Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of U.S. employees Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history, per reports from CNBC and Bloomberg. According to an internal memo, employees will be eligible if their years of work at Microsoft plus their age totals 70 or more, with some exceptions. So if someone who is 52 years old has 18 years of service at...

Tumbler Ridge grieves after one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings'Everyone knows somebody affected' - small Canadian town united in grief after mass shootingNadine YousifSenior Canada reporter, in Tumbler Ridge, British ColumbiaWatch: How the Tumbler Ridge school shooting unfoldedIn the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, residents are reeling after a mass shooting left nine...

Pakistan holds talks to end Iran war, Israel intensifies strikes The war in Iran is now in its second month. More U.S. troops are arriving in the region, even as President Trump says peace talks are ongoing.

How deepfake porn scandal surrounding TV star rocked GermanyJessica Parker,Berlin correspondentandKristina VölkMorris MacMatzen/Getty ImagesActress and TV host Collien Fernandes appeared before a large crowd in HamburgIt is a story that is gripping Germany and has led to one of its best known TV stars tearfully telling thousands of protesters from a stage in Hamburg how she had to wear a...

US and Iran talks to begin as fears of direct conflict continueHugo BachegaMiddle East correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesThe US negotiators will be led by special envoy Steve Witkoff (left), while the Iranian team is headed by Foreign Minister Abbas AraghchiSenior US and Iranian officials are expected to meet in Oman later for direct talks amid a crisis that has raised fears of a military...