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Nigeria's newly redesigned naira notes will go into circulation, starting today, with Deposit Money Banks releasing the bills to their customers via over-the-counter payments.
This comes weeks after Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, unveiled the new bills at a weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
The old Naira notes will still be a legal tender until the end of January 2023.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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China’s economy is facing a continued uphill struggle as a surge in Covid cases is undermining hopes of a rebound. International investors had been targeting a bounce back in growth after the government scrapped many of its strict Covid policies.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Australia's Federal Parliament has paid tribute to the police officers killed in an ambush in Queensland this week.
Two police officers and a neighbour were fatally shot in Wieambilla (wee-am-billa) in Queensland's Western Downs on Monday.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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Meta faces a lawsuit in a Kenyan court over allowing social media posts that allegedly helped fuel deadly violence in Ethiopia.
Tens of thousands of people have died as a result of the conflict in the country's northern Tigray region.
Our Silicon Valley correspondent Ira Spitzer reports.
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The governor of the US state of Oregon has changed the punishment for all inmates on death row to life sentences.
Governor Kate Brown said the state 'should not be in the business of executing people'.
Our US correspondent Chris Jones reports.
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Several people have died after a boat carrying migrants ran into difficulties on the English Channel.
A government source said forty three people were rescued and brought to the UK.
The UK coastguard, the French Navy and an air ambulance were sent to help with the rescue operation on Monday.
Images from the scene show people wearing life-jackets sitting in an inflatable dinghy, being helped into a lifeboat.
It comes as temperatures have plunged across the UK, bringing snow and ice to parts of the country.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said her "heartfelt thoughts" were with those involved, calling the incident "distressing".
More than 40,000 people have crossed the Channel this year in small boats.
Jess Sharman from the charity Care4Calais says the British government needs to do more.
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