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☆ Kylian Mbappé: France captain wears tricolore mask in training after breaking nose at Euro 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé was pictured wearing a French-inspired tricolore mask during a training session on Thursday, after the France captain broke his nose during the team’s opening Euro 2024 win against Austria three days ago. There had been fears the injury might rule Mbappé out of his nation’s second Group D match of Euro 2024 against the Netherlands on Friday, but France manager Didier Deschamps told reporters Thursday that the star should be available. The French Football Federation (FFF) said Mbappé was then taken to a local hospital, where X-rays confirmed the break. The swelling has come down on his nose,” France forward Antoine Griezmann said, per Reuters. “We’ll see the last minute, depending on how he’s feeling.”Mbappé was involved in non-contact training on Wednesday, wearing plasters over his nose.

Persons: Kylian Mbappé, Didier Deschamps, ” Deschamps, Kevin Danso, Mbappé, Kylian, Antoine Griezmann, “ We’ll, ” Mbappé Organizations: CNN — Soccer, Austria, Reuters, French Football Federation Locations: France, Netherlands, Poland

☆ Silje Opseth: Her face bloodied, Norwegian ski jumper recovers from fall to set new world record
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Her face might have been bloodied and battered, but ski jumper Slje Opseth couldn’t stop smiling as reality dawned on her that she’d just set a new women’s world record. World record,” Norwegian Opseth wrote on Instagram later on Sunday, before thanking everyone involved in her record attempt. Opseth set a new women's world record with her final jump in the competition. The seven-time World Cup winner managed to recover, though, and broke the world record with her final attempt. On Sunday, the 24-year-old Opseth finished the first ever Women’s Ski Flying World Cup in second, behind Norwegian teammate Eirin Maria Kvandal.

Persons: Opseth, Instagram, ”, Geir Olsen, NTB, “, ” Opseth, Eirin Maria Kvandal, Klinec Organizations: CNN, Reuters Locations: Vikersund, Norway, Slovenia, plasters, Eirin Maria Kvandal .

☆ Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $29 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break. Shares of Meta (META) jumped more than 21% on the news of a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share to be paid out on March 26 to shareholders of record as of February 22. This upswing plasters over potential harm to Meta stock after Zuckerberg, alongside other social media company heads, testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the risks their products pose to young people. Zuckerberg was pressed about internal Meta documents that suggested the company estimates the lifetime value of a teen user at $270, as well as Meta’s transparency regarding how its monetizes user data. Zuckerberg apologized to the parents in attendance, who say their children were victims of social media.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg’s, —, Zuckerberg, they’re, “, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Meta, US Securities and Exchange, Committee Locations: New York

☆ A millennial couple lives debt-free in a house they built by hand in Montana. Now, they're teaching others how to do the same in workshops that cost less than $1,000.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Daniel and Katherine Ray live debt-free in a 700-square-foot cob house that they built by hand. The millennial couple spent over two years constructing their cob house in the Bitterroot Valley in Victor, Montana — where they've been living since 2019. Daniel Ray/Spiritwood Natural Building"We realized that we just love doing it, so we started teaching people how to do it," Daniel said. Daniel Ray/Spiritwood Natural BuildingThe participants who attend the couple's workshops come from the area as well as far-flung states. AdvertisementAdvertisementThrough all their education efforts about building cob houses and living debt-free, there's just one point that they're really driving at.

Persons: Daniel, Katherine Ray, Victor , Montana, they've, Katherine, Daniel Ray, Ray, We've, Daniel said, It's, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bitterroot, Victor ,, Victor , Montana, Alaska, Montana

☆ A Montana couple spent $20,000 building a 2-bedroom house, and now they're debt-free. There's just one catch: The house is made of clay, sand, and straw.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Daniel Ray, the owner, estimates that they spent less than $20,000 on the entire construction. Daniel Ray/Spiritwood Natural BuildingBut it wasn't until a couple of years later that the couple finally had a chance to turn it into reality. They saw their first cob house as practice for the new space they had in mind. "We both had full-time jobs and then would also work about 40 hours a week on building the house," Ray said. It's also going to reduce the amount of effort that you have to put into building the house," Ray said.

Persons: Daniel Ray, Daniel, Katherine Ray, Ray, they'd, that's, it's, didn't, It's, Katherine Organizations: Service Locations: Montana, Wall, Silicon, Wales, Vancouver, British Columbia, Bitterroot, Victor , Montana, Mexico, India, Moroccan, Victor

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