WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the White House on March 19, the White House said Friday in a statement.

Trump and Bolsonaro would discuss defense cooperation, trade policies, combatting transnational crime, and Venezuela issues, according to the statement. (US-Brazil-Ties)

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LOS ANGELES -- A U.S. young man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for his role in the 2014 murder of Ji Xinran, a Chinese graduate student in electrical engineering at the University of Southern California (USC).

Alberto Ochoa, 22, was convicted of first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery and attempted second-degree robbery last December. (US-Chinese Student-Murder)

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GAZA -- Israeli war jets carried out at midnight Friday two airstrikes on military facilities and posts that belong to Islamic Hamas movement in northern and eastern Gaza Strip with no injuries reported, Gaza security officials said on Saturday.

The Israeli war jets struck a military facility that belongs to Hamas naval forces in northern Gaza Strip, they said, adding that no injuries were reported, but severe damages were caused to the facility. (Israel-Gaza-Strike)

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UNITED NATIONS -- French Ambassador to the United Nations Francois Delattre said Friday that there is a "true revolution" regarding gender parity at the UN.

"There is a true revolution taking place at the UN with respect to gender parity," Delattre told reporters Friday afternoon, adding that "this priority is no longer a footnote as was too long the case." (UN-Gender Equality) Enditem

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