Donald Trump had a stern warning to companies thinking of leaving the United States during his Twitter tirade.

ANALYSIS: US President-elect Donald Trump has a chat with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing Wen, breaking a long tradition.

"We have 48 decisive hours in which we can change the future of our children," the Prime Minister told crowds at a rally in his home town of Florence.

Trump's Cabinet choices reflect a political savviness that many people haven't been willing to grant the President-elect.

All eyes are on Italy as its Brexit/Trump moment arrives in what could plunge the country into financial crisis.

Trump is shocked that Carrier took him literally. That doesn't bode well for his many promises.

James 'Mad Dog' Mattis is set to be announced as Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense.

New Yorkers have signed a petition demanding that Melania Trump move to Washington DC after the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump.

A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Oregon made headlines when she ruled that a groundbreaking climate lawsuit will proceed to trial.

An IBM employee has quit in protest after her boss wrote a letter to President-elect Donald Trump offering to work with the new administration.

Donald Trump tweeted that he would soon leave his "great business in total" to focus on the presidency.

An Indiana-based manufacturer has reached an agreement with Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in the state that had been slated to move to Mexico.

"Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me." Those were the words of Fidel Castro in October 1953.

COMMENT: Do the outside powers that have intervened in the war accept Bashar al-Assad's victory, or do they keep the war going?

Castro thrived on confrontation with US leaders, and he almost surely would have enjoyed facing off against America's next one.

ANALYSIS: Trump's victory is marred by that fact: He will be the president, but more people voted against him.

Francois Fillon has won the presidential nomination for France's main conservative party after trouncing his more moderate rival at primaries.

President-elect ridicules Wisconsin recount by tweeting debunked voting fraud theory.

The state of Wisconsin is poised to hold a recount after the Green Party's US presidential candidate led a multimillion-dollar fundraising drive.

Donald Trump has reportedly been refusing to make time for daily intelligence briefings since the election, sparking fears about his leadership.

President-elect Donald Trump yesterday began to follow through on a pledge to put together a diverse Administration.

They're the "young and energetic" movement who helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. But the "alt-right" may already by dying.

Donald Trump revealed the "surprising" details about his meeting with Obama and backtracked on a few crucial issues in an incredible interview.

Trump's confirmation he will pull the US out of the TPP has a silver lining for Steven Joyce: it will be safe for to return to Waitangi next year.

Nato has accused Russia of stoking tensions in Europe with the deployment of anti-ship missiles to its westernmost Baltic region.

Donald Trump said he does not plan to prosecute Hillary Clinton. Trump also said he has an "open mind" about a climate-change accord from which he vowed to withdraw.

Barack Obama is using his final days in office to take care of important business, like putting Michael Jordan in his place.

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has broken his silence, telling how he helped the Republican win.

Trump's foreign financial interests are on a scale never before seen in past presidencies.

A Harvard Uni law professor says President-elect Donald Trump's fresh gaffe breaches the US Constitution - and it could be his downfall.