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US elections live: Donald Trump names Susie Wiles chief of staff
7Nov By No Comments
World News

US elections live: Donald Trump names Susie Wiles chief of staff

Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP United States President Joe Biden has addressed the nation after Republican Donald Trump stormed to victory in the presidential elections. Projections have Trump returning to the White House after clinching a number of battleground states in the country's east. Biden said he hoped for a smooth and peaceful transition to the new administration. On Thursday, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris called Trump to concede the race. The impact of Trump's election on New Zealand includes household finances and protectionist trade policies. Follow all the action with RNZ's liveblog: Source link
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3 charged in One Direction singer Liam Payne’s death – National
7Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

3 charged in One Direction singer Liam Payne’s death – National

Three people have been charged in relation to One Direction singer Liam Payne‘s death in a fall from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine authorities said on Thursday. The 31-year-old’s death shocked the world, and raised questions about how he had fallen.A 911 call from a hotel employee the day Payne died warned that he had been acting aggressively and could have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol. 4:31 What is ‘pink cocaine’? The drug linked to Liam Payne, Diddy Previous Video Next Video Trending Now ...
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Three people charged over One Direction star Liam Payne’s death
7Nov By No Comments
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Three people charged over One Direction star Liam Payne’s death

British singer-songwriter Liam Payne poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2019 in London on February 20, 2019. Photo: AFP / TOLGA AKMEN Three people have been charged in Argentina for crimes related to the death of Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, according to the public prosecutor's office. The British pop star, who was 31, died on 16 October after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The late singer had alcohol, cocaine, and a prescription antidepressant in his system before his death, Argentina's National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office also said Friday. The toxicology results indicated that Payne "may have fallen into a state of semi or total unconsciousness," it said. The prosecutor's office als...
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Liam Payne: Three charged in connection with death of One Direction star, prosecutor’s office says | Ents & Arts News
7Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Liam Payne: Three charged in connection with death of One Direction star, prosecutor’s office says | Ents & Arts News

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina, the public prosecutor's office in the country has said.The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on 16 October. The three were arrested and charged with "abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics," said a statement by the office of prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:35 23 Oct: Police raid hotel where sing...
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US elections live: Joe Biden promises peaceful transition of power
7Nov By No Comments
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US elections live: Joe Biden promises peaceful transition of power

Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP United States President Joe Biden has addressed the nation after Republican Donald Trump stormed to victory in the presidential elections. Projections have Trump returning to the White House after clinching a number of battleground states in the country's east. Biden said he hoped for a smooth and peaceful transition to the new administration. On Thursday, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris called Trump to concede the race. The impact of Trump's election on New Zealand includes household finances and protectionist trade policies. Follow all the action with RNZ's liveblog: Source link
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‘Huge surge’ in U.S. abortion pill demand after Trump’s election win – National
7Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

‘Huge surge’ in U.S. abortion pill demand after Trump’s election win – National

Within hours of Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Americans began looking to stockpile reproductive health medications, including emergency contraception and abortion pills, amid widespread fears that his administration could restrict access to these essential resources. The abortion pill mifepristone — sold as Mifegymiso in Canada and Mifeprex in the U.S. — has been flying off the shelves, with online retailers reporting a surge in demand as people take proactive steps to safeguard their reproductive autonomy, explained Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, a U.S. public health initiative that helps facilitate medication abortion.“Prior to the election results coming out, earlier this month, we had 4,500 visitors per day. Yesterday, we had 82,900 visitors. It’s a huge surge in people look...
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Pompeii DNA evidence suggests victims not as they seemed | World News
7Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Pompeii DNA evidence suggests victims not as they seemed | World News

Some of the victims buried in Pompeii following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have been wrongly identified, new evidence suggests.Researchers used DNA testing on 14 casts of victims found in the ruins of the Roman city destroyed in 79 AD. Using DNA taken from fragmented skeletal remains, they concluded an adult holding a child and wearing a golden bracelet, long thought to have been a mother, was actually a man unrelated to the child.It was one of several surprises in what had become known as "the house of the golden bracelet".Nearby were the bodies of another adult and child thought to be the rest of their nuclear family. But DNA evidence showed all four were male and not related to one another. Image: Pompeii, a buried and ruined Roman city...
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Thousands under evacuation near Los Angeles as wildfire torches homes
7Nov By No Comments
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Thousands under evacuation near Los Angeles as wildfire torches homes

Los Angeles County firefighter battles flames as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on 6 November 2024 in Camarillo, California. Photo: AFP / David McNew By David Swanson and Kanishka Singh, Reuters Over 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate communities northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds drove a wildfire down tinder-dry hillsides into ranches and homes, authorities have said. Firefighters and police cleared residents from neighbourhoods near Camarillo before homes were set ablaze by embers blown 3.2 kilometres from the fire front, Ventura County fire department Captain Tony McHale said by phone from near the blaze. "It's like trying to put out a blowtorch with a squirt gun," said McHale of the fire which began in a hillside canyon, then tore west, driven by Santa Ana wi...
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‘No rush’ for snap election in Canada after Trump win, experts say – National
7Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

‘No rush’ for snap election in Canada after Trump win, experts say – National

As the dust settles on the U.S. election and the world prepares for another Donald Trump presidency, Canadians may be wondering whether it raises the odds of a snap election here. That’s not likely, experts say.Canada’s next federal election is scheduled for the coming year and must happen no later than October 2025.However, the possibility of an earlier election has been raised with recent attempts by the Conservatives to topple the Trudeau government as well as the collapse of the NDP-Liberal deal.Trump’s election win comes at a time when support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal minority government has recently hit a “new low,” according to Ipsos polling exclusive to Global News in September after more than a year of trailing the Conservatives by double digits. S...
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US interest rate falls for second time in four years | Money News
7Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

US interest rate falls for second time in four years | Money News

The US central bank has cut interest rates for the second time in a row as the independent agency's future becomes uncertain under a second Donald Trump presidency.The Federal Reserve, known as the Fed, has brought rates down to 4.5% to 4.75%. Unlike the UK, the US interest rate is a range to guide lenders rather than a single percentage. But as is the case with the UK, it's only the second time in more than four years the US regulator has cut rates.Rates have been dropped as inflation fell to 2.4%, not far off the Fed's 2% target, and the weakest jobs report of the Biden administration was posted in September. The regulator is tasked with both maintaining price stability and maximum US employment.The cut also comes after US recession fears in August sparked a global stock market sell-off....
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