corp said it had cancelled the day shift at two
factories in northeast Japan after workers evacuated the plants during their
evening shift on Wednesday. The automaker said it will decide on the evening
shift later. Mizuho Financial Group Inc's main banking arm said some of its
ATMs temporarily stopped operations due to power outages, but that they had all
been restored to service. In an attempt to cover the area affected by the Shinkansen outage, All Nippon Airways
said it had added extra flights to the northern city of Sendai. There were no
forecasts of when regular rail service might be restored. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock average jumped, with no impact
seen from the quake
Source : The Jakarta Post.com (17 Maret
2022)
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Indefinitely |
Tanpa
Batas waktu |
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Suspended |
Ditangguhkan |
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Prefecture |
Prefektur
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Commemorated |
Diperingati |
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Affected |
Terkena
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Benchmark |
Tolak ukur |
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Abnormalities |
Abnormalitas
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Endurance:
Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic
Scientists have found and filmed one of the
greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.
The
Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was
found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. The ship was crushed by
sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape
on foot and in small boats. Video of the remains show Endurance to be in
remarkable condition.
Even though
it has been sitting in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, it looks
just like it did on the November day it went down. Its timbers, although disrupted, are
still very much together, and the name - Endurance - is clearly visible on the
stern. "Without any exaggeration this is the finest wooden shipwreck I
have ever seen - by far," said marine archaeologist Mensun Bound, who is
on the discovery expedition and has now fulfilled a dream ambition in his near 50-year career. "It
is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of
preservation," he told BBC News. The project to find the lost ship was
mounted by the Falklands
Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT), using a South African icebreaker,
Agulhas II, and equipped with remotely operated submersibles. The mission's leader,
the veteran polar geographer Dr John Shears, described the moment cameras
landed on the ship's name as "jaw-dropping". "The discovery of
the wreck is an incredible achievement," he added. "We have
successfully completed the world's most difficult shipwreck search, battling
constantly shifting sea-ice, blizzards, and temperatures dropping down to -18C.
We have achieved what many people said was impossible."
Where
was the ship found?
Endurance
was spotted in the Weddell Sea at a depth of 3,008m. For over two weeks, the
subs had combed a predefined search area, investigating various
interesting targets, before finally uncovering the wreck site on Saturday - the
100th anniversary of Shackleton's funeral. The days since the discovery have been
spent making a detailed photographic record of the timbers and surrounding debris field.
The
wreck itself is a designated monument under the international Antarctic Treaty
and must not be disturbed in any way. No physical artefacts have
therefore been brought to the surface.
What
could the subs see?
The
ship looks much the same as when photographed for the last time by Shackleton's
filmmaker, Frank Hurley, in 1915. The masts are down, the rigging is in a tangle, but the hull is broadly coherent. Some
damage is evident at the bow, presumably where the descending ship hit the
seabed. The anchors are present. The subs even spied some boots and crockery. "You
can even see the ship's name - E N D U R A N C E - arced across its stern
directly below the taffrail (a hand rail near the stern). And beneath,
as bold as brass, is Polaris, the five-pointed star, after which the ship was
originally named," said Mensun Bound. "I tell you, you would have to
be made of stone not to feel a bit squishy at the sight of that star and the name
above," he added. "You can see a porthole that is Shackleton's cabin. At that moment,
you really do feel the breath of the great man upon the back of your
neck."
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Astonishing |
Mengherankan |
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Disrupted |
Terganggu |
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Exaggeration |
berlebihan |
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Shipwreck |
Kecelakaan kapal |
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Fulfilled |
Terpenuhi |
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Seabed |
Dasar laut |
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Submersibles |
kapal selam |
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Predefined |
ditentukan sebelumnya |
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Funeral |
Pemakaman |
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Debris |
Puing |
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Artefacts |
Artefak |
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Masts |
tiang |
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Porthole |
Jendela kapal |
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14. |
rigging |
laberang |
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15. |
Tangle |
Menjerat |
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16. |
Crockery |
Balapecah |
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Beneath |
Di bawah |
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Squishy |
licin |
