London / AFP World stock markets rallied further on Thursday, with Tokyo surging almost seven percent, on hopes Donald Trump’s plan to kickstart the US economy will succeed following his shock presidential election victory. The dollar firmed after sliding Wednesday on worries that uncertainty over Trump’s policies would cause the Federal Reserve to hold off an interest rate rise. ...

Bloomberg In a bold move against corruption and unaccounted wealth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acted to arrest the drift in his popularity and place constraints on election funding, which will benefit him in crucial state elections next year. But Modi’s late-night announcement of a crack down on unaccounted wealth through the withdrawal of high-denomination bank notes left Indians with ...

  Bloomberg Japanese lawmakers are revisiting a plan to build a $6.7 billion natural gas pipeline from Russia ahead of a visit by President Vladimir Putin to the Asian country next month. A group of about 80 lawmakers from ruling parties will ask the government by the end of this month to carry out a feasibility study on the project, ...