1. Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law.

2. Taiwan raised its alert level saying China has set up seven zones of reserved airspace and deployed naval fleets and coast guard boats.

3. France and Germany's political crises are a setback for efforts to modernize Europe's struggling economy.

4. China will adopt an "appropriately loose" monetary policy next year as part of steps to support economic growth.

5. ByteDance and TikTok asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance divest TikTok by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

6. Trump's Musk-led efficiency could lead to more joint projects between big defense contractors and smaller tech firms in areas such as artificial intelligence, drones and uncrewed submarines.

7. Intel should have focused on artificial intelligence rather than trying to become a contract chipmaker, the founder of TSMC said.