Credit Suisse says it will borrow up to $53.7 bn from central bank
Credit Suisse announced Thursday that it would borrow almost $54 billion from the Swiss central bank to reinforce the group after a plunge in its share prices.
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Wales face 'huge task' at France, says former full-back Byrne
Ex-Wales full-back Lee Byrne said his former side face a "huge task" on Saturday as they head to defending champions France in the Six Nations.
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Verstappen favourite again in Saudi Arabia, but all eyes on Alonso
Max Verstappen may start as favourite, but Fernando Alonso will have widespread popular support this weekend when this year's Formula One season resumes at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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Dengue treatment advances in animal trials
A new dengue treatment that could become the first to prevent and treat the virus has proven effective in initial trials in monkeys, according to new research.
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Bret Easton Ellis: 'I was always suspicious of wealth'
Bret Easton Ellis is characteristically blunt about the central theme of all his work -- in his words: "the rich, and how fucked up they are".
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Social media frenzy fuels bank busting panic
Fearful Twitter posts and anxious WhatsApp exchanges coupled with online banking ease are seen as helping power an internet-age run on a pair of now-collapsed American lending institutions.
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Urgent search for 10 trapped Colombian miners after blast kills 11
Rescuers and miners raced against the clock Wednesday to save 10 workers trapped in a central Colombian coal mine after an explosion killed at least 11 people.
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Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas
In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar.
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Mavs' Irving says he'll take it slow with foot injury
Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving said the foot injury that saw him miss a fourth straight NBA game on Wednesday will take "a little bit more time" than he expected to heal.
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Medvedev allays fitness fears to reach Indian Wells semis, Sabalenka, Tiafoe race through
Daniil Medvedev's sore right ankle wasn't a factor Wednesday as he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-5 to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells, where Aryna Sabalenka and Frances Tiafoe raced into the final four.
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