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28 September 2019; AFP: China's foreign minister warned Friday that protectionism could trigger a world recession as he vowed to stand firm in a trade row with the United States.

"The lessons of the Great Depression should not be forgotten," Wang Yi told the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told two Russian officials in a 2017 meeting that he was not concerned about Moscow’s meddling in the U.S. election, which prompted White House officials to limit access to the remarks, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

A summary of Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Russia’s foreign minister and its ambassador to the U.S. was limited to a few officials in an attempt to keep the president’s comments from being disclosed publicly, the Post said, citing former officials with knowledge of the matter.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some moderate Democratic lawmakers who a week ago had little interest in talking about an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump say they are now optimistic they can sell it to voters at home during a recess of the U.S. Congress over the next two weeks.

Representative Susan Wild was among a number of Democrats from highly competitive “swing” seats in the House of Representatives who changed her mind to back an impeachment probe against Trump. She expects to hear about it at a town hall meeting next week in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday backed for a second time legislation that would terminate President Donald Trump’s February declaration of a national emergency on the southern border with Mexico, sending the measure to the White House for Trump’s expected veto.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over a whistleblower complaint alleging President Donald Trump's misconduct in a phone call with the Ukrainian president.

It is the first subpoena sent by the Democrats after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday the initiation of a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump over his interactions with Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- There is no better option than cooperation for China and the United States, Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, said here on Thursday.

"History proves that both China and the U.S. gain from cooperation, and lose in confrontation. So for our two countries, there is no better option than cooperation," Cui told a reception at the Chinese Embassy to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

WASHINGTON (AP) — With impeachment officially under way at last, Rep. Adam Schiff launched into a dramatic reading of “the essence” of President Donald Trump’s conversation with the president of Ukraine.

“I’m going to say this only seven times, so you better listen good,” said the House intelligence committee chairman on Thursday, voicing his interpretation of Trump’s message to President Volodymyr Zelensky. “I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent.”

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer broke her silence Friday about the night she killed a young accountant who lived in the apartment right above hers, telling jurors that she has to live with the guilt every day and that she wished their roles were reversed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local):

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President Donald Trump is accusing Democrats of trying to “steal” the 2020 election in a new television ad, as he fends off an impeachment probe by House Democrats.

The ad also attacks Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, highlighting his efforts to make U.S. aid to Ukraine contingent on that country firing its chief prosecutor. The ad claims that the fired prosecutor was investigating the former vice president’s son.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister took aim at the West on Friday, saying its philosophies are out of step with the times and that it is struggling to accept what he called its diminishing dominance in world affairs.

In his speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Sergei Lavrov blamed the countries that declared themselves winners of the Cold War between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union for the current challenges facing the world, and for the increasing fragmentation of the international community.