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Nvidia scandal looms over US-China AI talks

AI bots going rogue and humans using the technology for harm will likely be on the agenda when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet next week, with the Nvidia scandal hanging over the talks on AI safety.

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Nvidia scandal looms over US-China AI talks

AI bots going rogue and humans using the technology for harm will likely be on the agenda when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet next week, with the Nvidia scandal hanging over the talks on AI safety.

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Myanmar's past and future collide in week of reckoning

Myanmar faces a pivotal week as neighbouring nations weigh the future of post-coup relations, while the United Nations' top court threatens a verdict of genocide over its dark past.

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Australian PM jokes about genitalia in hot mic mishap

Australian leader Anthony Albanese and his climate minister joked about their genitalia in a crude exchange captured on a hot mic.

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A cricketing drama to divide a nation: why the sandpaper scandal is Australia’s Bazball | Barney Ronay

The sandpaper affair is back, and the reason it has hit Australia so hard is because it is sneaky – or basically quite English Any plans for the weekend? Personally I’m all set. I will be watching the full Pat Cummins sandpaper denial press conference, filmed live on location in Sydney on Friday morning, and now preserved uncut and un-redacted on YouTube. I will not speed it up, or flick through impatiently only to find myself bogged down in endless adverts for old fat guys doing military calisthenics, and pills that will dissolve the vile writhing parasites that definitely live in my guts. Co

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A cricketing drama to divide a nation: why the sandpaper scandal is Australia’s Bazball | Barney Ronay

The sandpaper affair is back, and the reason it has hit Australia so hard is because it is sneaky – or basically quite English Any plans for the weekend? Personally I’m all set. I will be watching the full Pat Cummins sandpaper denial press conference, filmed live on location in Sydney on Friday morning, and now preserved uncut and un-redacted on YouTube. I will not speed it up, or flick through impatiently only to find myself bogged down in endless adverts for old fat guys doing military calisthenics, and pills that will dissolve the vile writhing parasites that definitely live in my guts. Co

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The folly of just-in-time supply chains | Letters

Hannah Walker says systems designed to minimise expenditure in the name of efficiency can end up less capable of fulfilling their actual purpose The article by Steven Strogatz and Alex Townsend on the dangers of excessive optimisation identifies a problem extending far beyond mathematics and artificial intelligence (The efficiency trap: why optimising everything can backfire, badly, 8 November). The widespread adoption of just-in-time supply chains illustrates it perfectly. By eliminating inventories and spare capacity, businesses reduced costs and improved efficiency, but frequently transferr

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The folly of just-in-time supply chains | Letters

Hannah Walker says systems designed to minimise expenditure in the name of efficiency can end up less capable of fulfilling their actual purpose The article by Steven Strogatz and Alex Townsend on the dangers of excessive optimisation identifies a problem extending far beyond mathematics and artificial intelligence (The efficiency trap: why optimising everything can backfire, badly, 8 November). The widespread adoption of just-in-time supply chains illustrates it perfectly. By eliminating inventories and spare capacity, businesses reduced costs and improved efficiency, but frequently transferr

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Eleanor Donaldson, wife of former DUP leader, placed on sex offender register

Judge imposes three-year treatment order on Donaldson for aiding and abetting sexual offences by her husband, Jeffrey Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor, has been placed on the sex offender register for five years for aiding and abetting sexual offences by her disgraced husband. Eleanor Donaldson appeared via remote link at Newry crown court to hear the order on Friday one month after her husband, the former Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader, was convicted of abusing two women when they were children. Continue reading...

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Eleanor Donaldson, wife of former DUP leader, placed on sex offender register

Judge imposes three-year treatment order on Donaldson for aiding and abetting sexual offences by her husband, Jeffrey Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor, has been placed on the sex offender register for five years for aiding and abetting sexual offences by her disgraced husband. Eleanor Donaldson appeared via remote link at Newry crown court to hear the order on Friday one month after her husband, the former Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader, was convicted of abusing two women when they were children. Continue reading...

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Nigel Farage’s security paid for by Reform UK despite claim over £5m gift

Exclusive: Sources reveal party is covering costs – raising fresh questions about leader’s explanation for billionaire’s gift Nigel Farage’s personal security has been paid for out of Reform UK’s central funds despite his claim that these expenses would be covered by an undisclosed gift of £5m from a billionaire donor, sources have told the Guardian. The Reform leader has had the central party pay for a team and two cars ever since a reduction in the security provided by the taxpayer after a review in 2025. Continue reading...

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Nigel Farage’s security paid for by Reform UK despite claim over £5m gift

Exclusive: Sources reveal party is covering costs – raising fresh questions about leader’s explanation for billionaire’s gift Nigel Farage’s personal security has been paid for out of Reform UK’s central funds despite his claim that these expenses would be covered by an undisclosed gift of £5m from a billionaire donor, sources have told the Guardian. The Reform leader has had the central party pay for a team and two cars ever since a reduction in the security provided by the taxpayer after a review in 2025. Continue reading...

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Climate action discussed at youth COP meeting

School children gather to discuss climate issues to coincide with the COP31 conference in Turkey.

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A timeline of the affair scandal that sank Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

CEO behind the meteoric rise of Nvidia stepped down after it was revealed he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO of Nvidia, the company at the center of the AI boom, after leading it for more than 30 years. Huang, an electrical engineer by education, stewarded the company from a $1bn firm when it went public in 1999 to a company valued at more than $4tn in 2026. But in a matter of days, after it was revealed he had an extramarital affair with a woman that US officials believe to be a Chinese spy, Huang managed to wipe more than $600bn from the company

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A timeline of the affair scandal that sank Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

CEO behind the meteoric rise of Nvidia stepped down after it was revealed he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO of Nvidia, the company at the center of the AI boom, after leading it for more than 30 years. Huang, an electrical engineer by education, stewarded the company from a $1bn firm when it went public in 1999 to a company valued at more than $4tn in 2026. But in a matter of days, after it was revealed he had an extramarital affair with a woman that US officials believe to be a Chinese spy, Huang managed to wipe more than $600bn from the company

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12 12 12 review – Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan’s super fun heist hunt

From the moment a contortionist crawls out of a bank vault, the 12-hour hunt for the culprits is a thrilling ride. Just suspend your disbelief a bit and strap in for a fantastic time A contortionist crawls out of a safety deposit box in the wall of an underground Swiss bank vault, legs wrapped around his waist, feet resting on his lumbar spine, landing on hands and displaced knees on the tiled floor. You know what? SOLD. You have just earned my undivided attention for the next hour of whatever you want to present to me. Under such highly promising circumstances does the new heist thriller 12 1

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12 12 12 review – Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan’s super fun heist hunt

From the moment a contortionist crawls out of a bank vault, the 12-hour hunt for the culprits is a thrilling ride. Just suspend your disbelief a bit and strap in for a fantastic time A contortionist crawls out of a safety deposit box in the wall of an underground Swiss bank vault, legs wrapped around his waist, feet resting on his lumbar spine, landing on hands and displaced knees on the tiled floor. You know what? SOLD. You have just earned my undivided attention for the next hour of whatever you want to present to me. Under such highly promising circumstances does the new heist thriller 12 1

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