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Isabelle MorrisIsabella Morris says it's hard to make ends meet as a young familyThe U.S. presidential election is just weeks away, and one key voting bloc is getting a lot of attention from both parties: young voters. But it's economic issues — from inflation to housing — that could push them to the polls.This is Isabella Morris' first presidential run, and the 21-year-old mother from Rosenberg, Texas, said she's been listening carefully to what both candidates have to say.Recently married with a two-year-old child, Isabella works part-time to supplement her husband's full-time income. She stays home with her child while…

Getty ImagesCambodian Navy personnel patrol Ream Naval Base, located in the Gulf of Thailand.Two gray shapes, visible from satellites for most of this year at Cambodia's Ream naval base, appear to confirm growing fears in Washington that China is expanding its military footprint beyond the three disputed islands in the Sea of Southern China which it has already seized and fortified.They are Chinese Navy Type 056A corvettes – 1,500-ton warships – and they have been moored next to a new Chinese-built dock large enough to accommodate much larger vessels. On land, there are other facilities, also built by China, which…

ReutersCreditors of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX are set to receive up to $16.5bn (£12.6bn) under a bankruptcy plan approved in the US on Monday .The deal will end a saga that began when the company went bankrupt in November 2022, leaving millions of customers around the world without access to their accounts. Last year, former boss Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of stealing client funds before the collapse and later sentenced to 25 years in prison. The deal will allow former customers to recover a sum worth approximately 119% of what they had in their accounts at the time of bankruptcy,…

More than 1,000 TGI Fridays staff in the UK will be made redundant despite a rescue deal being reached with the owners of restaurant group D&D London.They bought the British operator of the American-themed channel, after its owner fell into administration last month.The deal will save almost 2,400 jobs across 51 restaurants, but administrators Teneo said 35 branches had closed.TGI Fridays UK said it was working with the owners on a deal to save the closed restaurants.“We are doing everything we can to retain our team and support those affected,” said general manager Julie McEwan.She added that she was “devastated…

India has agreed to provide financial support worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the Maldives to help strengthen its ailing economy.The deal was announced after Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his five-day visit to India.The support includes a $400 million currency swap deal and another 30 billion rupees ($357 million; £273 million) in another swap deal that will allow companies to do business in local currencies instead than in US dollars.The Maldivian president was given a red carpet treatment after relations deteriorated in recent months. Modi called his visit a “new chapter”…

Japan's government has admitted that an official photo of its new cabinet was manipulated to make its members look less unkempt after online speculation that it had been altered.Photos taken by local media showed the new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, and his defense minister with small pieces of white shirt visible under their suits.But in the official photo released Thursday by the Prime Minister's Office, the mess was gone.After widespread mockery online, a government spokesperson said Monday that “minor changes have been made” to the image.Spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters the image was manipulated because group photos taken by the…

The average house price in the UK came close to hitting a record high last month as falling mortgage rates helped boost buyer confidence, according to Halifax.The UK's largest mortgage lender said the average price reached £293,399 in September, just below the record high of £293,507 reached in June 2022.Prices have increased for three consecutive months, Halifax said, as market conditions improve.“Mortgage affordability has improved thanks to strong wage growth and falling interest rates,” said Amanda Bryden, head of mortgage lending in Halifax.“This has boosted confidence among potential buyers, with the number of completed mortgages exceeding 40% over the past…

Two Chinese nationals were killed and at least 10 people injured in a suspected suicide attack near Karachi airport in Pakistan.A third body, not yet officially identified, is that of the attacker, according to our information.The Chinese embassy in Pakistan said Sunday night's blast was a “terrorist attack” targeting a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a power project in Sindh province.The separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which has carried out attacks on Chinese nationals involved in development projects in Pakistan in recent years, said it carried out the attack.In a statement released Monday, the activist group said it had…

BBCJudy Aleksalza bought her townhouse in the 1970s for just $1It is an idea of ​​regeneration that originated half a century ago in the United States and has spread to other parts of the world. But can $1 houses reverse urban decay and who are the winners and losers?Judy Aleksalza's house in Baltimore's Pigtown neighborhood looks like a real-life version of the Tardis, the famous time-traveling police box from Doctor Who. It looks bigger on the inside than on the outside.It's part of a row of immaculately maintained 19th-century terraced houses – there are freshly watered plant pots in front…

Fay mannersFay Manners (right) climbed Chaukhamba Mountain with her climbing partner Michelle Dvorak (left)A British mountaineer who went missing in the Himalayas has spoken of her relief after surviving two days in “brutal” conditions that left her life threatening.Fay Manners, from Bedfordshire, and her climbing partner, Michelle Dvorak, from the United States, became stranded on Chaukhamba Mountain in northern India when the rope lifting their food, tent and their climbing gear broke, leaving them without provisions.The two men sent an emergency message from more than 20,000 feet (6,096 m), but search and rescue teams were initially unable to find them.Ms…