The conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history (LINK) 5 May 2025.

A jogger in Bern has been fined nearly CHF 7,000 after spitting on the sign outside the Russian Embassy: guilty of insulting a foreign national emblem. Security personnel monitoring the area tried to stop him. He was eventually detained nearby (LINK) 5 May 2025.

Gold rises on dollar weakness, US Fed meeting in focus (LINK) 5 May 2025.