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These are uncertain times for millions of Americans.Amazon, General Motors and Paramount have all cut jobs, with U.S.-based employers announcing a total of 153,074 job cuts in October, according to research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.The government shutdown has also left hundreds of thousands of workers without wages, millions of SNAP recipients with no money to support themselves and their families, and now thousands of travelers with fewer flight options.There are ways to deal with the financial anxiety you may be feeling without making it worse. For example, financial therapist Aja Evans recommends engaging in self-care activities that cost little…

Star forward Lionel Messi and Inter Miami defeated Nashville in the third round of the playoffs to advance to the MLS Cup East semifinals.Published November 9, 2025November 9, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareLionel Messi scored two goals and had two more assists as Inter Miami advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in club history with a 4-0 victory over visiting Nashville SC in Game 3 of their first-round series on Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Messi finished the three-game series with five goals and three assists, meaning he was involved in all eight…

In 2020, Anita Kinoshita, then 28 years old, started considering buying a house.Kinoshita lives in California and was a software engineer for the Department of Defense, earning about $70,000 a year.As a first-generation American from Mexican farming backgrounds, Kinoshita believed that owning real estate was the best way to finally realize his family’s American dream.”I got my first big girl job and thought the next responsible thing was to buy a house,” Kinoshita told CNBC Make It. “I didn’t necessarily want to buy a house. I was actually trying to figure out how to do it.”Initially, Mr. Kinoshita was looking…

Last month, Skyscanner published its annual report on which destinations around the world will be trending in 2026.To determine the rankings, Skyscanner looked at the destinations with the highest year-on-year increase in searches. This shows exactly where travelers want to go next year.Skyscanner partnered with international market research firm Onepol to conduct a survey of 22,000 travelers between June and July 2025.A Skyscanner report found that US travelers are looking to visit lesser-known destinations.”Whereas 2025 was about collective experiences, 2026 is less about escape and more about self-expression,” Rudres Lozada, Skyscanner’s director of Americas, told CNBC Make It.”Travelers are looking…

A video of a Miss Universe contestant being assaulted by a male pageant director in Thailand has sparked widespread allegations of misogyny and sparked a global debate about female empowerment and the merits of international beauty pageants. Miss Grand International (MGI) president Nawat Isaragrisil was seen scolding 25-year-old Mexican contestant Fatima Bosch ahead of the 74th Miss Universe pageant to be held in Bangkok later this month. In a livestreamed pre-contest meeting with dozens of other contestants, Nawat was seen accusing Bosch of not posting enough promotional content about the host country, Thailand. He suggested that the director of the…

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures and speaks during an event announcing an agreement between Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the price of GLP-1 weight loss drugs in the Oval Office of the White House on November 6, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump has proposed a compromise on health care payments, urging Republicans to send federal payments made to insurance companies directly to Americans under the Affordable Care Act to end the government shutdown.”I encourage Senate Republicans to take the hundreds of billions of dollars currently being sent to money-sucking insurance companies to…

Mumbai, India  —  The ritual begins, as it always does, with a pilgrimage. People pour in from the dense warrens of India’s financial capital and from dusty villages thousands of kilometers away, all flowing towards the fortified, sea-facing Mumbai home of actor Shah Rukh Khan. The crowd is a mix of teenagers angling for a glimpse of the icon inside; middle-aged women for whom he was a first love; grown men who see their own aspirations mirrored in his trajectory. Known as “SRK” by millions, and “King Khan” to his fans, he turned 60 last week, and the chaotic display…

A Republic Airways passenger plane takes off near the control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMore than 5,000 U.S. flights were delayed Saturday due to a shortage of air traffic controllers, and the country’s airlines will have to cut hundreds more flights next week if Congress fails to find a solution to end the government shutdown, currently the longest in U.S. history.Trump administration officials this week ordered airlines to begin reducing flights at 40 busy U.S. airports on Friday, citing “increased reports of…

Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesUS pharmaceutical company pfizer Signed $10 billion deal with obesity drug developer Mezzalaa fierce biotech bidding war between the New York-based pharmaceutical giant and Danish rival Novo Nordisk has come to an end. novo nordisk.Mezzala late Friday accepted a softer offer from Pfizer, citing U.S. antitrust risks in Novo’s bid, which it had previously claimed was better. The Danish obesity drug giant announced on Saturday that it was withdrawing from the race.Even if Metsala’s treatment is still years away from hitting the market, the bidding war gives Pfizer an entry into the lucrative…

Chongqing, China — Capitalizing on his presidential idol’s casual hyperbole, “China’s Trump” gave our interview a score of 67 out of 10. He said so calmly. Cheer up. With absolute confidence. Just like when people stand in a huge city and there seem to be fans on every street corner. Here in Chongqing, a city of 32 million people in southwestern China, business manager Ryan Chen has developed such an eerie impression that strangers stop eating their lunch and look up with bites when they hear his voice. In October, on the same day as Mr. Trump’s long-awaited summit in…