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Years of threats and hateful posts on social media, a conviction for harassment and a lonely life: investigators were Friday piecing together what drove a 38-year-old suburbanite to murder five people at a community newspaper in Maryland.

Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced Thursday it tapped General Electric Co. global affairs chief Karan Bhatia to become its next head of policy. Google wants Bhatia to craft the search giant's public policy strategy on a wide range of issues including artificial intelligence, job creation and critical infrastructure.

After 15 years in office that have already transformed his country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to return to power aiming to establlsh himself alongside founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as the leading figures of modern Turkish history.

The Harvard surgeon and author picked to head a new health venture for Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been writing about the quality and costs of medical care for years.

Sandeep Bakhshi has been the managing director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company since August 1, 2010. During his tenure, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has been a leading private life insurance company in the country, ICICI Bank said in a statement. Before this role, Mr Bakhshi was the deputy managing director of ICICI Bank. In this role, he headed the retail and subsequently the wholesale business at the private bank.

Spiritual leader Bhaiyyu Maharaj, 50, shot himself on Tuesday, leaving thousands of his followers stunned. The "godman", who was born Uday Singh Deshmukh, allegedly killed himself at his house in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Anthony Bourdain, the American-born celebrity chef and roguish culinary adventurer, was found dead Friday in a hotel in France at age 61. He was in Strasbourg filming a segment for the globetrotting CNN food and cultural-exploration program "Parts Unknown," and the network said it was an apparent suicide.

American fashion designer Kate Spade became renowned for launching a successful line of handbags in the 1990s.

He has been controversy's favourite child. And controversy did not leave BS Yeddyurapppa alone even during his ascent to the throne of Karnataka amid a murky legal battle in the country's top-most court.

Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa knows the value of drama and hype. He plans his moments, seemingly dictated both by stellar considerations and by an uncanny ability to grab attention, whatever he does.

Former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief Himanshu Roy allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver at his Mumbai home at around 1.40 pm today, police said. Mr Roy was rushed to a hospital in Marine Lines, where he was declared dead.

Their families have known each other for four decades and, as Bollywood says it best, the time had perhaps come to turn the friendship into a relationship. The bride-to-be, Isha Ambani, is the daughter of Nita Ambani and Mukesh Ambani, India's richest person in the Forbes 2017 rich list. Her fiance is Anand Piramal, the son of Swati Piramal and Ajay Piramal, chairman of Piramal group.

US President Donald Trump has hailed Indian-origin Kalpana Chawla as an American hero for devoting her life to the space programme and inspiring millions of girls to become astronauts.

Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was administered oath of office by Chief Justice Dipak Misra this morning, making her the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a Supreme Court judge. Ms Malhotra was one of the two people recommended by the collegium - a group of top judges - to be elevated to the top court bench.

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, human rights lawyer Indira Jaising and architect Balkrishna Doshi are among Fortune magazine's 'fifty greatest leaders' of 2018. The issue, which was released yesterday, featured the three Indians at the 24th, 20th and 43rd places respectively.