TikTok, trade talks on agenda as Trump, Xi speak on Friday

It would be the second call with Xi since Trump returned to the White House and launched sky-high tariffs on China, triggering back-and-forth trade restrictions that strained ties between the two largest economies. But Trump has expressed willingness to negotiate trade deals with Beijing, notably for the social video platform that faces a US ban unless its Chinese parent company sells its controlling stake.

71-year-old Indian-origin US citizen killed in Punjab, body dumped in drain; NRI groom, aide booked

The victim, Rupinder Kaur Pandher, came to India from Seattle at the invitation of Charanjit Singh Grewal, an England-based Non-Resident Indian (NRI) originally from Ludhiana, who was to be her bridegroom but later refused to marry her. She was killed in July, police said.

Robert Redford, Hollywood icon and indie film pioneer, dies at 89; Donald Trump pays tribute

US President Donald Trump, against whom Robert Redford had spoken out — “Instead of a moral compass in the Oval Office, there’s a moral vacuum,” Redford wrote during the first Trump presidency — acknowledged the actor’s contribution to cinema and his legendary stature.

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