CHENNAI, India -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed here Friday to promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations to achieve joint development and prosperity.

Xi and Modi held their second informal meeting in the southern Indian city of Chennai following their first in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in April last year. (India-China-Xi Jinping-Modi)

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WASHINGTON -- China and the United States achieved substantial progress in multiple areas after holding a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations on Thursday and Friday in Washington.

Under the guidance of the important consensus reached between the heads of state of the two countries, the two negotiation teams conducted candid, efficient and constructive discussions on economic and trade issues of mutual concern. (US-China-Trade talk)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Friday authorized additional deployment of U.S. military forces to Saudi Arabia to enhance the defense of the country.

The latest reinforcement includes two fighter squadrons, one Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), two Patriot batteries, and one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), according to a Pentagon statement. (US-Saudi Arabia-Troop)

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LOS ANGELES -- A man was killed and dozens of homes destroyed by the wind-driven Saddleridge Fire raging through the foothill communities of Sylmar, 46 km northwest of Los Angeles downtown.

Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Ralph Terrazas was quoted by the CBS news channel as saying that the fatal blaze erupted Thursday night and had grown to 4,700 acres (19.1 square km) as of daybreak Friday and one man in his 50s died of a heart attack amid the wildfire which damaged at least 25 homes. (US-LA-Fire) Enditem

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