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House to launch Trump impeachment inquiry over Ukraine controversy The U.S. House of Representatives will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over reports he sought foreign help to smear a political rival, setting up a dramatic clash between Congress and the White House that has spilled into the 2020 presidential campaign. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1W91OP

Young protesters around globe demand climate change action From Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to Berlin and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of young people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N. summit. https://apnews.com/3189749c081d453fb4b4ed527c9495bf

UAW workers head for picket lines in first national strike against GM since 2007 The United Auto Workers (UAW) went on strike at General Motors just after midnight Sunday and about 48,000 hourly workers at its facilities are headed for the picket lines in the morning, union officials said early Monday. https://reut.rs/2UT447m

Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in November 2017, ending three decades in power. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49604152

Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters' demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest. https://apnews.com/b50a9b2f2fdf4e98b9ad2aea14e4fede

Opponents of ‘no-deal’ Brexit defeat British PM Johnson in parliament A cross-party alliance defeated Prime Minister Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement – a move that the government warned would thrust Britain towards an October snap election. https://reut.rs/2ZDtFWx

Dorian’s landfall strength ties record of 1935 The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Dorian made a second landfall at 2 p.m. on Great Abaco Island near Marsh Harbour at 185 mph (285 kph). The center says that is tied for the strongest Atlantic hurricane landfall on record with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. https://apnews.com/736dd42a0ca54c1a854fd11dc64ee78b

Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland President Trump on Tuesday abruptly called off a trip to Denmark, announcing in a tweet that he was postponing the visit because the country’s leader was not interested in selling him Greenland. The move comes two days after Trump told reporters that owning Greenland, a self-governing country that is part of the kingdom of Denmark, “would be nice” for the United States from a strategic perspective. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-postpones-denmark-trip-after-prime-minister-declines-to-sell-him-greenland/2019/08/20/ef900924-c3a8-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html?outputType=amp

Afghan officials: Suicide attack in wedding hall kills 63 The death toll from a suicide bombing at a wedding in Afghanistan's capital is at least 63, including women and children, officials said Sunday, as Kabul reeled from its deadliest attack this year. https://apnews.com/b5ceb0cfb33d4d73aaaadf5eee19fe9d

Israel bars entry to outspoken US congresswomen Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement, a decision announced shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted that it would “show great weakness” to allow them in. https://apnews.com/19a6c707c401467d91297e6e027308ee

Scientists confirm July set new global heat record Meteorologists say July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that July was 0.95 degrees Celsius (1.71 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 20th century average for the month. https://apnews.com/008f6cf2564c443e8743099a3010911d

9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours A gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring dozens, authorities say, in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours. https://apnews.com/3b1b785f5b364d9da050bec3d0d48312