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The process to choose a new pope will start on May 7, the Vatican said, after Pope Francis died at the age of 88. Many cardinals from across the world will be part of this meeting that will take place in the Sistine Chapel. There isn't a set time for how long it will take to pick the next pope.
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The meeting to pick a new pope starts on May 7 in the Sistine Chapel.
Some 135 cardinals from all over the world will be part of this process.
Pope Francis, who was the previous pope, died at the age of 88.
There isn't a clear time for how long it will take to elect the next pope.
Cardinals will have a big church service at St Peter's Basilica before the voting starts.
Once the meeting starts, the cardinals can't talk to anyone outside until a new Pope is chosen.
Each cardinal will choose the new pope by writing on a card.
If no decision is made by the third day, the cardinals can take a break to pray.
People outside will know a new pope has been chosen when white smoke comes out of a chimney. If the smoke is black, it means they will vote again.
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After a bad attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, where 26 people were killed, authorities in India have knocked down buildings and held more people for questioning. India thinks Pakistan has a role in this attack, but Pakistan denies this claim.
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An attack happened in the area of India called Kashmir, where 26 people died.
The buildings of at least 10 people who are believed to have caused trouble were destroyed by the authorities.
The authorities in India have questioned over 1,500 people since the attack happened.
India thinks that Pakistan is helping the people who have caused these problems, but Pakistan says this is not true.
Kashmir is an area that both India and Pakistan say is theirs, and they've even had two wars over it.
This was the deadliest attack on regular people in this area in twenty years.
The leaders in this area support acting against people causing problems but have doubts about destroying the homes of these people's families.
The Indian Supreme Court has banned the practice of simply knocking down buildings as a form of punishment.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has said that his country will find out who caused this attack and punish them harshly.
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A 27-year-old university student climbed Mount Fuji, a big mountain in Japan, not once but twice - even after it was a really risky time to do so. He had to be rescued both times - once because he lost special shoe grips and couldn't come down, the other time because he wanted to get his lost phone and got sick from the high altitude.
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The student is a 27-year-old who's from China but studying in Japan.
Mount Fuji is closed for climbing at this time according to Japan's environment rules.
The student first had to be rescued because he lost his crampons - that is, special climbing shoe grips.
He climbed the mountain again to get his lost phone and other things, but had to be rescued because he got sick from the high altitude.
Climbing Mount Fuji is generally discouraged when it's not summer, basically between July and September.
After this, the police reminded everyone that it's not safe to climb Mount Fuji when it's not summer because the weather can change quickly.
Some people were upset with the student because he didn't listen to the safety advice. They said he should pay for the cost of the rescues.
Over 220,000 people climbed Mount Fuji between July and September of 2023.
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People in Canada are voting on who they want to be their leader. The choices are between the current leader, Mark Carney, from the Liberal Party and Pierre Poilievre from the Conservative Party. The votes have become more important because the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made decisions that have made people in Canada upset.
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People in Canada are having an important vote.
The main choices are Mark Carney from the Liberal Party and Pierre Poilievre from the Conservative Party.
President Donald Trump's actions have made this vote more interesting and important.
There was a sad event where a car hit people in Vancouver. It has made the voting time more serious.
Mark Carney wants to have stronger ties with the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Pierre Poilievre believes that the Liberal Party hasn't done a good job in the past ten years and wants to change things.
The winning party needs to get 172 seats out of 343 in the voting.
Right now, the Liberal Party holds the most seats, having 152.
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Armenia is trying to become a tech powerhouse, similar to Silicon Valley in the US. A special program is helping kids learn about technology and inventions, from a young age.
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There's a special program in Armenia, called Armath, which teaches kids about technology.
Armath helps kids learn how to create things like robots, games, and smartphone apps while they are still in school.
This program started in 2014. Today, there are 650 schools in Armenia using the Armath program.
The group running this program, named The Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE), hopes to make Armenia a tech center that creates valuable things for the whole world.
Armenia has around 4,000 tech companies.
During the times Soviet Union existed, Armenia was a center for mathematics and computer science. Armenians want to remember this history and use technology more.
A big tech company called Picsart, which lets people edit photos and videos, started in Armenia in 2011. Today, it’s worth about $1.5 billion.
A recent report says that Armenia is a good place to start a company. It ranks better than its two neighbors: Georgia and Azerbaijan.
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Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, warns Ukraine not to agree to give up a lot of its land just to stop the fight with Russia. President Trump's newest idea for making peace includes America agreeing that Crimea belongs to Russia, but Ukraine's president says they want peace first before they talk about land.
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Ukraine might be asked to agree that a lot of its land, including Crimea, now belongs to Russia, to make peace.
US President Donald Trump seems to agree with this idea.
However, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky wants peace before discussing any changes to who owns the land.
Germany's defence minister, Boris Pistorius, thinks the American peace plan is like giving up and he warns Ukraine not to agree.
The USA's peace plan also says Ukraine can't be part of the NATO military group.
It also suggests that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently controlled by Russia, should provide electricity to both Russia and Ukraine.
An alternative plan from Europe and Ukraine only wants to talk about land changes once there is peace. They also want the USA to promise strong support if Ukraine is attacked.
Russia has controlled almost 20% of Ukrainian land since they invaded Ukraine in 2022.
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A car rammed into people at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver and hurt many people. 11 people died and the police caught a 30-year-old person they think did it.
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A car attack happened at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver, an event that celebrates Filipino culture.
11 people died in the event and many other people got hurt.
The person who the police think did it is 30 years old and they said he has mental health problems.
The attack happened at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser in the south of Vancouver.
The people who got hurt range in age from 5 to 65.
The police don't think this was an act of terrorism but they haven't said why they think it happened yet.
The festival is a big event and usually a lot of people come to it.
While the police did a check for any danger before the festival, they did not see any signs of danger.
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A big leader from South Africa's ruling party, Gwede Mantashe, stated his country will protect its power to make its own decisions. This comes when there's a growing disagreement with the US about racial issues and a new land law.
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Gwede Mantashe, a leader from South Africa's ruling party, talked about defending South Africa's independence.
The US and South Africa are not getting along well because of issues about race and a new land law.
The US President, Donald Trump, disagrees with this new land law. This law allows the government to take land without paying for it.
Many South Africans (almost 70,000) are interested in seeking protection, or asylum, in the US.
Despite the end of apartheid, a system of racial separation, white South Africans still own most private land and wealth.
South Africa appointed a special person, Mcebisi Jonas, to work with the US and improve their relationship.
The US asked South Africa's ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, to leave after he criticized Trump.
Gwede Mantashe expressed his wishes for people of different races to live together in Orania, a town consisting of only white people.
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Kim Kardashian, a popular TV star, was robbed in Paris by a group of older criminals called the 'grandpa robbers'. The robbers, who didn't realize who she was, took all of her jewelry, worth nearly $10m. Some of these robbers are now on trial for the crime in Paris.
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Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris.
The robbers took all her jewelry worth around $10 million.
Yunice Abbas, one of the robbers, was preparing for retirement when he carried out this robbery.
Ten people involved in the robbery are now in court for the trial. Some are the robbers and others helped them.
The nickname for the robbers is 'grandpa robbers' because most of them were born in the 1950s.
During the robbery, the criminals dressed up like police officers.
After the robbery, the criminals ran away on bikes and by walking.
Kim was tied up during the robbery and left in the bathroom.
Kim was alone during the robbery because her security guard was away with her sister.
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A car hit 11 people at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver, Canada, and caused their deaths. The authorities say a 30- year-old man did it, and they also say he has a lot of prior dealings with healthcare because of his mental health.
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The Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver was where the car attack happened.
In this car attack, 11 people died.
The person who caused this accident is a man who is 30-years-old.
The police knew the suspect before this event happened.
According to the authorities, this man has had many prior dealings with healthcare because of mental health issues.
The police say that this attack was not due to terrorism.
RJ Aquino, who is part of the Filipino community in Vancouver, said that everyone is feeling very sad and upset about what happened at the festival.
Mable Elmore, a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, believes the local community will overcome this tough time.
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Israel has carried out an attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah is based, even though a ceasefire (a promise between groups to stop fighting) had been agreed upon five months ago. The Israeli government says it attacked a building where dangerous missiles were kept. No one was hurt in the attack.
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Israel made an air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.
This area is where the group, Hezbollah, is located.
The attack comes despite a ceasefire that was agreed upon five months ago.
The Israeli government explains it targeted a building they believed stored "precision-guided missiles" that threatened its people.
The Lebanese government (the people who run Lebanon) is not happy about this and asked the United States and France to make Israel stop its attacks.
This is the first attack in this particular area in almost a month.
No one was injured in this attack, according to Lebanon's Civil Defence.
Earlier this month, a similar attack from Israel in the same area caused four people to lose their lives, including a person from Hezbollah.
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The Prime Minister of Qatar has shared that there is "some progress" in trying to stop the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. However, the goal of stopping the war altogether is still not achieved. Hamas, which was against an offer for peace from Israel before, now seems to be ready to discuss ways to stop the war that includes freeing people they have captured.
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The Qatar Prime Minister met with Israel's spy agency head to discuss the war in Gaza.
Now, Hamas is more willing to discuss a solution for the war.
Hamas may be ready to give up their weapons if Israel removes all its soldiers from Gaza, but Israel doesn't plan to do this.
Israel started blocking everything from coming into Gaza in March and later began attacking.
Since then, about 2,151 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including 51 people in one day.
An Israeli soldier and a police officer were also killed recently.
Hamas has agreed to release the rest of the people they have captured if the war ends.
Hamas talked with officials in Egypt about stopping the war and solving the problems for people living in Gaza.
Lastly, the current leader of the Palestinian Authority (the main authority in the West Bank), Mahmoud Abbas, has picked Hussein al-Sheikh as his assistant.
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A big explosion happened in Iran at its biggest business port, Shahid Rajaee, which hurt more than 1,000 people and killed at least 40 people. Fires are still not out and a harmful black cloud from the explosion is hanging over nearby places, making people stay inside their homes.
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The large explosion occured at Shahid Rajaee port in Iran.
This terrible event made more than 1,000 people injured and at least 40 people died.
On the day after the explosion, fires were still burning.
People living in towns and cities close to the explosion area are asked to stay home for safety.
Offices and schools in the close city of Bandar Abbas have been closed so people can help out after the explosion.
The Iran government told everyone to remember the people who died and got hurt by making Monday a national day of sadness, especially in the province of Hormozgan.
A company named Ambrey Intelligence thinks that the fire started from not taking proper care of solid fuel, which is used in Iranian missiles.
Some people in Iran believe that the military might have stored rocket fuel at the port, though this has been denied by an army spokesperson.
The port, which handles about 80% of all stuff Iran buys from other countries, might not be able to work for some time, which could cause shortages of food.
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Greenland's Prime Minister, Jens-Frederick Nielsen, says that Greenland isn't an item someone can buy. This is in response to Donald Trump, the U.S. President, saying multiple times that he wants the U.S. to own Greenland. Both Greenland's and Denmark's leaders say they will stand together against this idea.
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Jens-Frederick Nielsen is the Prime Minister of Greenland.
President Donald Trump of the U.S. has said multiple times that he wants the U.S. to own Greenland.
Greenland is not a thing that can be bought, according to Greenland's Prime Minister.
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland have said they will stand together against this idea.
Jens-Frederick Nielsen became Greenland's prime minister in April.
The U.S. has had a military base in Greenland since World War Two.
President Trump might also want Greenland because of the special minerals that could be dug up there.
Most people living in Greenland want to be independent from Denmark, but they don't want to be part of the U.S.
Greenland's new government, which started in March, is led by Nielsen's center-right Democrats party, which wants independence to happen slowly.
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China's coastguard took control of a small sandbank, Sandy Cay, in the South China Sea. This created more tension in an ongoing disagreement with the Philippines over territory in the water. The U.S. and Philippine forces were doing yearly war drills at the same time.
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Chinese coastguard officers were shown on Sandy Cay, a small sandbank in the South China Sea.
Both China and the Philippines claim to own parts of the South China Sea, creating a dispute.
Sandy Cay is close to a Philippine military base on Thitu Island.
After China took control of Sandy Cay, there were no indications that China planned to stay there permanently.
News that China had taken control of the reef concerned the White House.
James Hewitt, a spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, said that taking over the reef could upset peace in the region and go against international law.
As this occurred, US and Philippine forces were conducting annual war drills.
Over time, tension over territory in the South China Sea has increased. Countries like Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei have also claimed ownership of parts of the sea.
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Drag queen and TV star, Jiggly Caliente, passed away at the age of 44. She was known for participating in TV shows like RuPaul's Drag Race and Pose, and had been suffering from a severe infection.
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Jiggly Caliente was a popular drag queen and TV star.
She became famous after appearing on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Caliente was 44 years old when she passed away.
She had a severe infection that required a part of her leg to be removed.
She has also appeared on the TV series Pose.
Jiggly Caliente was a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race's spin-off show in the Philippines.
She also took part in the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2021.
Caliente’s family announced her death on Instagram. They indicated that she passed away surrounded by close friends and family.
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Cardinals from around the world are meeting to elect a new Pope, but it's harder than usual to guess who that might be. This meeting is called a Conclave.
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The Cardinals are having a meeting called a Conclave.
At this meeting, they will vote to choose the next Pope.
People usually try to guess who the next Pope might be, but this time it's really hard.
A Pope is a very important person in the Christian religion.
The last Pope was Pope Francis.
This is a very important event for many people, like one New York family who said it was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity".
Some people believe that the decision on who will be the next Pope is in God's hands.
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A car was driven into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver, Canada. Several people were hurt and some were killed. The police have a 30-year-old man in jail who they think drove the car.
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A car was driven into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver, Canada.
This happened around 8:14 in the evening on Saturday.
The Lapu Lapu festival celebrates Filipino culture.
Several people were hurt and some were killed.
The police have a 30-year-old man in jail who they think drove the car.
The Police said there was only one car and one person involved in this incident.
The leaders of Canada have been sharing messages of sympathy and sadness.
Some leaders who were sharing messages are also running in Canada's federal election on Monday.
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A letter from a passenger on the Titanic was sold for 300,000 pounds, which is around 400,000 dollars, in the UK. This was a lot more than the 60,000 pounds people thought it would get sold for.
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The person who wrote the letter was named Colonel Archibald Gracie.
He was a passenger on the Titanic, a big ship that hit an iceberg and sank in 1912.
Colonel Gracie was one of about 2,200 people on the ship. Over 1,500 of them didn't survive.
He wrote the letter on April 10, 1912, when he got on the ship in Southampton.
The letter sold for 300,000 pounds at an auction house called Henry Aldridge and Son in Wiltshire.
This is the highest price any letter written on the Titanic has ever sold for.
Colonel Gracie survived the sinking by getting onto a flipped over lifeboat in the cold water.
His health got really bad from the cold and his injuries and he died later in 1912.
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A South African doctor, Dr. Celiwe Ndaba, started discussions online about money or 'financial' mistreatment in relationships. She shared her own experiences about using her money to fund her husband's lifestyle, which ended in them breaking up.
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Dr. Celiwe Ndaba is a doctor from South Africa.
Dr. Ndaba shared her story about 'financial' abuse online.
In this type of abuse, one person uses or controls the other person's money unfairly.
In Ndaba's case, she was paying for her husband's expensive lifestyle, even buying him a fancy car.
Dr. Ndaba's story has encouraged many others to share their similar experiences.
Dr. Ndaba's husband hasn't replied to the news about his wife's statements.
This kind of abuse can also be termed as 'economic' abuse, according to South African law.
Despite having a good job, the unnamed teacher ended up in a bad financial situation because of this kind of abuse.
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