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The mausoleum where the scant remains of DR Congo's fiery independence hero, Patrice Lumumba, are interred has been vandalised, the culture ministry said Tuesday. A tooth is all that is left of the anti-colonialist icon and first prime minister after the country gained independence from Belgium in 1960. "An act of vandalism took place on…

A Russian court Tuesday sentenced a man to over 14 years in prison for "sabotage" after he allegedly set fire to railway equipment. Russia has issued heavy penalties to those suspected of sabotage on Kyiv's orders in retaliation for Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, often by damaging railway infrastructure. Maxim Bubenshchikov, 43, from Saint Petersburg was…

A Spanish court on Tuesday said it was investigating the US hedge fund Gotham City for allegedly publishing "misleading" information about Spanish pharmaceutical firm Grifols, causing its shares to plunge. Gotham City released a research note in January accusing the Barcelona-based company, which makes blood plasma-based medicines, of "manipulating" its reported debt and operational results…

The Federal Government has emphasized the importance of reviewing the National Migration Policy to enhance migration governance and management in Nigeria. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), stated this at a three-day meeting of the Technical Working Group on Migration and Development on Tuesday in…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for Beijing and Berlin to develop ties with a "strategic" and "long-term" perspective Tuesday as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Rio de Janeiro, state media said. "China and Germany are both major countries with significant influence," Xi told Scholz on the sidelines of the G20 summit, according…