Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, March 11
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JAKARTA -- Twenty six people were killed and dozens were wounded after a bus carrying 62 people fell into a ravine in Indonesia's western province of West Java on Wednesday night, a senior official said earlier Thursday.
The rescuers are struggling to pull out one person from the wreckage of the bus, Deden Ridwansyah, head of search and rescue office of Bandung city told Xinhua by phone. (Indonesia-Bus Accident)
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Treasury on Wednesday announced sanctions against two adult children of Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing and their six companies.
The Treasury said in a statement that two adult children of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing "have a variety of business holdings, which have directly benefitted from their father's position and malign influence." (US-Myanmar-Sanctions)
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UNITED NATIONS -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged the international community to continue to reach all Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance.
"It is imperative that we continue to reach all Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance," the UN chief said at the press encounter marking the 10th anniversary of the Syrian conflict at the UN headquarters in New York. (UN-Guterres-Syria-Conflict)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration will order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
The planned purchase would bring the country's total vaccine order to 800 million doses. (US-Coronavirus-Vaccine)
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KIEV -- Four ships of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) entered the waters of the Odessa seaport in southern Ukraine, reported the press service of the Ministry of Defence on its official website on Wednesday.
The group of ships entering the Black sea belongs to Turkish, Spanish and Romanian navies and is led by Sokullu Mehmet Pasa (A577) Turkish Navy Training Ship. (Ukraine-NATO-Black Sea) Enditem
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