NEW - SVB caretaker urges depositors to come back

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JUST IN - Credit Suisse shares down nearly 25%

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ALERT 🚨 China, Russia and Iran launched joint military drills on Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman, Chinese defense ministry said

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JUST IN: US calls on Russia to operate military aircraft safely and professionally

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ALERT - Credit Suisse sees shares plunge 30 percent

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BREAKING: Dow opens 1.5% lower as US banking shares tumble

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NEW: Earthquake-hit Turkey region faces flash floods, video shows man getting washed away in flood water


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ALERT: Global markets have been rattled by the collapse of tech sector lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature

– Key figures around 9:40 EST:

New York – Dow: DOWN 1.5 percent at 31,688.09 points

New York – S&P 500: DOWN 1.5 percent at 3,862.53

New York – NASDAQ: DOWN 1.2 percent at 11,289.49

London – FTSE 100: DOWN 3.0 percent at 7,405.45

Frankfurt – DAX: DOWN 2.8 percent at 14,813.89

Paris – CAC 40: DOWN 3.4 percent at 6,901.98

EURO STOXX 50: DOWN 3.2 percent at 4,047.62

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NEW - ‘Don’t come back’: Israelis protest as Netanyahu heads abroad

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NEW 🚨 Xi Jinping approached Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler last year about China serving as a “bridge” between the kingdom and Iran, jump-starting talks that yielded last week’s surprise rapprochement, a Saudi official said

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BREAKING: Finland’s president says Turkey has reached decision on NATO bid

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🚨 Germany shuts down ‘world’s largest’ crypto launderer

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JUST IN - Texas officials announce state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student school district, one of nation’s largest. - AP

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BREAKING: Man with explosive belt shot dead in Israel on Monday: army

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NEW - Facebook ‘unlawfully’ used Dutch personal data: court

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JUST IN - European stock markets close sharply lower on bank turmoil

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🚨 Russia begins naval drills with China, Iran

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JUST IN 🚨 Russia will ‘react proportionately’ to future US ‘provocations’: ministry


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🚨 US tells Russia it will fly ‘wherever international law allows’

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🚨 Pentagon officials suggest alien mothership in our solar system could send smaller probes to Earth - report

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