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Cristiano Ronaldo’s son has been called up to Portugal’s Under-15 squad.Fourteen year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jr – who is at Saudi Arabia side Al-Nassr where his father plays – has been included in a 22-strong group for the Vlatko Markovic International Tournament in Croatia.The youth tournament will feature matches against teams from Japan, Greece and England from May 13 to 18.Ronaldo, 40, posted a picture of the Portugal Under-15s squad list on his Instagram story, with the message “proud of you, son”.Cristiano Ronaldo Jr has also spent time in the youth set-up at Juventus and Manchester United, his father having played…

ISLAMABAD: Seven Pakistan army soldiers were killed on Tuesday (May 6) when their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device, Pakistan’s military said, blaming arch rival India for the attack. Ties between the two nations have been strained since the Apr 22 attack in Indian Kashmir that targeted Hindu tourists, killing 26. India accused Pakistan of involvement, saying two of the three suspected attackers were Pakistani nationals. Islamabad has denied the accusation but says it is fully prepared to defend itself in case of attack, prompting world powers to call for a calming of tension. Pakistan’s military said members of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Detroit Lions have been on the cusp of a Super Bowl appearance in the last two seasons after making the conference championship in 2023 and winning 15 games in 2024, but have yet to be able to cross the line and into the biggest sporting event of the year.Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders expressed his belief that it will take the running back tandem of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery to get them there. Nov 17, 2024; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs, #26, warms up…

Large plumes of black smoke billowed over Sudan’s de facto wartime capital on Tuesday, as attacks on a city that had become a haven for civilians fleeing civil war stretched into a third day.The Sudanese paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces has launched a series of drone attacks on the military-controlled Red Sea city of Port Sudan, in recent days, targeting key civilian facilities, including the airport and a hospital.On Tuesday, drones hit a fuel depot near the port and the airport, according to multiple eyewitnesses, rattling the city and leaving its streets nearly deserted. Khalid Ali Aleisir,…

The National Institutes of Health has laid off hundreds more staff, multiple current and laid-off employees of the health agency told CBS News, including at its cancer research institute.Around 200 employees began receiving layoff notices Friday evening, said three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move surprised NIH officials, since the department previously claimed no further cuts were planned at the agency. “We thought the worst was behind us, and we were transitioning into this new phase, and the rug was just pulled out from underneath us,” one laid-off employee said.A spokesperson for the NIH did not comment…

In the eight years since it opened on the National Mall, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has become one of the glittering jewels of the Smithsonian Institution.With award-winning architecture, a three-tiered shape evoking a traditional Yoruban crown, and installations portraying the struggles and triumphs of African Americans, the museum registered its 10 millionth visitor in 2023, and is one of the Smithsonian’s most popular museums.But now it is in the cross-hairs of President Trump, who issued an executive order in March that seeks to address what he described as the Smithsonian’s promotion of “narratives that portray…

It can be a challenge to make an impression on the Met Gala’s red carpet, especially when the competition includes Diana Ross wearing a feathered overcoat with an 18-foot-long train, Bad Bunny toting a bag fit for a bowling ball, and Rihanna arriving fashionably late — with a baby bump.But there are spectacles and there are spectacles, and André 3000 fit nicely into the latter category when he showed up to the festivities on Monday night with a grand piano strapped to his back.“I’m sorry,” the actress Natasha Lyonne said while being interviewed on the red carpet, “there’s a piano…

Late last month, when two federal grants to the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana were rescinded, the Trump administration seemed to be following through on its promise to root out what President Trump called “improper ideology” in cultural institutions focused on Black history.After all, the plantation’s mission was to show visitors what life was truly like for the enslaved, contrary to the watered-down Black history that the president seemed to back.Then just as quickly, the grants were restored a few weeks later, the Whitney Plantation’s executive director said in an interview.Because the money had already been approved, “maybe it was an…

By Nakoda Thunderchief Global News Posted May 6, 2025 10:57 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pickleball took centre court in Lethbridge over the weekend as more than 200 athletes from across Alberta, southeastern B.C. and Saskatchewan participated in a high-energy, three-day tournament hosted at the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre. The event, a first for southern Alberta, was organized by the Lethbridge and Coaldale pickleball clubs in partnership with the Lethbridge and District Exhibition. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox…

Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp speaks during the Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesPalantir shares dropped more than 10% Tuesday even after the data analytics and artificial intelligence software company showed ongoing revenue growth acceleration.”Some investors may be disappointed with the modest full- year revenue guidance raise, the sequential margin decline, and the international commercial revenue year-over-year decline,” wrote William Blair analyst Louie DiPalma, adding that the company’s high software multiple makes it “vulnerable” to compression as revenue growth slows.Despite…