The MAGA Priests Are Pretty Excited About This Conclave. It’s Easy to See Why. – Slate

  1. The MAGA Priests Are Pretty Excited About This Conclave. It’s Easy to See Why.  Slate
  2. A Conclave Like No Other  The New York Times
  3. Vatican to deactivate mobile phone signal ahead of secret meeting to elect new pope  Yahoo
  4. 'He's one of us': Catholics around the world are watching the conclave  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  5. Before a new pope, a tug-of-war for the soul of the Catholic Church  The Washington Post
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Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say – Reuters

  1. Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say  Reuters
  2. Israel security cabinet approves plan to 'capture' Gaza, official says  BBC
  3. Headlines for May 05, 2025  Democracy Now!
  4. Middle East crisis live: Trump visit offers only chance to avoid new Gaza onslaught, Israeli official warns  The Guardian
  5. Israel approves plan to expand Gaza war, including ‘occupation’ of territory  The Washington Post
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Irish camogie players don shorts in protest against skorts diktat

Players have had enough of rule 6(b) of the sport’s code, which requres a ‘skirt/skort/divided skirt’

They are called skorts – a portmanteau of shorts and skirts – and the Irish camogie players who are obliged to wear them have had enough.

Players from Dublin and Kilkenny instead wore forbidden shorts before a provincial game on Saturday, in a coordinated protest that has won support from politicians and commentators who say the dress rules for the female-only sport are archaic.

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Three people killed after shooting in Phoenix restaurant

Five others injured while police say more than one person may have been firing a gun in Arizona restaurant

Three people are dead and five others were injured after a shooting at a restaurant in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday night, police said, adding that there may have been more than one person firing a gun.

Police received calls reporting shots around 7.45pm at El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, Officer Moroni Mendez of Glendale police department said during a briefing.

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Cable Theft in Spain Disrupts Train Travel for Thousands, Officials Say – The New York Times

  1. Cable Theft in Spain Disrupts Train Travel for Thousands, Officials Say  The New York Times
  2. Spain: cable theft that caused rail chaos was ‘act of sabotage’, says minister  The Guardian
  3. Spanish trains resume service after cable theft halted high-speed routes  Reuters
  4. More than 10,000 passengers affected by sabotage on Spain's AVE line  Euronews
  5. Travel chaos in Spain as theft delays thousands of train passengers  The Independent
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As aid embargo on Strip enters third month, hunger is stalking Gazans again – The Times of Israel

  1. As aid embargo on Strip enters third month, hunger is stalking Gazans again  The Times of Israel
  2. LIVE: Hamas rejects Israel’s Gaza aid plan as ‘blackmail tool’  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say  The New York Times
  4. UN and aid groups denounce Israeli-U.S. plan for Gaza aid delivery  Axios
  5. The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza: hunger as a weapon of war | Editorial  The Guardian
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Salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch superyacht begins off Sicily

UK tech entrepreneur and his daughter were among seven killed when the Bayesian sank in a violent storm

A 55-metre (180ft) barge carrying a heavy-lift crane has begun work to raise the British-flagged superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily, where it sank last summer killing seven people including the UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.

The barge, named Hebo Lift 2, with its 700-sq-metre deck, specialist diving apparatus and a remotely operated underwater vehicle, arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo, where marine salvage experts have started operations to raise the Bayesian.

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Netanyahu says new offensive in Gaza focused on consolidating seizure of territory

Israeli PM says operation will lead to significant displacement of the population ‘for its own protection’

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has said a new “intensified” offensive in Gaza will involve Israeli troops holding on to seized territory and significant displacement of the population.

Speaking after officials said Israel’s security cabinet had approved a plan for “conquering” the Gaza Strip and establishing a “sustained presence” there, Netanyahu posted a video on X in which he said Israeli soldiers would not go into Gaza, launch raids and then retreat.

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