Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emer-

gency measures to ban face masks during public gatherings. Meanwhile, Presi-

dent Donald Trump made a brash, offhand appeal to China yesterday to dig into

Joe Biden and his son.

House Democrats said they’ll subpoena the White House by Friday if

it doesn’t comply with their requests for documents related to President Donald

Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Meanwhile, at least 13 people are dead and hundreds injured following two days of violent protests across Iraq.

Foreshadowing a wider conflict between the legislative and executive branches over the probe of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed efforts to question officials from his agency. Meanwhile, demonstrators in Hong Kong are blaming police for raising the stakes in local protests by shooting an 18-year-old at close range with a live round.

Chinese officials marked 70 years of Communist rule Tuesday with

unparalleled military pomp as Hong Kong descended back into violence. Meanwhile, the Democrat-let probe into President Donald Trump is steaming ahead,

with his personal lawyer becoming the latest target.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced

that the whistleblower whose complaint about President Donald Trump triggered

the impeachment inquiry would testify “very soon.” Meanwhile, another weekend

of violent clashes between protesters and police in Hong Kong suggests Tuesday, China’s National Day, will be no quieter.

While President Donald Trump’s allies are betting that Republicans

won’t ditch him, others believe there’s little White House consensus on how to

weather the impeachment storm. Meanwhile, voters in Afghanistan are hitting the

polls today to elect a new president amid heightened security fears.

A whistleblower complaint released yesterday described

alleged White House efforts to conceal evidence of President Donald Trump’s

conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart. Meanwhile, the British tanker Stena

Impero has left Iran’s Bandar Abbas port two months after it was seized by the

country’s Revolutionary Guards.

U.S. lawmakers are preparing for a fight following the release of a

transcript that showed President Donald Trump urging his Ukrainian counterpart

to probe alleged corruption by Trump’s Democratic rivals. Meanwhile, Israeli

President Reuven Rivlin has formally asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

to cobble together a ruling coalition within six weeks.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has launched an impeachment inquiry

into allegations that President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by seeking

help from a foreign leader to tarnish a political opponent. Meanwhile, after yes-

terday’s Supreme Court ruling that his suspension of Parliament was illegal,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is already facing calls from opposition law-

makers to resign.

The British Supreme Court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament earlier this month was illegal. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump reportedly ordered his staff to withhold nearly

$400 million in congressionally approved funds to Ukraine in July before urging

his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate the local dealings of Joe Biden’s son.