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Nigeria will soon begin restricting ATM withdrawals to just $45 per day as part of a push to move the country toward a cashless economy.  The policy – which will also apply to banks and cashback from purchases – follows the launch of the West African nation’s newly designed currency …

The Nigerian military has conducted at least 10,000 secret and often forced abortions on women who were suspected of being impregnated by Boko Haram militants since 2013 as the nation looked to crack down on the insurgency group, an investigation by Reuters said Wednesday.  After speaking with victims, health care …

The Parthenon marbles housed in the British Museum continue to occupy the foreground of an ongoing debate about art repatriation. After reports of a series of “secret” meetings regarding the sculptures, the U.K. government confirmed there would be no law change to facilitate their return to Greece.  Made between 447 …

China’s Xi Jinping is in trouble: Colby Former Trump DOD official Elbridge Colby joins “The Next Revolution” to weigh in on the likelihood of protests in China becoming widespread or organized enough to spread across the country. The United States is gearing up to expand its military presence in Australia …

Peru’s Congress on Wednesday voted to remove President Pedro Castillo after he attempted to dissolve the legislative body following their third attempt to remove him from office.  Lawmakers voted 101-6 with 10 abstentions to remove Castillo from office for reasons of “permanent moral incapacity.” Pedro Castillo was removed as Peru’s …

More than a dozen migrants have escaped into Spain Wednesday after fleeing a plane that made an emergency landing in Barcelona when a pregnant woman onboard faked going into labor, the country’s government says.  The incident at El Prat airport involved a flight from Casablanca, Morocco to Istanbul, Turkey, operated by …

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo dissolved the nation’s Congress on Wednesday and called for new legislative elections, beating lawmakers to the punch as they prepared to debate a third attempt to remove him from office. Castillo also installed a new emergency government, and called in a televised address for the next …

German authorities on Wednesday arrested 25 members or supporters of a far-right domestic terrorist group known as the “Reichsbürger” movement who were allegedly involved in a plot to overthrow the government and install a “prince” with ties to the former German royal family.  The Reichsbürger group denies the existence of the …

The communist regime in China is relaxing some of its strict “zero-COVID” policies after anti-lockdown protests in major Chinese cities led to violent clashes with state authorities.  China’s National Health Commission said Wednesday that people with asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and those with mild symptoms may now isolate at home instead …

The sister of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly has written a letter condemning her brother’s “despotic caliphate” while also calling on the Revolutionary Guards to “lay down their weapons.”  The comments from Badri Hosseini Khamenei, who lives in Iran, were shared by her France-based son on Twitter, according to …