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Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal’s joint-leading scorer in the UEFA Nations League this season. And he just got done playing his first game in the competition. Ronaldo’s hat trick lifted Portugal past Switzerland in the Nations League semifinals and into Sunday’s final, where they will face either England or the Netherlands. The Nations League is a new tournament in Europe designed to replace meaningless friendlies with matches with genuine stakes, in this case rewarding successful teams with various legs up in Euro 2020 qualifying. Portugal won its group last fall, winning two matches and drawing two others. Andre Silva scored three times over those four games to carry the offense. Ronaldo chose to sit those out. He sat Switzerland down on Wednesday. The first goal was a trademark Ronaldo free kick aided by some questionable positioning from Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer, in terms of both himself and his wall: After Switzerland drew level through a 57th-minute Ricardo Rodrig...

“The Walking Dead” may be fleeing zombies — and Georgia. The long-running hit show, arguably the most popular and profitable series filmed in the state, could be headed elsewhere if the controversial fetal heartbeat bill goes into effect in January. “If this highly restrictive legislation goes into effect, we will reevaluate our activity in Georgia,” AMC Networks said in a statement. “Similar bills — some even more restrictive — have passed in multiple states and have been challenged. This is likely to be a long and complicated fight and we are watching it all very closely.” The abortion bill, which bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, often as early as six weeks into pregnancy, was signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on May 7 and is set to go into effect on Jan. 1. “The Walking Dead,” now heading into its tenth season, has filmed in Georgia since its first season, although spinoff “Fear the Walking Dead” has been shot elsewhere and a third, untitled ...

Chicago police on Wednesday released two 911 calls from the night in January when Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked. The "Empire" actor had reported to police that he was attacked by two men who doused him with an unknown chemical and put a noose around his neck, but police later said Smollett made it up. "I need the police to come by, I work with an artist, I don't really want to say his name," the unidentified male caller told a 911 dispatcher, CBS Chicago reports. "He states he went to Subway ... and two guys, somebody jumped him or something like that. I just want to report it and make sure he's alright."  "I just think he's startled ... They put a noose around his neck," the caller told the dispatcher. "They didn't do anything with it, but it's around his neck. That's really f****** up." The caller's name was redacted from the recording. In a second recording, a caller is heard speaking t...

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with "at least" another $300 billion of tariffs but said he thought both China and Mexico wanted to make deals in their trade disputes with the United States. "Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. We'll see what happens... I could go up another at least $300 billion and I'll do that at the right time," Trump told reporters on Thursday, without specifying which goods could be impacted. "But I think China wants to make a deal and I think Mexico wants to make a deal badly," said Trump before boarding Air Force One at the Irish airport of Shannon on his way to France for a D-Day commemoration.

Senegal booked a U20 World Cup quarter-final ticket as Nigeria’s hopes of winning their first title ended in a 2-1 defeat in Lodz, Poland. First-half goals from Amadou Sagna and Ibrahima Niane powered the Young Lions of Teranga past the Flying Eagles with Aniekeme Okon’s effort standing as a mere consolation. Sagna struck in the 36th minute of Monday's Last-16 tie to put Senegal in control and they doubled the lead as Niane tucked home Alpha Diounkou's cross. Diounkou found space on the left-hand side of Nigeria's defence, crossed into the Flying Eagles’ area as Ikouwem Utin failed to stop the striker from slotting past Oremade Olawale. Early in the second half, Paul Aigbogun’s boys halved the scoreline after the impressive Okon deflected Isacc Makanjuola’s free-kick past Dialy Ndiaye. Nigeria pressed in search of a second equaliser but Yira Sor missed their best opportunity to level, hitting the ball off-target when faced with an open goal after Muhamed Tijani...

VP Osinbajo welcomed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, leads a delegation of FCT community and others to greet President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, commemorating the Eid-El-Fitr celebration at the State House, Abuja. 4th, June 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari with Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, Abba Kyari; House of Representatives, FCT, Hon. Zaphaniah Jisalo; Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Sen. Philips Tanimu Aduda; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. President Muhammadu Buhari with (L-R) Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Sen. Philips Tanimu Aduda; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo with children who came to pay Eid-El-Fitr Homage at the State House.

American rapper, Jay–Z is now, according to a new Forbes magazine, the first rapper to amass a fortune in the ten-figure range. “It’s clear that Jay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1 billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire—and the first hip-hop artiste to do so,” the magazine said. Forbes breakdown indicated that the rapper’s chief source of wealth is his $300-a-bottle Armand de Brignac champagne brand (at $310 million), but also boasts investments at well over $200 million (including a large stake in Uber). Forbes said that the reason Jay-Z’s wealth went all up on the table due to his new business interest in alcohol. His streaming service Tidal allegedly supplies about $100 million of his net worth, just behind his cognac D’Ussé. Jay-Z, recently gave a special performance to celebrate the re-opening of the celebrated NYC venue Webster Hall. He and wife Beyoncé were recipients of the Vanguard Prize at the...