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On today's podcast:
(1) Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang admitted he had an affair with a woman identified in a series of reports as a suspected Chinese spy, plunging the chip colossus into a crisis like none before in its three-decade history.
(2) UBS Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said the sweep of Democrats in the US midterm elections could trigger a slowdown in the construction of artificial intelligence capacity.
(3) Andy Burnham plans to travel to Dublin this week for a meeting of the European Political Community, as the British prime minister’s push to reopen the Brexit debate revives old divisions.
(4) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio played down the chances of a breakthrough in talks on ending the conflict with Iran, saying Tehran’s demands to date are unacceptable and in some cases “outrageous and ridiculous.”
(5) Poland’s deadliest shooting in decades left the country shaken and searching for answers among its deepening political divisions.
(6) Reducing Europe’s dependence on imports, particularly from China, has become an urgent issue as the materials increasingly get used as economic leverage. The European Union has earmarked dozens of strategic projects for development under its Critical Raw Materials Act, with estimated costs of over €43 billion.
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