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The author boards an SBB train for Buchs, Switzerland, to transit on a Budapest-bound Railjet.
  • I traveled to Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy on Europe's extensive high-speed railway.
  • I brought along a 40-pound suitcase, which turned out to be a big mistake.
  • My trip was marred with delays and cancellations, and my tight schedule didn't help.

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Mark Zuckerberg.
  • You know Mark Zuckerberg as the CEO of Meta. But he's also a cattle rancher.
  • Zuck said last month he started raising cattle and feeds them beer and macadamia nuts.
  • He explained the interesting choice of diet on a podcast episode Friday.

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Mark Zuckerberg.
  • Mark Zuckerberg doesn't like to delegate.
  • The Meta CEO called it one of his "most controversial" management principles on a new podcast episode.
  • He thinks a founder should "make as many decisions and get involved in as many things as you can."

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Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and former COO Sheryl Sanberg in 2018.
  • Zuckerberg said he gets his leadership style from Sheryl Sandberg, who raised him "like a parent."
  • The Meta chief said that in the early days of Facebook, "We were basically just like kids."
  • He said that Meta's team has grown together and that dynamic is what really matters.

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A Ukrainian soldier from the "White Angel" special unit convincing a local to leave his dilapidated house in Avdiivka, Ukraine, on October 30, 2023.
  • Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the embattled eastern town of Avdiivka.
  • Ukraine's commander in chief said it was to "avoid encirclement and preserve the lives servicemen."
  • The town has been the scene of fierce fighting for months.

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A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.
  • The US Navy has been battling anti-ship ballistic missiles, weapons used in combat for the first time only recently.
  • Business Insider recently visited a destroyer that has shot down some of the Houthis' missiles.
  • Navy commanders say that American forces are gaining valuable intelligence



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"The internet is fickle," Nierman told BI.
  • Mark Zuckerberg is in no rush to try out Elon Musk's Neuralink brain-computer interface.
  • The Meta CEO said on a podcast Friday, "I wouldn't want to use Version 1 of that."
  • Musk said last month that Neuralink had its first human patient receive a brain chip implant.

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A man walks in a cannabis field in the village of Azila in Morocco's Ketama region at the foot of the mountainous region of Rif on September 16, 2022.
  • Dealers of highly-prized Moroccan hashish are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers.
  • They are boycotting Israeli dealers in protest at the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, said a report.
  • The boycott is leading to significant financial



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Hanoi and a tank in the Russia-Ukraine war.
  • It's almost two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
  • While there's no clear end in sight, experts say Ukraine could become Russia's "Vietnam."
  • But Ukrainian success relies heavily on continuing Western aid.

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An artist's impression of what an asteroid impact on Earth would look like.
  • NASA works with a worldwide coalition of astronomers to find and track dangerous asteroids.
  • In the event of an impending hazardous asteroid strike, NASA already has its plan in place to alert the public.
  • Whether it could save Earth from such a disaster is a matter of timing. 

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Zan White meets with friends for coffee and a catchup every day.
  • At 8 a.m., Zan White sits in a McDonald's with a group of friends for a catchup and coffee.
  • White, who's 100, has been driving to McDonald's to meet his friends almost every day for 36 years.
  • When asked what he likes most about McDonald's, he said: "The people that I have coffee with."

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Mortgage rates might be on their way down, but home shortages are likely to keep prices high.
  • Federal Reserve rate cuts could make mortgages more accessible in 2024. 
  • But, despite lowered rates, steep home prices and cost of living may still hinder homeownership.
  • High demand and an affordable housing shortage in many cities could keep homes expensive. 

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