Muscat: India advanced to the semifinals of the Asia Cup Women’s Hockey Tournament. Defending champions India thrashed Singapore by nine goals to one in the third match of the group stage at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex. With this, India qualified for the World Cup. All four semi-finalists of the Asia Cup will receive World Cup tickets. Following Kovid’s control, the match in front of that empty gallery was completely dominated by India. In the first match of the group stage, India defeated Malaysia by nine goals. However, they lost to Japan in the second match. The final is on January 28.
Al-Marsad Newspaper – Agencies: Qatar Airways has published scenes that may be considered very embarrassing for the European aircraft manufacturing giant, Airbus, once morest the background of the dispute between the two parties following the Qatari company claimed compensation due to a defect in the A321 planes.
The outer walls of the plane crumbled
Qatar Airways shared pictures showing some manufacturing defects, which appeared in the footage in the form of the fragmentation of the outer layers of the aircraft walls caused by a major internal defect.
According to Archyde.com, these images come as a response from Qatar Airways to Airbus’ decision to expand the dispute with the Qatari company and cancel the contract to purchase A321 planes following the Qatari company’s demands.
Qatar Airways demands $600 million
Qatar Airways has filed a complaint to compensate it in the amount of 600 million dollars due to the appearance of cracks in the A350 aircraft, and for its part, Airbus canceled a contract with Qatar Airways worth 4.6 billion dollars to purchase 50 A321 NEO aircraft.
The Qatari company presented video clips showing damage to the roof of two Airbus A350 aircraft, which the Qatari regulatory authority prevented from taking off, as it appears in the pictures, the fragmentation of the outer layers of the plane’s outer wall, possibly due to a defect Indoor and very high temperature.
First official photos
It is worth noting that the published photos are the first official photos to appear during the dispute between Qatar Airways and the European aircraft manufacturer.
Qatar Airways is seeking compensation from the European aircraft manufacturer, in a legal dispute in which the former complains of corrosion on the surfaces of the A350 aircraft and incurred losses due to Airbus’ refusal to reach an appropriate solution.
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After testing positive for Covid-19 on Saturday like the other Comoros goalkeeper, Ali Ahamada finally tested negative on Monday. However, it is not certain to play the capital meeting once morest Cameroon due to a protocol put in place by CAF.
Will the Comoros have a professional goalkeeper for their round of 16 once morest Cameroon? The soap opera lasts. Ali Ahamada has tested negative for Covid but is not sure of being able to play, AFP learned on Monday January 24 from the president of the Comorian Federation.
Ahamada “is negative,” Said Ali Said Athouman told AFP. “He has done additional tests, everything is OK, but for the moment CAF does not want to play him”.
A new protocol in question
The new Covid protocol of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), modified during competition, provides “that a player must wait five days of confinement before doing the PCR test 48 hours before his match”, specifies a carrier. word of CAF.
“Tested positive on January 22, the Comorian player must wait five days before taking the post-Covid-19 assessment and returning to the match following approval by the medical commission,” it added. This leaves little hope for Ahamada to play.
But Tunisia obtained a waiver from CAF for Wahbi Khazri, who entered the game on Sunday in the victory once morest Nigeria (1-0) less than five days following testing positive for Covid-19.
The “Coelacanthes” made the same request for derogation on Monday and are awaiting a response from CAF, explains the Comorian delegation.
The Comoros, qualified for the first time in their history for the African Cup, do not have a goalkeeper available for the round of 16 once morest Cameroon. Ahamada and Moyadh Ousseini tested positive for Covid-19 two days before the match and Salim Ben Boina, starter once morest Morocco and Ghana, suffered a shoulder injury and is unavailable.
On Sunday, Comoros goalkeeping coach Jean-Daniel Padovani had “not yet determined” which outfield player would play in goal if he were deprived of a professional goalkeeper. “And even if it was, I wouldn’t say it,” he said.
Coach Amir Abdou, who took charge of the team in 2014, will also miss this game following testing positive once more on Monday morning, he said.
Midfielder Yassine Bourhane, positive on Saturday, also tested negative on Monday and is also awaiting the waiver, said a team spokeswoman.
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Nowadays, capital punishment, also known as the death penalty or execution, is authorized in 27 states of the American Union. In addition, this is also allowed by the federal government and the United States military.
The last execution of this 2021 took place in Oklahoma on October 28 following John Marion Grant was executed at age 60 by lethal injection. To date, November 19, 9 executions have been carried out in the USA during 2021. In 2020, 17 were made.
What states still have execution in the USA?
The states that still allow capital punishment are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky; Louisiana, Mississippi, Misouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregón, Pensilvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah y Wyoming.
It is worth mentioning that Nebraska abolished capital punishment in 2015, but it was reinstated by state vote in 2016.
Execution methods
Lethal injection is currently the main method of execution. Texas was the first state to use the method in 1982. Meanwhile, in 2021, South Carolina became the first state to stop using lethal injection as its primary method of execution. It is the only state in which electrocution is primary and shooting and lethal injection are secondary methods.
Other secondary execution methods include electrocution, lethal gas, hanging, nitrogen hypoxia, and firing squad.
What states do not have the death penalty in the USA?
In addition to the District of Columbia, these are the states and the respective years in which they have abolished the death penalty: Alaska (1957), Colorado (2020), Connecticut (2012), Delaware (2016), Hawaii (1957), Illinois (2011), Iowa (1965), Maine (1887), Maryland (2013), Massachusetts (1984) , Michigan (1847), Minnesota (1911), New Hampshire (2019), New Jersey (2007), New Mexico (2009), New York (2007), North Dakota (1973), Rhode Island (1984), Vermont ( 1972), Virginia (2021), Washington (2018), West Virginia (1965), and Wisconsin (1853).
It is worth mentioning that although some states have abolished the death penalty, the repeal was not retroactive, so the prisoners continued with that sentence. For other states, the death penalty was converted to life imprisonment.