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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...

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

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...

Donald Trump. Photo: JIM WATSON As the world digests the impacts of Donald Trump's second election victory, some people have started to ask what it might mean for New Zealand. Commentators say there are a few clear ways our economy - and household finances - could be affected. Cheaper goods (sometimes) Trump has talked about tariffs across the board on imports, but particularly on Chinese imports. While that may be a concern for our exporters - the US is the second-largest export market for New Zealand after China - New Zealand consumers could see some impacts, too. Kelly Eckhold, chief economist at Westpac, said there was still uncertainty about the extent to which Trump would follow through on some of the more "hyperbolic" things he had said. "To the extent to which he gets involved ...