Daniel and Jess Baldock. Courtesy of Jess Baldock Two Australians, Jess and Daniel Baldock, bought a plot on the Indonesian island of Sumba. At first, they were going to start a surf camp, but they built a six-room hotel and a farm. They now ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the EV maker's Shanghai gigafactory. Aly Song/Reuters The US economy is surging, with growth coming in at a hotter-than-expected 4.9% for the third quarter. But problems elsewhere could still be bad news for big US compan...
Pro Palestinian protesters burn an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 20, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. Burak Kara/Getty Images Telegram banned a channel on the grounds of promoting violence amid the Israel-Hamas war. It...
Lucas Jackson/Reuters US stocks edged higher on Tuesday as investors prepare for the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to make no changes during Wednesday's FOMC meeting. Stocks ended October...
YS graphic/Getty Images A restaurant in North Carolina shut down after claiming that smoke from a cigar bar next door caused health issues. Staff and customers had experienced headaches and sinus and eye irritation from the smoke, its owner sa...
Business people sitting in a meeting. Getty Images How American workers describe their typical workday depends on how much they are earning. Americans making $100,000 to $149,999 a year are most likely to describe their typical workday as "anno...
US President Joe Biden. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The Education Department released the draft text of its second attempt at student-debt relief. It identified four groups of borrowers it will prioritize for the new plan. They incl...
JPMorgan Consumers are about to run out of their excess savings from the pandemic, according to JPMorgan. Excess savings peaked in August 2021 at a whopping $2.1 trillion, helped by government stimulus checks. But analysts estimated that has b...
Jayne Withers says Gen Zers are usually shocked when she asks them to put their phones away. Courtesy of Jayne Withers Jayne Withers teaches classes in Florida about dining etiquette to both children and adults. She's seen Gen Zers struggle wit...
The exterior of the abandoned Japanese home that the couple turned into a cafe and traveler's lodge. Gilles Beaufils/Base Camp Imari Gilles Beaufils and his wife gave up city life in Tokyo to renovate an abandoned house in rural Japan. Beaufils...
Uber and Lyft drivers are tracking their hours, tips, and expenses to make sure driving is worth it. Robert Alexander/Getty Images Rich, 72, earned $80,000 last year driving for Uber. He said more drivers and fewer app promotions mean it's more...
Graduates attend 2023 Tsinghua University Commencement Ceremony on June 24, 2023 in Beijing, China. Yuan Yi/Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images Youth unemployment in China hit a record high of 21% in May. There's a major mismatch between o...
