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Russian forces have reached the site of the US MQ-9 surveillance drone that was downed in the Black Sea in an attempt to recover it, officials told CNN. The Kremlin vowed on Wednesday to try and recover the large drone which crashed in international waters after its encounter with Russian fighter jets a day earlier. It is not clear if Russia has been able to recover any remains of the drone when they arrived at the crash site, which is around 70 miles southwest of Crimea, the US officials told the news network.

New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands region was hit with an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday. The quake was estimated at a depth of 10km, the agency added. Issuing an alert for hazardous waves for some coast, US Tsunami Warning System said, “tsunami waves reaching 0.3m to 1m above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Kermadec Islands. “Tsunami waves are forecast to be less than 0.3m above the tide level for the coasts of Fiji, New Zealand and Tonga.”

Troubled banking giant Credit Suisse says it will borrow up to 50bn francs ($54bn; £44.5bn) from the Swiss central bank to shore up its finances. The lender said it was taking decisive action to strengthen its liquidity as it looked to become a simpler bank. Shares in Credit Suisse fell 24% on Wednesday after it said it had found "weakness" in its financial reporting. This prompted a general sell off on European markets, and fears of a wider financial crisis. Credit Suisse said its borrowing measures demonstrated "decisive action to strengthen [the bank]". "My team and I are resolved to move forward rapidly to deliver a simpler and more focused bank built around client needs," Credit Suisse's chief executive Ulrich Koerner said in a statement.

Shares in troubled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse have plunged to a record low as investors remain on edge after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The sell-off sent shares down by more than 20%, extending declines from yesterday, when it disclosed "material weakness" in its accounting controls. Investors are worried about how the bank, beset by problems, will handle the fallout from a US bank failures. The worries spread across share markets with all major indexes falling sharply. "The problems in Credit Suisse once more raise the question whether this is the beginning of a global crisis or just another "idiosyncratic" case," wrote Andrew Kenningham of Capital Economics. The Bank insisted its financial position was not a concern, with the chief executive saying its cash reserves "still very very strong." The three major share indexes in the US were all lower in opening trade in New York, while major exchanges across Europe - including the FTSE 100 - were down more than 2.5% at mid-afternoon.

Tom Cruise was in great spirits as on Tuesdaly evening after helping Sir Michael Caine celebrate his 90th birthday with a star-studded bash at London's River Cafe. The Hollywood actor, 60, flashed a dazzling smile as he exited the eatery after joining the screen legend to mark his milestone birthday.

The energy price guarantee will be extended for a further three months from April to June at its current level,the Treasury has confirmed ahead of Jeremy Hunt’s Budget speech today. The chancellor will cancel the planned £500 hike in average energy bills which was due to come into force next month. This move would see bills for the average household staying at around £2,500, instead of going up to £3,000 as was previously announced.

RAF and German fighter jets have intercepted a Russian aircraft near Estonian airspace in the first joint operation of its kind. The two Typhoons were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept an Il-78 Midas refuelling plane flying between St Petersburg and Kaliningrad. The plane had failed to communicate with air traffic control in Estonia. The British and German air forces are currently conducting planned joint Nato air policing in the region. The interception itself was routine, but it is the first time such an operation has been carried out together by the two countries. The incident comes amid heightened tensions between Nato and Russia over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although there is no evidence of any link with Tuesday's reported collision between a Russian fighter jet and a US drone over the Black Sea.

Jiang Yanyong, a former military surgeon who blew the whistle on Chinese authorities' cover-up of the 2003 Sars epidemic, has died aged 91. He died of pneumonia on Saturday in Beijing, family friends and Chinese-language media in Hong Kong reported. Dr Jiang was praised for saving lives after writing a letter in the early stage of the Sars crisis which revealed officials were playing down the threat. But he endured house arrest at one point for his unwavering outspokenness. Sars infected more than 8,000 people worldwide in 2003. Of these, 774 died, according to World Health Organization (WHO) figures. Dr Jiang had been working in a Beijing hospital in April 2003, when he was alarmed to hear the Chinese health minister telling the public there were only a handful of cases of a new deadly respiratory disease.

Electronics giant Samsung says it plans to invest around 300tn won ($230.8bn; £189.6bn) over 20 years in the South Korea government's push to develop a mega semiconductor hub in the country. This will be put towards building five chip factories, the firm told the BBC. Samsung is the world's biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs. Under the official plan, companies in high-tech industries will be offered incentives like expanded tax breaks and infrastructure support. "The mega cluster will be the key base of our semiconductor ecosystem," South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement on Wednesday.

A 13-year-old Indigenous Australian boy spent 45 days in solitary confinement while being held for minor offences, in the latest youth justice case to raise human rights concerns in Queensland. The boy - referred to as "Jack" - was released on probation last week after 60 days in custody at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville. He is understood to have spent 22 consecutive days in isolation. Queensland's human rights chief says the case may have broken state laws. 'No serious criminal history' Jack was being held on remand on charges relating to a fight with another 13-year-old boy, at the detention centre some 1,300km north of Brisbane. He flooded his cell with water from the toilet in desperation at his situation, and after being denied drinking water, his barrister Tim Grau told the BBC. Describing his detention as "extraordinary and cruel", Mr Grau said Jack had "no serious criminal history". "He was 13, he'd been in court once before. So even for this offending, he was never going to get a period of incarceration, in my view," he said. Mr Grau said he didn't know why Jack spent so long in isolation, but suspected it was due to staff shortages at the prison.

EXCLUSIVE: Washington state's biggest school district, which is in the middle of a financial crisis caused by plummeting student enrollments, has traded words like "female" and "male" for "person with a vagina" and "person with sperm" in its sexual health education courses for elementary school children. Students as young as 9 at Seattle Public Schools (SPS) will begin their sexual health education curriculum on April 24, according to Seattle Public Schools training materials, which were obtained by Fox News Digital through a public records request. According to an SPS presentation for elementary school educators for the 2022-2023 school year, the curriculum aims to reduce "gender stereotypes" and "heteronormativity," or the idea that heterosexuality is normal.

President Biden is expected to announce an executive order on Tuesday that would expand background checks to more firearm sales by expanding the statutory definition of a firearms dealer, the White House said. Biden is set to sign the order during a trip to Monterey Park, California, where he will meet with families and the community impacted by the mass shooting that killed 11 and injured nine others in January. The White House said the executive order will bring the U.S. "as close to universal background checks as possible" without additional legislation. BIDEN VOWS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS 'COME HELL OR HIGH WATER'

A new generation of British designed nuclear-powered submarines will be operated by Australia as both countries look to modernise their navies. The Aukus deal - involving Australia, the UK and US - will see the new boats in operation in the late 2030s, following a construction phase which will create thousands of jobs in the UK. SSN-Aukus submarines will be in operation for the Royal Navy by the late 2030s under the plan, and will also give Australia its first nuclear-powered capability. The UK's submarines will mainly be built by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and Rolls-Royce. They will also replace the Royal Navy's Astute-class boats when they enter into operation.

A three-year-old girl has fatally shot her four-year-old sister in a Texas home after finding a loaded gun, police said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the incident happened at around 8pm on Sunday when the girls were in the bedroom of an apartment in Houston, where they lived with their parents. Five adults, who were all family members or family friends, were in other parts of the apartment and the girls unintentionally were left unsupervised. “The three-year-old gained access to a loaded, semi-automatic pistol," Mr Gonzalez said. "Family members heard a single gunshot. They ran into the room and found the small toddler, four years old, unresponsive."

'This is the perfect storm': Rich Dad, Poor Dad author who tipped Lehman Brothers collapse predicts Credit Suisse to be next major bank failure and warns of 'serious trouble' for U.S. bond market 'This is the perfect storm': Rich Dad, Poor Dad author who tipped Lehman Brothers collapse predicts Credit Suisse to be next major bank failure and warns of 'serious trouble' for U.S. bond market

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