The World in Brief from The Economist

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s boss, will reportedly donate $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration events

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s boss, will reportedly donate $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration events

Asian stockmarkets fell following the conclusion of China’s annual economic-policy conference. Also, Britain’s economy unexpectedly shrank in October, by 0.1% month on month, the same as in September.

The European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, from 3.25% to 3%.

The European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, from 3.25% to 3%.

Yoon Suk Yeol defended his short-lived martial law declaration last week, vowing “to fight till the end”. The tech-heavy Nasdaq stockmarket index breached the 20,000 mark for the first time as the share prices of Alphabet, Meta and Tesla closed at record highs.

A leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, vowed to pursue those responsible for torture and killings under the dictatorship, ruling out any possibility of pardons.

A leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, vowed to pursue those responsible for torture and killings under the dictatorship, ruling out any possibility of pardons.

South Korean police raided the office of the president, Yoon Suk Yeol; they also arrested the police chief. Also, The Israel Defence Forces said it carried out 480 strikes on Syria in 48 hours, bombing targets in several cities.