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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets his campaign manager Susie Wiles (L) during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Wiles has been named Trump's chief of staff for his second term. Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP By Steve Contorno, CNN Donald Trump has announced that his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will be named his White House chief of staff. "Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns," the president-elect said in a statement. "Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again....

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

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 ...

Bitcoin was up 11 percent in a day on Thursday morning. Photo: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP The price of bitcoin has surged and one New Zealand fund manager says many factors point to it continuing to rise. US president-elect Donald Trump has spoken as part of his re-election campaign about wanting to make the country the "crypto capital" of the planet. Bitcoin was up 11 percent in a day to NZ$128,110 or US$76,132 on Thursday morning. Dogecoin, which is a favourite of Trump supporter Elon Musk was also up almost 20 percent. Rupert Carlyon, founder of KiwiSaver provider Koura, which offers a crypto fund, said he expected prices to continue to rise. "Trump has been pretty clear he will support the industry, the US government will stop selling, he's going to undo a whole lo...

By Liam Reilly, CNN Donald Trump speaks to Fox News in the lead-up to the election. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Press freedom groups have sounded the alarm on the potential dangers facing journalists under a second Trump administration, denouncing threats from the president-elect and his associates to undermine the news media. In the hours after Donald Trump's decisive victory, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Freedom of the Press Foundation and American Sunlight Project called on the president-elect to end his attacks on the news media or altogether curb Trump's power to prevent a destabilizing onslaught against the press. "On the campaign trail and during his previous administration, President-elect Donald Trump has fre...

President Joe Biden at a pre-election campaign rally for Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz. Photo: AFP / Ting Shen United States President Joe Biden is due to address 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 will speak about 5am Friday NZT. On Thursday, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris called Trump to concede the race. Follow all the action with RNZ's liveblog: Source link

President Volodymyr Zelensky was among the first world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump. Photo: AFP Ukraine appealed to Donald Trump's image as a tough leader in the hope of persuading the returning US president not to abandon its cause in pursuit of peace with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky was among the first world leaders to congratulate Trump, who has criticised the scale of US military and financial support for Kyiv and vowed to end the war with Russia quickly without saying how. In a message released shortly after Trump claimed victory on Wednesday, Zelensky said he looked forward to an "era of a strong United States of America under President Trump's decisive leadership". "I appreciate President Trump's commitment to the 'peace through strength' approach in global affai...