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The US electoral college has confirmed Donald Trump's election as the 45th US president, despite a last-minute effort to thwart the Republican.

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook combined to undermine the media’s credibility and viability this past year. 

Former US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has for the first time attributed her election defeat to Russian hacking.

US President Barack Obama vows to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign.

US climate scientists, faced with a Donald Trump presidency appointing oil executives in leadership roles, are changing the language they use and moving data to protected public forums.

Opinion - Whether Donald Trump's pick for the job is insolence, indifference, ignorance or bloody-minded chutzpah is anyone's guess, writes Phil Smith.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, has welcomed the nomination of the head of ExxonMobil to be the new US Secretary of State.

New Zealanders Googled some fairly expected terms this year, but mass interest in others was mysterious.

Beijing has warned the incoming US administration that any attempt to challenge the "One China" policy could affect peace in the Taiwan Strait.

Opinion - From fake news to truthful hyperbole, political shake-ups and the loss of luminaries, Toby Morris and Toby Manhire reflect on a turbulent 12 months.

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed Rex Tillerson, who has a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as his choice for US secretary of state.

US President-elect Donald Trump will announce Exxon-Mobil Corp's Rex Tillerson as his choice for Secretary of State, according to a senior transition official.

A US federal judge has blocked an attempt by a Green candidate to force a recount in Pennsylvania of votes cast in last month's presidential election.

President-elect Donald Trump has rejected as "ridiculous" a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour.

United States President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rex Tillerson to be the next Secretary of State, American news network NBC reports.

Time Magazine named US President-elect Donald Trump its person of the year, citing the upheaval in American politics brought about by the New York businessman's election campaign and victory.