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CHINA

Croatian foreign minister to pay visit

Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlic Radman will visit China from Sunday to Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced. Through the visit, China stands ready to work with Croatia to further align bilateral development strategies, unlock potential for pragmatic cooperation, intensify people-to-people exchanges and dialogue, the ministry's spokesman Lin Jian said on Wednesday. The visit is also expected to open up new chapters for the bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership, Lin said.

UNITED STATES

2,000 National Guard troops to leave LA

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Donald Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines have been in the city since early June. The "federal protection mission" had achieved its immediate goals, said the Pentagon in a statement. It was not specified how soon the service members would leave, while some officials said the units would redeploy "in an orderly manner".

Agencies - Xinhua