Trump says will meet with Chinese vice premier at White House on Friday . U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House on Friday, the second of two-days of high-level U.S. China trade talks aimed at averting scheduled increases in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

UPDATE 2-Sunrise's UPC deal too expensive, says advisory group ISS . Analyst - Liberty needs to act to save deal (Adds investor, analyst quote, shares)

UPDATE 1-Top-level U.S.-China trade talks resume as irritants sour atmosphere . The United States' and China's top trade negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world's two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.

Chinese vice premier arrives at USTR offices for high-level trade talks . U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer greeted Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on the steps of the USTR office on Thursday for the highest-level trade talks between the two countries since late July.

International donors to pledge 13.8 bln euros to tackle AIDS - Macron . International donors have agreed to pledge 13.8 billion euros ($15.21 billion) to tackle AIDS, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-WeWork India seeks new backers after talks with local bank collapse . WeWork's India franchise has seen talks with existing backer ICICI Bank on $100 million in new funding break down since The We Company's botched stock market launch and is in discussions on raising $200 million from other investors, the venture's chief shareholder Jitu Virwani said on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-Austrian Handke and Poland's Tokarczuk win Nobel literature prizes . Tokarczuk recognised for her "narrative imagination" (Adds quotes, detail, background, quotes)

Turkey investigates Kurdish leaders, detains 21 for criticism of Syria offensive . Turkish authorities on Thursday started investigations into leaders of the pro-Kurdish opposition and detained 21 people for criticising the military offensive against a Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, state-owned Anadolu news agency said.

CORRECTED-Former NBC News host Matt Lauer accused of rape in Farrow's new book, Variety says . Matt Lauer, the once-popular co-host of NBC's "Today," is accused in a new book by journalist Ronan Farrow of raping a female colleague at a hotel room during the 2014 Sochi Olympics, according to a report in Variety on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-India's TCS quarterly profit misses as key clients cut spending . Tata Consultancy Services Ltd reported a lower-than-expected September-quarter profit on Thursday, as India's No. 1 IT services exporter battled sluggish spending by financial clients.