🇫🇷🇮🇹 - Nationalist anti-drug protests under the slogan "a droga fora" ("drugs out" in Corsican) in Ajaccio, Corsica's immigrant-populated neighborhood of I Canni took place after two locals were threatened by drug dealers.

Core in Fronte, the organization which led the protests, declared "there is only one legal community on this land - the Corsican people".

🇳🇪 - ECOWAS has allegedly agreed a date to begin offensive operations against the Nigerien junta, saying that the recent coup was a "line in the sand" for the pro-French bloc.

The bloc's leaders also declared that any intervention would not involve a declaration of war - the phrase "special military operation" comes to the mind of this admin.

🇫🇷🇮🇹 - Twitter users report that demonstrators also graffitied the phrase "Arabi fora" ("Arabs out").

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump is apparently planning to skip the first Republican primary debate and instead do an interview with Tucker Carlson.

🇺🇦⚡️ - The nationalist in this video was forced to apologize by Kiev.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Local sources are reporting that American troops have seized control of Baghdad International Airport.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - While it would not be unusual for American forces to be in Baghdad and at the airport, American forces have been observed conducting "unusual movements" in Iraq the last few weeks, for reasons unknown.

🇮🇱🇸🇾⚡️- Alleged airstrikes by Israeli fighters against Damascus.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian military alleges the detection of F-35s operating above the Persian Gulf.

🇺🇸⚡️- GOP Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy cancelled his appearance at a YRNF (Young Republicans National Federation) for reasons unknown.

Our sources suggest that the Young Republicans at their convention tomorrow in Dallas may issue an accusation against the YRNF establishment of "systematically debasing young people into a drug and sex party culture," which may cause serious issues for the current slate up for election at the YRNF.

🇷🇺☦️ - Controversy erupted in Russia after an Orthodox priest blessed a monument to Joseph Stalin in the town of Velikye Luki.

Stalin persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church during the first half of his tenure as the Soviet Union's leader, killing thousands of Christians. However, he is seen in a positive light by many Russians - a recent opinion poll found that Joseph Stalin and Nicholas II, the last Tsar, were the only two 20th-century leaders who Russians had a positive impression of.

🇺🇸🇵🇰🕊 - X placed a community note under a post by the Secretary of State, exposing his role in deposing former anti-American Pakistani president Imran Khan.

🇬🇧 - British nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more yesterday.

🇺🇸 - Ramaswamy is currently giving a speech at the convention via video and, according to our sources, being met with a frosty reception.

🇺🇸⚡️ - These notes were found in bathrooms at the Young Republicans' convention minutes before voting began.

🇺🇸⚡️ - Hayden Padgett, named in this note, has been nominated for the position of YRNF chairman.

🇺🇸 - The present chairman of the YRNF, Rick Loughery, interrupted the voting for chairman to ask "where’d my alcohol go?" and then proceeded to search for a missing bottle.

🇺🇸⚡️ - Padgett was elected with 565 votes to his opponent's 127.

🇺🇸 - The honorable Chairman appears to have found his bottle.

🇺🇸🇳🇪⚡️- The United States is preparing to evacuate its drone bases from Niger.

🇰🇷🇺🇸⚡️- South Korean pop star PSY, most famous for his song “Gangnam Style,” has demanded that US troops leave South Korea.