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Over 75% of Tesla's shareholders voted to approve a mega pay packet for the firm's boss, Elon Musk.

The full award, worth around $1 trillion, is contingent

on Mr. Musk lifting the electric vehicle maker's value from around $1.5 trillion to $8.5 trillion.

The decision was expected. Earlier this week, Norway's sovereign wealth fund,

one of Tesla's biggest investors,

said that it would oppose the payment.

Nancy Pelosi will retire from Congress in 2027.

The 85-year-old Democrat was first elected to represent San Francisco in the House of Representatives

in 1987 and will have served 20 terms in office by the time she steps down. She was the first

woman to become the Speaker of the House. Recently, she worked for the passage of Proposition 50, a bid to redraw California's congressional

districts to favour Democrats, which voters approved this week.

Sudan's rapid support force has agreed to a humanitarian truce backed by America, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

The paramilitary group, which has been fighting the Sudanese army for more than two years,

said in a statement that it was also open to negotiating an end to the conflict.

Previous ceasefires have failed.

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