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French investigators swarmed Google's Paris offices on Tuesday as part of a tax fraud investigation, with the U.S. Internet giant saying it is "cooperating fully" with the probe.
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Crude production in oil-rich but conflict-ridden Libya is now more than 300,000 barrels per day since a new terminal opened in the east, the LANA news agency announced on Tuesday.
It cited a spokesman for the National Oil Corporation (NOC) as saying that with Friday's reopening of Al-Hariga terminal near Tobruk in the east, "production today has passed the 300,000 bpd mark".
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Brazil's acting president Michel Temer on Tuesday called on Congress to approve reforms that he said are needed to haul the once booming economy from a crippling recession.
Temer, who took power May 12 after the suspension of president Dilma Rousseff pending her impeachment trial, is seeking to cement his authority in the face of multiple challenges on both the economic and political fronts.
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Singapore's central bank on Tuesday said it was kicking out Swiss bank BSI, which has been linked to a global money-laundering scandal at Malaysia's state fund 1MDB that has embroiled Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Eurozone finance ministers will on Tuesday push for a deal to unlock bailout cash for Greece and resolve a row with the IMF over debt relief for Athens.
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Chinese investors signed a deal Monday with Oman's government to build an industrial city, including an oil refinery, in the southern port town of Duqm, a joint statement said.
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Russia on Monday announced its return to the international bond markets for the first time since the West slapped it with sanctions over its role in the Ukraine conflict.
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U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric said Monday it would invest $1.4 billion in Saudi Arabia in support of the kingdom's recently unveiled plan to diversify the oil-dominated economy.
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The speaker of Egypt's parliament has threatened to take disciplinary action against members who publicly criticize the government's monetary policy, raising further questions about the legislature's independence.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday signed a three-way transit agreement on Iran's southern port of Chabahar.
The accord, which calls for joint investments, will significantly boost the role of the under-tapped port of Chabahar, connecting Iran through India and Afghanistan to central Asia, the Iranian presidency said on its website.
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