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Elon Musk’s claims about the risks of voter fraud in the United States presidential election prompted a flurry of concerned correspondence to election officials in a key swing state, newly released emails reveal. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s commentary on X prompted a Republican state senator and others in Pennsylvania, the most important battleground state…

Isak Andic, the founder and owner of Mango, Spanish clothing retailer with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, has died in a mountain accident, according to the company and police. The 71-year-old businessman slipped and fell more than 100 metres (328 feet) from a cliff while hiking with relatives in the Montserrat caves near Barcelona on Saturday,…

Whitehaven, Cumbria, northern England – “We were five miles (8km) out from here, 2,000 feet (609 metres) underground.” David Cradduck, 77, used to be one of many men who would line up to begin their descent each morning through a vast network of mining shafts and subterranean tunnels that took them deep under the Irish…

Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned in a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is facing declining approval ratings and opposition from within his own party, as well as the prospect of a trade war with the United States. In her resignation letter, which was posted on X on Monday, Freeland revealed that…

President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his side, has announced that SoftBank will invest $100bn in the United States over the next four years in what would be a boost to the domestic economy. In a joint appearance with Son on Monday, Trump said that the investment would create 100,000 jobs…