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Najib Heads Home to Serve 1MDB Sentence After Royal Reprieve

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Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak is heading home following more than four years in prison for his role in the country’s biggest corruption scandal, after the political party he once led paid a 50 million ringgit ($12.3 million) fine required under the terms of a royal pardon.

Potential Sciences, an AI startup building large-scale chemical data sets, secured backing from the UK's Sovereign AI Fund, as part of an eight-figure raise (Joel Khalili/Wired)

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Potential Sciences, an AI startup building large-scale chemical data sets, secured backing from the UK's Sovereign AI Fund, as part of an eight-figure raise  —  Potential Sciences, a startup backed by the UK government, is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data …

Trump, Congress Set to Clash Over Economic Costs of Tariffs

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Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of House Democrats, promises to “stop the stupid Trump tariffs jacking up prices on Americans.” Ron Wyden, incoming Senate Finance Committee chairman, says he’ll reassert congressional authority over trade policy. Even Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, lamented that “tariffs have made everything too expensive.”

Australia faces same issues that flipped control of US Congress in midterms, experts say

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Anthony Albanese’s government has taken a blow due to Iran war but voter anxiety around cost of living and datacentres may hit harder

The Democrats’ stunning midterm victory should broaden Australia’s alliance with the US, observers say, even as a new power base emerges in Washington, affecting Aukus, datacentre development and relations with China.

Cabinet ministers, diplomats and Australia’s defence industrial sector closely watched the results this week, with control of the US Congress flipping to the Democrats and the outlook for Donald Trump’s final two years in office badly dinted.

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