Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire After Tesla Shareholders Back Unprecedented Compensation Deal
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Hezbollah responded by reaffirming its “legitimate right to defend ourselves against an enemy that imposes war on our country,” while firmly rejecting political negotiations with Israel that it says would “not serve the national interest.” The escalation comes amid mounting US and Egyptian pressure on Lebanon to begin direct dialogue with Israel and draft plans to disarm Hezbollah—demands the group condemns as exploiting Lebanon’s internal divisions. UN peacekeeping forces warn these strikes threaten civilian safety and undermine Lebanese military efforts to assert control in the south, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signals potential intensification of operations despite his ICC war crimes indictment.
Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire After Tesla Shareholders Back Unprecedented Compensation Deal
Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly approved a pay package on Thursday that could make CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, with more than 75% of shares voted in favor during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The stock-based compensation plan would grant Musk up to 423.7 million additional Tesla shares over the next decade—equivalent to earning approximately $275 million per day—if the electric vehicle manufacturer reaches an ambitious $8.5 trillion market capitalization. That valuation target requires Tesla’s stock price to surge 466% from current levels, surpassing even Nvidia’s recent $5 trillion record by roughly 70 percent. Already worth an estimated $473 billion according to Bloomberg’s billionaire tracker, Musk had suggested he might leave the company if shareholders rejected the package designed to give him greater control over Tesla’s direction.
The approval comes during a turbulent period for Tesla, which has experienced plunging sales and profits in the first half of the year alongside potential billions in lost revenue from reduced US government support for electric vehicles. However, Musk and company executives are pivoting focus from traditional EV sales toward autonomous “robotaxis” and humanoid robots, with the CEO spending more time discussing robotic products than cars during his shareholder remarks. Musk boldly predicted the robots—which haven’t yet gone on sale—could replace surgeons, eliminate global poverty, and become “the biggest product of all time by far,” potentially selling for around $20,000 each. Despite these ambitious promises, significant uncertainty remains about whether Musk will ultimately receive the full compensation package, as Tesla must first resolve current operational challenges and achieve unprecedented financial targets over the coming decade.
Sudan’s RSF Agrees to U.S. Humanitarian Ceasefire Proposal After Seizing El Fasher
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed Thursday to a United States and Arab powers proposal for a humanitarian ceasefire, marking a potential breakthrough in the 2½-year civil war that has claimed at least 40,000 lives and displaced 12 million people according to the World Health Organization. The announcement comes more than a week after the RSF seized El Fasher, the famine-stricken capital of North Darfur and the last Sudanese military stronghold in the western Darfur region following an 18-month siege. U.S. adviser for African affairs Massad Boulos revealed the plan would begin with a three-month humanitarian truce followed by a nine-month political process, though the Sudanese army has not yet formally responded to the proposal despite influential military leaders expressing disapproval.
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Across the central Philippines, Kalmaegi killed at least 114 people and left 127 missing while displacing more than 560,000 residents, with nearly 450,000 evacuated to emergency shelters according to the Office of Civil Defense. The storm dumped approximately one-and-a-half months’ worth of rainfall in just one day on Tuesday in metropolitan Cebu, triggering flash floods and causing rivers to overflow that engulfed residential communities and forced desperate residents onto rooftops. Most deaths occurred in Cebu province, with casualties including six people killed when a Philippine air force helicopter crashed while delivering humanitarian aid. Scientists warn that climate change is intensifying storms and rainfall across Southeast Asia, making such disasters increasingly destructive and frequent—Vietnam has already suffered through three major typhoons since late September that left more than 85 people dead or missing and caused an estimated $1.36 billion in damage, giving communities little time to recover between disasters.
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JPMorgan responded to the penalty by characterizing the issues as “historical findings,” asserting that the delayed timing of their SAR filings did not impede any investigations by German authorities and reaffirming the bank’s commitment to “detecting, preventing, and reporting money laundering and financial crimes.” Suspicious activity reports are mandatory documents that financial institutions must file with regulators when they identify customer transactions potentially associated with criminal activity, serving as a critical frontline defense in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. The enforcement action comes as JPMorgan prepares for major expansion in Germany, having recently announced plans to launch its Chase digital retail bank in the country’s second quarter of 2026—a bold entry into the competitive banking market of Europe’s largest economy that will test whether the regulatory setback impacts the American bank’s growth strategy in the region.
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