MANILA, Philippines — Nvidia and Chief Executive Jensen Huang were sued on November 9 in a proposed class action accusing them of defrauding shareholders by concealing Huang’s ties with a suspected Chinese spy. US authorities had concluded Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset.
On November 11, Nvidia’s board held a meeting to decide whether to oust Huang. The CEO has no obvious successor and owns about 3.6% of Nvidia’s stock. Huang also has dozens of direct reports, underscoring the tight control he maintains over the company.
On November 12, Nvidia announces Huang’s resignation as CEO. Colette Kress, executive vice president and CFO of Nvidia, was appointed interim CEO while the board begins a search for a permanent replacement. A separate report found sources that said Jensen Huang had a second affair with a different, unnamed Nvidia employee.
Meanwhile, students from various colleges and universities in Metro Manila walked out of their respective campuses on November 13 to protest the Pax Silica initiative and the visit of US President Donald Trump to the 49th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.
Catch more stories in these photos from the week that was:
Photos of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori Huang, along with their signatures, are displayed at Yuchan Candied Fruit in Taipei on November 10, 2026, a shop frequently visited by Huang during trips to Taiwan. PHOTO BY ANN WANG/REUTERS
Rabbis gather for a group photo during the 43rd International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on November 8, 2026. PHOTO BY BING GUAN/REUTERS
A person lights a candle at a makeshift memorial in the Main Market Square as authorities reopen the area to the public following a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, on November 8, 2026. PHOTO BY JAKUB PORZYCKI/REUTERS
Staff of Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta collect portraits of slain journalists as they hold a last editorial meeting in the office in Moscow, Russia, on November 9, 2026, as the newspaper shuts down, citing what it describes as a relentless state pressure campaign. PHOTO BY RAMIL SITDIKOV/REUTERS
UFC CEO Dana White reacts as US President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington DC on November 9, 2026. PHOTO BY AARON SCHWARTZ/REUTERS
Cebu residents show identification documents as they flock to the Commission on Elections office in Cebu City on November 10, 2026, to register for the 2028 national and local elections. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ/RAPPLER
Activists take part in a demonstration organized by Oil Change International at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, on November 10, 2026. PHOTO BY MURAD SEZER/REUTERS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov, Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich attend the UAE-hosted trilateral talks between the United States, Russian and Ukrainian delegations, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on November 10, 2026. The talks, convened by the US, are focused on efforts to end the war in Ukraine, post-war security arrangements and de-escalation. PHOTO BY RULA ROUHANA/REUTERS
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. along with Presidential Communications Office Acting Secretary Lino Cayetano, Trade Secretary Maria Cristina Roque, and Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay, conducts a final walkthrough at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on November 10, 2026, ahead of the 49th ASEAN Summit. PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
US Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) departs Capitol Hill in Washington DC on November 10, 2026, following a procedural vote on whether to send the potential impeachment of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee. PHOTO BY JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS
Pope Leo watches a performance during a youth vigil at the Monumento de los Espanoles in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 10, 2026, during the first papal visit to the country since 1987, as part of his 12-day trip to South America. PHOTO BY YARA NARDI/REUTERS
Revellers celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne, Germany, on November 11, 2026. PHOTO BY THILO SCHMUELGEN/REUTERS
One-year old Lily Bruno touches the headstone of her father’s former ‘battle buddy’, Todd W. Weaver, while visiting with her family in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day in Arlington, Virginia, on November 11, 2026. PHOTO BY DANIEL HEUER/REUTERS
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on November 11, 2026. PHOTO BY ANGELINA KATSANIS/REUTERS
Participants take a break as they attend an annual training day for professional Santas and Santa’s Helpers, ahead of working during the Christmas season, at the Ministry of Fun Santa School in London, Britain, on November 12, 2026. PHOTO BY TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS
Private prosecutor Atty. Amando Virgil Ligutan profounds a question to senator-judges as Atty. Anel Antero, friend of the Vice President’s husband, Atty. Manases Carpio, takes the witness stand on Day 43 of the impeachment trial of Sara Duterte on November 12, 2026. SENATE SOCIAL MEDIA UNIT
Indonesia’s Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is also son of former President Joko Widodo, arrives at the parliamentary building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 12, 2026, to meet the upper house after tendering his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto. PHOTO BY WILLY KURNIAWAN/REUTERS
Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (left) watches a performance as he arrives at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on November 13, 2026, for a state visit and the 49th ASEAN Summit. ASEAN2026PH/FACEBOOK
Staff members wait inside the terminal after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a national ground stop ‘due to extraordinary circumstances and reasons for safety’ following the agency’s earlier report of serious air traffic control communications issues at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on November 13, 2026. PHOTO BY ANGELINA KATSANIS/REUTERS
Students from Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines-Diliman, and Miriam College gather for the One Katipunan protest outside the Sta. Maria della Strada Parish in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City on November 13, 2026, calling for the rejection of the Pax Silica initiative and the visit of US President Donald Trump to the 49th ASEAN Summit. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
—with reports from Reuters/Rappler.com