Duncan Robinson
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- The Economist21 min
Over the Yoon: South Korea ousts president
Rosie Bloor, Noah Snyder, Duncan Robinson, John Fasman
South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol for declaring martial law, mandating a snap election within 60 days that leaves opposition leader Lee Jae-myung as the frontrunner amid deepening economic and geopolitical instability. While the ousted president faces a separate criminal trial for insurrection that could carry a life sentence or death penalty, the nation's conservative factions remain fragmented and vulnerable to shifting US trade policies and alliance strategies. This constitutional crisis has simultaneously depressed market confidence and complicated the path toward stabilizing the economy amidst intensifying external pressures.
- The Economist24 min
Reunions and rubble: Gaza’s first moments of peace
Rosie Bloor, Jason Palmer, Anshul Pfeffer, Duncan Robinson, Dolly Setton
A four-day ceasefire in Gaza initiated a two-stage truce that released three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners, while triggering political instability in Israel as far-right ministers resigned and the incoming US administration secured the agreement. This diplomatic breakthrough is followed by complex challenges regarding the billions required for reconstruction and the establishment of a governance model, which remains uncertain without Hamas or the Palestinian Authority leading the effort. Concurrently, the United Kingdom faces wage compression as the new National Living Wage narrows the pay gap between unskilled and skilled labor, while medical research confirms clinical hypnosis reduces procedural pain and anxiety despite barriers to its widespread adoption.
- The Economist24 min
Parting Scholz: what next for Germany?
Scholz, Jason Palmer, Rosie Bloor, Tom Nuttall, Sasha Nauta, Duncan Robinson
Germany's "traffic light" coalition collapsed on November 6 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finance Minister Christian Lindner clashed over the constitutional debt break, triggering a minority government that will face a confidence vote and a general election scheduled for February 23. Simultaneously, a re-analysis of a 2020 medical study debunked earlier claims that Black doctors significantly improve survival rates for Black infants, attributing the original statistical anomaly to uncontrolled variables regarding very low birth weight rather than physician race. In the United Kingdom, London's King's Cross district has evolved from an industrial wasteland into a premier global tech hub anchored by major corporations like Google and OpenAI, though analysts caution that such regeneration relies on unique assets that limit its replicability outside central London.
- The Economist30 min
Starming victory: Labour sweeps to power
Sir Keir Starmer, Rosie Bloor, Ed Carr, Duncan Robinson, Catherine Nixie, Matthew Holhouse
Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party secured a historic landslide victory, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule by winning approximately 410 seats while Rishi Sunak conceded defeat and former Prime Minister Liz Truss lost her seat. The new administration immediately faces the challenge of governing within a restrictive fiscal framework while pursuing economic growth through planning reform, a green transition, and stabilized EU relations. As Starmer prepares for a ceremonial transition with the King and an urgent cabinet formation, the government aims to restore international reliability despite a governing style characterized as cautious and technocratic rather than populist.