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God of War: Ascension is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 console. Loosely based on Greek mythology, it is the seventh installment in the God of War series and prequel to the entire series. The player controls Kratos, the former servant of the Greek god of war Ares, who tricked Kratos into killing his own wife and daughter. In response to this tragedy, Kratos renounced Ares, breaking his blood oath to the god. He was then imprisoned and tortured by the three Furies, the guardians of honor and enforcers of punishment, who he confronts after escaping with the aid of Orkos. The gameplay is similar to previous installments, focusing on combo-based combat and quick time events. The game also features magical attacks, puzzles, and platforming elements. It is the only installment to include a multiplayer mode, which is online-only for both competitive and cooperative play. Ascension received generally favorable reviews from critics, although the story was deemed to be less compelling than previous entries. (This article is part of a featured topic: God of War franchise.)

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1951

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Netanyahu and Gantz

Canada bans the sale of assault-style firearms after a mass killing in Nova Scotia leaves twenty-two victims dead.
After seventeen months of stalemate, the Likud and Blue and White parties reach an agreement for Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz (pictured) to share power in Israel.
In the South Korean legislative election, the ruling Democratic Party and their allies increase their majority in the National Assembly.

On this day

May 5: Children's Day in Japan; Cinco de Mayo in Mexico and the United States (1862)

Cy Young

1654 – Cromwell's Act of Grace, which pardoned the people of Scotland for any crimes they may have committed during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, was proclaimed in Edinburgh.
1904 – Pitching for the Boston Americans, Cy Young (pictured) threw the first perfect game in modern professional baseball.
1945 – World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers.
1980 – The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege by Iranian Arab separatists.

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Diego de Guevara (c. 1450 – 1520) was a Spanish courtier and ambassador who served four, and possibly five, successive dukes of Burgundy. He may have started his service when quite young, as a page or valet de chambre, rising through the ranks to become chamberlain by 1501, and mayordomo mayor (high steward) to the king of Spain in 1518.

It is uncertain that this oil-on-panel portrait by Michael Sittow, created around 1515 to 1518, depicts de Guevara. It was once the right-hand portion of a diptych, the left half being a Madonna and Child, now in the Berlin State Museums. The two oak panels have been linked by historical and pictorial details; the ornate carpet covering the stone parapet on which de Guevara's hand rests is identical to the one in the other image. When the two panels of the diptych were attached, de Guevara would have been gazing down at the young child. This painting is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Painting credit: Michael Sittow

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