You break it, you fix it. That’s the sentiment ahead of India’s annual budget this week. Amid signs that New Delhi’s 8 November ban on 86% of the country’s currency has disrupted demand, snapped supply chains and cratered credit growth, investors expect a fiscal lollipop from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley. Bigger tax rebates for ...

  Hostility to supposedly bad trade deals was a main theme of President Donald Trump’s campaign, and he seems to mean business: Not only has he withdrawn the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but he also confirmed his intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). His exact plans for Nafta, however, aren’t clear. Nafta could stand some ...

  Six people killed in an assault on a Quebec City mosque in one of the worst terrorist attacks in the Canada’s history. All the victims are male, ranging in age from 39 to 60 years old, and had gathered for prayers at the mosque. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, a political science student at nearby Laval University, has been charged with ...