Trump’s new $1.8bn fund under fire

21 May 2026 · 10m

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Nvidia will return more than $80bn to shareholders, and Donald Trump attracted ire this week with the creation of a $1.8bn “anti-weaponisation fund”. Plus, OpenAI is getting ready to go public, and Africa’s Ebola outbreak has health officials worried about pandemic preparedness.

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Nvidia to return more than $80bn to shareholders as it reaps rewards of AI boom

China banned Nvidia’s gaming chip during Jensen Huang’s visit

How will Trump deploy his $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund’?

OpenAI readies IPO filing to list as soon as September

DR Congo races to halt spread of Ebola

Lethal Ebola virus outbreak triggers urgent international quest for vaccine

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