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By Kaitlan Collins, Ramishah Maruf and Clare Duffy, CNN Jeff Bezos. Photo: AFP / Getty Images Amazon is planning to donate US$1 million (NZ$1.7m) to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expected to visit with Trump in person in the coming days, as he and other tech founders seek closer relationships with the incoming president. Amazon will donate US$1 million in cash to the inauguration and it will make a US$1 million in-kind donation by streaming the event on Amazon Video, the company confirmed to CNN Thursday evening local time. Bezos and Trump spoke over the summer after the first assassination attempt. Bezos publicly praised Trump at the time. "Our former President showed tremendous grace and courage...

Photo: ABC News One of Perth Zoo's beloved elephants is leaving much sooner than originally planned after showing signs of loneliness. Female elephant Permai will be relocated to South Australia's Monarto Safari Park next month, about six months ahead of schedule, and before male elephant Putra Mas, who will wait until he's completed his annual hormonal surge. In 2018 Perth Zoo announced it would relocate both Asian elephants after the 2022 death of matriarch Tricia, to ensure the herd animals would be able to live with other elephants. But successful training with her moving crate, and the arrival of another elephant, Burma, at Monarto from Auckland, has convinced keepers to move Permai earlier. Photo: ABC News: Tom Wildie She's also been exhibiting loneliness behaviour, such as ...

By Taylor Galgano, CNN Jenna Gerwatowski, left, says the case was always a big mystery in her town. She had no idea the grandmother she'd never met, Nancy Gerwatowski, right, could be behind it. Photo: CNN / Jenna Rose Gerwatowski/Mackinac County Sheriff's Office It was the middle of Jenna Gerwatowski's workday at the local flower shop in Newberry, Michigan, when she got a call from an unknown number. The now 23-year-old doesn't usually answer unknown calls, but says she decided to pick this one up in May 2022. To her surprise, it was a detective from the Michigan state police. "He was like, 'Have you heard of the Baby Garnet case?'" Jenna told CNN. Jenna had heard of it. In 1997, a deceased infant was found in a campground pit toilet at the Garnet Lake Campground - right where Jenna...

Anna Sawai as the character of Mariko in Shōgun. Photo: FX Networks New Zealand-born actress Anna Sawai and Kiwi actor Antony Starr have scored at the Critics Choice Awards 2025, while the What We Do in the Shadows spinoff is among the top contenders in the television category. Director Edward Berger's mystery thriller Conclave and Jon Chu's star-studded musical Wicked led the film nominations with 11 each, followed by Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez with 10 each. Critically acclaimed historical drama Shōgun led the television nominations with six, followed by Abbott Elementary, The Diplomat, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Penguin and What We Do in the Shadows, with each scoring four. In September, Sawai made history by becoming the first Japanese actress to win an Emmy in her category for Shōg...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch are having a public debate about the merit of sandwiches. Photo: AFP A British political stoush has erupted over the "great British institution" of sandwiches. In an interview with Spectator magazine, Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch suggested sandwiches were not real food. Speaking of taking a lunch break she said: "lunch is for wimps". "I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time. "Sometimes I will get a steak... I'm not a sandwich person, I don't think sandwiches are a real food, it's what you have for breakfast." Badenoch was particularly against soggy bread. "I will not touch bread if it's moist," she said. In response, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starme...