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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party will focus on the economy as they ramp up their campaigning for a July 4 national election.

Sunak said on Wednesday that "brighter days" lay ahead after data showed Britain's inflation rate had fallen to close to 2%.

Labour's Rachel Reeves, who hopes to succeed Jeremy Hunt as finance minister, said voters remained under financial strain. ... (continue reading...)

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras said on Wednesday that the country's antitrust regulator Cade approved the new terms of an agreement that will free up the company from selling some of its oil refining and natural gas assets.

In a securities filing, Petrobras said the new terms of the agreement, which was originally signed in 2019, had been approved by the regulator's board.

(Reporting by Peter Frontini)

(Reuters) - Slovakia's government pushed its controversial overhaul of public broadcaster RTVS through an initial parliamentary vote on Wednesday, just a week after a shooter seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico.

The legislation, which aims to restart the station with a new oversight council and leadership, still must clear debate and a final vote in the coming weeks, but faces little resistance with the government holding a majority in... (continue reading...)

By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Egypt to do everything it can to make sure humanitarian aid is flowing into Gaza as food and medicine bound for the strip piles up on the Egyptian side.

Blinken told a hearing in the House of Representatives that the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza remained closed after Israel's military seized it on May... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - A Hong Kong regulator on Wednesday served an enforcement notice to Worldcoin Foundation directing it to cease all operations of the cryptocurrency project in the country, citing risk to privacy and personal data.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) added that Worldcoin should stop scanning and collecting iris and face images of the public using its devices. It also dubbed the data collection as "unnecessary and... (continue reading...)