May 12, 2022
A Saudi prince criticizes a report on the killing of Sherine Abu Aqleh in an American newspaper
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – A report published by the American newspaper The New York Times regarding the killing of Al-Jazeera journalist, Sherine Abu Akleh, sparked an interaction between activists on social media.
Not a week has passed..! Rather, from the first day, here is the ancient New York Times, defending principles, human rights and freedom of the press formulating its title that journalist Sherine Abu Aqila (killed) is in the passive form without referring to who killed her..! Although the journalist is Palestinian (American)! How fake your slogans and your double standards! https://t.co/OL43ykIPmj https://t.co/lm0BQ0aNeM
The Saudi Prince, Abdul Rahman bin Musaed, published a copy of the newspaper’s report in a tweet on his official Twitter page, commenting: “Not a week has passed..! Rather, from the first day, the ancient (New York Times) defending principles, human rights and freedom of the press formulate its title that the journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh (killed) in the passive form without referring to who killed her..!even though the journalist is a Palestinian (American)!..what a fake your slogans and your double standards!”
The Israeli military said it was “not possible” to determine the direction from which Al Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh was killed, following earlier saying it was “possible” that “Palestinian gunmen” had killed her, with IDF Chief of Staff Major General Aviv Kohavi saying , in a statement: “The Palestinians fired heavily at our forces, firing indiscriminately in every direction. Unlike the Palestinians, the IDF soldiers shoot professionally and selectively… At this stage it is not possible to determine which shot was hit.”
The Palestinian National Authority, Al-Jazeera network and Qatar had accused Israel of killing the veteran Palestinian-American journalist who was covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning.
Sony Announces 2021 Annual Financial Report PS5 Hosts Missing Sales Targets Affected by Parts Out of Stock and Logistics Chaos
Sony Group announced its 2021 financial report on May 10. Overall revenue increased by 10% to 9,921.5 billion yen, and net profit increased by 14% to 882.2 billion yen, mainly from film, electronic products and solutions, and music business revenue. A substantial increase and the contribution of the yen exchange differential.
In the games and Internet segment, which is dominated by PlayStation, revenue increased 3% to 2,739.8 billion yen, mainly due to the yen exchange difference (+124.5 billion yen) and increased console sales. Operating profit increased by 4.4 billion yen to 346.1 billion yen, mainly due to the decrease in the yen exchange difference (+15.7 billion yen) and the loss of PS5 consoles selling below cost. Overall sales of third-party games and add-ons, however, declined.
Game software and additional content revenue fell 3,019.5 million yen to 1,424.4 billion yen. Network services revenue increased by 2,640.5 million yen to 409,335.5 million yen, and hardware and other revenue increased by 7,343.3 million yen to 840,542 million yen.
The annual sales of PS5 consoles increased significantly by 47% to 11.5 million units, and the cumulative sales exceeded 19.3 million units. However, it did not achieve the sales target of 14.8 million units expected last year (that is, the performance of the PS4 console in the same year as the launch), mainly due to the global shortage of semiconductor components and the logistics chaos caused by the epidemic. The annual sales of PS4 consoles dropped by 82% to 1 million, and the cumulative sales exceeded 117 million.
PlayStation 5
Annual sales of PS5/PS4 game software decreased by 11% to 303.2 million units (43.9 million units from the company). The digital download sales ratio was 66%, a decrease of 5 percentage points from the previous year. PlayStation Network had 106 million active users in the fourth quarter, down 3 million from the same period a year earlier. Among them, the number of paid PlayStation Plus members was 47.4 million, a slight decrease of 200,000 compared with the same period of the previous year.
Looking ahead to the 2022 part, the revenue target of the game and Internet business in 2022 will increase by 34% to 3.66 trillion yen. At present, the components required for the production of PS5 consoles are being purchased according to the plan, and the annual sales target is 18 million units. In addition, it will strengthen its own game software production capabilities by acquiring external studios such as Bungie and Haven and increasing the software development costs of existing studios (+40 billion yen).
Case Byron Castillo and Arturo Vidal: player of the Chilean national team indirectly sends Felipe Caicedo | Inter Milan | FIFA | RMMD DTBN | PHOTO | SPORT-TOTAL
Inter de Milan is champion of the present edition of the Copa Italy 2022 y Arturo vidal He celebrated it in a very peculiar way. The player who defends the colors of the Chilean team He took the opportunity to share a publication on his social networks together with his partner Felipe Caicedo, an Ecuadorian striker.
“Champions brother. This one is Ecuadorian”, mentioned the “King” in one of his Instagram stories, unleashing the reactions of users on social networks. It is a fact that this post was a hint for the case of Byron Castilloan athlete who was called up for the Ecuadorian team and who is currently in the eye of the storm following his false nationality is speculated.
As is public knowledge, the ANFP Chilean Football Federation denounced this event that might cost the Ecuadorian team the qualification for the next World Cup in Qatar 2022. For the moment, FIFA is already reviewing the case and perhaps, in the next days, it is determined what will be the opinion of the highest sports entity.
FIFA PRONOUNCED ON THE CASE OF BYRON CASTILLO
FIFA announced on Wednesday its decision to “open disciplinary proceedings in relation to the possible breach of Byron David Castillo Segura” following the accusation of the Chilean federation for alleged false nationality of the Ecuadorian player.
The Chilean Football Federation filed a complaint with FIFA once morest its counterpart in Ecuador for the “use of a false birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationality” of the player Byron Castillo, who would have been born in Colombia and awaits a rapid opinion of the world body on the subject.
But the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) rejected the complaint and assured that Castillo is “duly registered with the competent legal authority” and has “all the national documentation in order,” it said in a statement.
If FIFA accepts Chile’s complaint, Ecuador might lose the points from the matches in which Castillo played in the South American qualifying round, in which he won the last direct quota place in the region for the Qatar World Cup, and his place would pass to the hands of Chili.
“The Chilean Football Federation has filed a complaint with the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, in which it presents various allegations regarding the possible falsification of the documents that grant Ecuadorian nationality to the player Byron David Castillo Segura, as well as the possible breach of said footballer of the call criteria to participate with the national team of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) in eight qualifying matches, “explains FIFA in its statement.
“FIFA has decided to open disciplinary proceedings in relation to the possible breach of the call criteria for the indicated matches. In this context, the FEF and the Peruvian Football Federation have been invited to present their positions before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. More details will be published soon,” the text concludes.
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