1. Yoon remains in office with immunity from most charges apart from insurrection or treason. The Constitutional Court must decide within 180 days.

2. The Russians in Syria are packing up their military equipment.

3. Pacific-island nations caught in the US-China tussle for influence hope that the Trump administration stays engaged in the region, but fear confrontation.

4. Bitcoin has surged more than 50% since the U.S. elections.

5. Tesla opposes a government car-crash reporting requirement.

6. Trump surfed the wave of tough tariff talk for China, Canada and Mexico to victory. China is finding ways to challenge Trump’s tariff plans.

7. Bank of America and Goldman Sachs plan to help pay for Trump’s inauguration after doing the same in 2017.

8. New prime minister François Bayrou said he faces a Himalaya of a challenge in tackling France’s budget deficit.