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By Gabriel Burin

(Reuters) - Brazil's consumer price data for May will likely show an acceleration in inflation, reflecting the damage from recent disastrous floods in the south, according to a Reuters poll published on Monday.

Annual inflation, at a forecast 3.89%, would have also deviated further from the center of the official goal of 3% +/- 1.5 percentage points, but this would be attributable to temporary disruptions in production... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Hunter Biden's defense attorney indicated in court on Monday that the U.S. president's son will not testify in his criminal trial on federal gun charges, CNN reported on Monday.

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, agreed to allow the judge in federal court in Delaware to give an instruction to the jury that they should not hold it against him if he does not testify in the case.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub)

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to call a snap parliamentary election calls into doubt France's already challenging deficit reduction plans by putting the spendthrift far right within reach of power.

Stung by massive gains from the right-wing National Rally (RN) in EU parliamentary elections, Macron called the election on Sunday.

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By Fernando Kallas and Emma Pinedo

MADRID (Reuters) -Three Valencia football fans were sentenced to eight months in prison on Monday for hate crimes against Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr, the first conviction for racist insults in a soccer stadium in Spain, the court announced.

"The ruling handed down today, which is final, establishes as proven that the three defendants insulted Vinicius with shouts, gestures and chants referring to the... (continue reading...)

By Tora Agarwala

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Armed men ambushed a convoy carrying the security team of the chief minister of India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, wounding two people, but the leader was not with them at the time, officials said.

Fighting between Manipur's majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities over sharing economic benefits and quotas given to the latter has killed at least 220 people and... (continue reading...)