Bloomberg China secured the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) go-ahead to impose $3.6 billion in sanctions against the US, in a case that predates the tariff war between the world’s two largest economies but may add a layer of tension to ongoing talks. The damages awarded, in a document released on the Geneva-based organisations’ website, are the third highest in WTO ...

Bloomberg A federal government mandated panel said air pollution in India’s capital and its suburbs over the last week has worsened to levels that should be treated as a public health emergency. The air quality index, or AQI, hit as high as 744 at some areas in the Indian capital according to website AirVisual, which monitors air pollution around the ...

Bloomberg While the appointment of Mark Carney’s successor has been officially delayed, a frenzy of speculation about who will get the job was seen. Several reports on the government’s favourites were met with news that there is no preferred candidate at this time. The confusion sums up what has thus far been a chaotic appointment process, continually delayed by Brexit. ...