China denies spying on Nvidia boss
Global News Podcast

China denies spying on Nvidia boss

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 9, 202629 min
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  • Politics

Nvidia says it's investigating CEO's affair with tech executive Alice Huang, as shares in the firm fall in pre-market trading. Also: BBC investigation finds one of Europe’s most powerful drug gangs recruits teenagers from across France to carry out murders and kidnappings. COP31 UN Climate summit gets underway in Turkey, focusing on delivering on past promises. The former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who's facing the death penalty in her home country, requests a new passport and identity card so she can return. Pope Leo, who's on a tour of South America, criticises Argentine president Javier Milei over au...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 15 hours GMT on Monday 9th November. China dismisses claims it spied on US tech giant Nvidia,

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following reports that Chief Executive Jensen Wong had a relationship with a suspected spy. We hear from inside the French drug gang recruiting teenagers to kill, and the UN climate summit in Turkey opens can it deliver where its predecessors failed? Also in this podcast...

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It's been eight years since I've spoken on this topic. Now everyone knows the truth. It's out there. A former Australian cricket star comes clean on the sandpaper gate scandal. Plus how vibrating mattresses can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's. He's the leather jacket-wearing tech boss who's been phoned by President Trump live

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