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Juventus played out a tense 1-1 Serie A draw at top-four rivals Bologna on Sunday, as the visitors missed the chance to cement fourth place in the chaotic race for Champions League qualification, Reuters reported.

With leaders Napoli and Inter Milan locked in a fierce battle for the title on 77 and 74 points respectively, and Atalanta holding third with 68, attention is turning to the increasingly tense scrap for the final Champions League spot.

Juve sit fourth with 63 points, level with AS Roma and Lazio in fifth and sixth, while Bologna are seventh, one point behind, with three rounds remaining.

Khephren Thuram gave Juve a flying start after nine minutes, picking up the ball outside the box, spotting a gap in the Bologna defence and drilling a low shot that slipped beneath keeper Lukasz Skorupski.

Juve had several chances to double their lead and even put the ball in the net twice, but both efforts were ruled out for offside, according to Reuters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a ceasefire with Russia in its more than three-year-old war was possible at any moment and called on Kyiv's allies to apply greater pressure on Moscow to put the measure in place, Reuters reported.

Zelenskiy, speaking at a joint news conference in Prague alongside Czech President Petr Pavel, said that unless increased pressure were applied, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin would take no real steps to end the conflict.

"We believe that without increased pressure, Russia will not take real practical steps to end the war. Today marks the 54th day that Russia has ignored even the American proposal to completely cease fire," Zelenskiy told reporters.

"We believe that a ceasefire is possible at any moment, even starting today, and should last at least 30 days to give diplomacy a real chance."

Putin last week declared a three-day ceasefire over May 8-10 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War Two, according to Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country, saying the U.S. movie industry was dying a "very fast death" due to the incentives that other countries were offering to draw American filmmakers, Reuters reported.

"This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump said he was authorizing the relevant U.S. government agencies such as the Department of Commerce to immediately begin the process of imposing a 100% tariff on all films produced abroad that are then sent into the United States, according to Reuters.

Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island off the coast of California, BBC reported.

In a message on his Truth Social site on Sunday, President Trump said that "for too long America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat criminal offenders".

The reopening of Alcatraz would serve as a "symbol of law, order, and justice," he said. 

The prison was closed in 1963, and Alcatraz Island is currently operating as a tourist site. It lies near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, according to BBC.

Brazilian police said they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, BBC reported.

The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state, in co-ordination with the justice ministry, said suspects had recruited participants to carry out attacks using improvised explosives and the plan was aimed at gaining notoriety on social media.

The person responsible for the plan and a teenager were arrested, the police said.

Lady Gaga's team said they learned about the bomb threat only from media reports the morning after the gig. A crowd of more than two million people gathered for the concert, which was free to attend, according to BBC.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting on Sunday.

During the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar,  they discussed transitional justice and contemporary issues.

The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister's Human Rights Advisor Agni Kharel and Maoist Center leader Barshaman Pun.

Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Maeda Toru paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at his official residence in Baluwatar today.

During the meeting, discussions were held on various issues of bilateral relations and interest as well as on enhancing mutual cooperation.

Next year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and talks were held in this context as well, the Prime Minister's Private Secretariat said.

Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also present on the occasion.

National Assembly (NA) members have called for a halt to sending Nepali students to the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha, India. They proposed denying Non-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to any student seeking enrollment at the institute.

During an emergency session of the upper house, lawmakers expressed grave concern over the safety of Nepali students at KIIT, following the recent death of a Nepali student under suspicious circumstances - the second such incident in recent months.

Tul Prasad Bishwakarma of the Rastriya Janamorcha and Madan Kumari Shah (Garima) of the CPN (Unified Socialist) were among those demanding the cessation of issuing NOC for KIIT. Shah also urged parents and guardians to be aware of the matter related to the safety of children. 

Mohammad Khalid of the Janata Samajbadi Party, Shekhar Kumar Singh of the Democratic Socialist Party, and Krishna Bahadur Rokaya of the Nepali Congress called on the government to ensure a thorough investigation into the death of another female Nepali student and to provide justice to her family.

Ganga Kumari Belbase of the CPN (Maoist Center) and Sumitra BC of the CPN-UML echoed the demand for an impartial investigation into the incident.

It may be noted that a 20-year-old Nepali student from Sarlahi district allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, May 1, at KIIT. Earlier, on February 16, Nepali student, Prakriti Lamsal ( 20) from Rupandehi, also died at the same institute from the alleged suicide. 

In response, NA Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal has urged the government to investigate the repeated incidents involving Nepali students at KIIT and ensure the facts are uncovered. 

Lawmakers also voiced their concern over the suspected suicide of Prinsha Shah and demanded a detailed probe into the matter during a zero hour of the upper house session today.