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Microsoft’s head of communications is leaving after spending nearly 29 years at company: Read his internal memo to employees Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s longtime chief communications officer, is stepping down after leading the company’s corporate messaging through nearly three decades of industry shifts, major leadership transitions and massive multi-billion-dollar corporate acquisitions. Shaw announced his departure in…

The couple sold everything to take on the ambitious restoration of Duncombe House. (Photo: Duncombe House Diaries) Two years ago, a couple made the extraordinary decision to sell almost everything they owned and buy a 300-year-old abandoned English country mansion in Staffordshire.What followed was a painstaking restoration filled with hidden treasures, collapsing ceilings, mushrooms growing…

The ranking examined how well major cities are prepared to deal with growing climate risks. How well a city can withstand climate disasters may depend not only on how exposed it is to floods, heat, drought or wildfires, but also on how prepared it is to deal with them. A new ranking of 72 of…

Congratulations are in order for Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky, who have welcomed their first child together.The pop superstar and her fiance, were spotted for the first time with a newborn baby. Page Six confirmed that the couple indeed welcomed their first child together.In photos going viral online, the singer, 40, was seen carrying the…

Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said around 140 firefighters and emergency personnel were deployed to the scene At least 44 people were injured, including one seriously, after a passenger train derailed in northern France on Friday evening, officials said. The train, carrying around 180 passengers, was travelling between Rouen and Caen when it went off the…

For many people caught in the fast pace of corporate life, moving to the mountains and choosing a slower way of living can feel like an impossible dream. But for Garima and Aditya, that dream became a reality when they left behind their life in Singapore and moved to a quiet village in Uttarakhand to…

The stolen Army weapons that were recovered from retired havildar HYDERABAD: A retired havildar who had been fired from his post-retirement job in June by the Army for indiscipline, single-handedly stole 12 military grade weapons and ammunition from the Madras Regiment armoury at Bollarum on Aug 30 night. Officers said he carried the guns out…

Connecticut teen Vihaan Kamath turns homemade cookies into a $66,000 charity mission. (Photo: St.Jude) A Connecticut teenager has turned his love of baking into a growing nonprofit that has raised more than $66,000 to support children in need.Vihaan Kamath, 16, a Greenwich-area high school student preparing to enter his senior year, founded Cookie for a…

US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon US farmers are facing a bigger fuel bill as diesel prices hit record highs just as the corn and soybean harvest gets underway, pushing up the cost of running combines, tractors and trucks. The national average price of diesel reached $5.85 a gallon on September 4, the…

A 45-year-old man who allegedly bludgeoned his wife and three daughters to death at their home JAIPUR: A 45-year-old man who allegedly bludgeoned his wife and three daughters to death at their home in the city’s Kardhani area Friday morning proceeded to make tea for his elderly father before quietly leaving home after a bath…