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By Camillus Eboh

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court has adjourned a tax evasion case against Binance to next month for possible arraignment of the cryptocurrency exchange and two of its executives after a trial stalled on Wednesday, the judge said.

The matter stalled because authorities failed to bring Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and Binance head of financial crime compliance, to court. No reason was given for Gambaryan's absence in... (continue reading...)

By Kopano Gumbi and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's African National Congress promised South Africans "A Better Life For All" when it swept to power in the country's first democratic election in 1994, marking the end of white minority rule and apartheid.

After 30 years of ANC government, many South Africans are frustrated about persistent poverty and inequality, and the party risks losing its parliamentary... (continue reading...)

By Lucy Papachristou

LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian court is considering a prosecutor's request to designate a journalist who frequently criticises the war in Ukraine and his wife as an extremist grouping.

A spokeswoman for St Petersburg's court system said on Telegram that a claim against former Russian TV news anchor Alexander Nevzorov and Lidia Nevzorova had been filed by the city "in defence of the interests of the Russian Federation".

By Huw Jones

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's regulators lack the mindset to boost growth and the financial sector's global competitiveness, and need parliamentary backing to accept more risk when applying rules, the City of London said on Wednesday.

Chris Hayward, policy leader at the City, which administers the capital's financial district, said that a new public-private body is needed to attract foreign investment.

The sector... (continue reading...)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders said on Wednesday he expected a new right-wing government to be operational by the end of June, even though he has yet to find a suitable prime minister to lead it.

Wilders' nationalist PVV party was the clear winner of elections in November, and last week after almost six months of tense negotiations it struck a coalition deal with three other conservative parties.

But it still... (continue reading...)