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Brazil's economic activity surprises negatively with 2% decline in May

Economic activity in Brazil declined in May, showed a central bank index on Monday, signaling a non-linear trajectory for the country's growth, even as analysts have been consistently revising their forecasts upward for the year.

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Minneapolis police agree to court-enforced reforms 3 years after George Floyd protests

Three years after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and a month after federal investigators found widespread racial discrimination by city law enforcement officers, a Minnesota judge has approved a reform agreement between the state human rights department and the city's police.

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Papal envoy to discuss repatriation of Ukrainian children with Biden

Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, assigned by Pope Francis to help bring peace to Ukraine, will discuss repatriating children who Kyiv and others say have been deported by Russia with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington as part of a three-day visit.

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Texas power use hits record high as heatwave lingers

Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Monday as homes and businesses kept air conditioners cranked up to escape a heatwave.

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El Salvador arrests more than 100 Colombians in financial scheme

Salvadoran police arrested more than a hundred Colombians for their alleged involvement in operating a microfinancing scheme that laundered money from drug running and gang activities, security officials said on Monday.

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Saudi Arabia and Turkey sign MoUs in energy, defence and other fields

Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a number of memorandums of understanding in many fields including energy, direct investments and defence, Saudi state news agency SPA reported early on Tuesday.

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Will China ever get rich? A new era of much slower growth dawns

China is entering an era of much slower economic growth, raising a daunting prospect: it may never get rich.

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Pope visit to Mongolia will thrill tiny Catholic community, cardinal says

The head of one of the world's smallest national Catholic communities - Mongolia with 1,450 members - said on Monday that Pope Francis' visit there will show how far it has come since locals watched "these funny foreigners praying".

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India's Infosys signs five-year AI deal with $2 bln target spend

India's second-largest software services exporter Infosys said on Monday it has signed a deal with an existing client to provide artificial intelligence (AI) and automation services that will span over five years, with a target spend estimated at $2 billion.

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Singapore's clean reputation gets a timely test

Singapore could turn a governance crisis into an opportunity. Its transport minister S. Iswaran and Ong Beng Seng, the property billionaire credited with bringing Formula One to the city, were arrested and released on bail last week. The rare high-profile probe involving a public official by the hub’s anti-graft agency is a timely test of the Asian centre’s willingness to act tough on corruption.

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