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Bus Accident Kills 3 Chinese in Thailand
Chinese consular officials in Thailand say three Chinese tourists have been killed after a bus overturned in Thailand's Phuket Island.
The victims are identified as two women and one man, by the Beijing-based Chinanews.
It's reported that the bus hit the guard rail along a road, while climbing a steep slope and plunged into a nearby canyon.
Another 17 people have been injured with one of them in critical condition.
Black box from plane crash damaged but can be analyzed: French minister
French officials say the black box recovered from the crashed Germanwing passenger jet has been damaged but can still be analysed.
The black box retrieved was the Cockpit Voice Recorder of the Airbus A320 plane which crashed with 150 people on board in southern France.
There were no survivors.
The dead are mostly German and Spanish nationals, including 16 German students returning from an exchange trip.
Recovery work is still underway in the French Alps.
China welcomes all countries to join AIIB
China's Vice Finance Minister Shi Yaobin says all countries are welcome to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
The comment was made in response to a question about whether China communicated with the United States or Japan during the preparation for AIIB.
The Chinese official adds that China is willing to strengthen communication with interested nations and cooperate with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and other European nations have applied to join the AIIB, which already has 27 prospective founding members.
China, Greece vow to advance pragmatic cooperation
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias have agreed to advance pragmatic cooperation at a meeting in Beijing.
Wang says the two sides should make the Chinese-run project at the Greek port of Piraeus "a paradigm of mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Greece".
Kotzias says Greece attaches great importance to the Piraeus port project and is willing to play a positive role in the construction of the China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line.
He adds the Greek government hopes to sign cooperation plans with China for the medium-and-long term to promote cooperation in various fields.
Fujian vice governor removed for alleged violations
Xu Gang, vice governor of China's southeastern Fujian Province, has been removed from his post for suspected serious disciplinary and legal violations.
The announcment was made by the Organizational Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Earlier, China's top anti-graft body said Xu was being probed for alleged serious violation of Party discipline and law.
Japan's largest helicopter destroyer enters service
Japan's largest helicopter carrier "Izumo" has officially been put into use after being handed over to the maritime self-defense force.
The 19,500-ton destroyer allows five helicopters to take off and land simultaneously.
The ship could carry up to 14 helicopters and was built at a cost of about 1 billion U.S. dollars.
As the biggest warship in Japan's fleet since World War II, "Izumo" has raised eyebrows from Japan's neighboring counties because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional aircraft carrier.
Indian Navy aircraft crashes off coast of western state, 2 officers missing
A surveillance aircraft of the Indian Navy has crashed in the Arabian Sea off the coast of the western state of Goa.
Indian officials say two officers onboard the plane are still missing but a third has been rescued.
A massive search operation is underway with the launch of an investigation into the cause of the accident.
U.S. defense chief to visit S. Korea next month amid rows over THAAD
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is expected to visit South Korea in early April amid rows over whether to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula.
Carter will hold talks with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo.
Carter is known as a strong advocate for missile defense.
His expected visit comes amid the ongoing rows between rival political parties in South Korea over the missle defense issue.
U.S. removes sanctions on Cuba-related companies, persons
The Obama administration has lifted sanctions on 59 companies that had been blacklisted for doing business with Cuba.
Most of the entities are based in Panama but two of them are in the U.S. state of Florida.
The businesses involved include tour operators and cruise lines.
The move follows three rounds of talks between the United States and Cuba over restoring diplomatic relations. Discussions began in January.
