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WATCH: Barr says DOJ is accepting and vetting info from Giuliani on Ukraine

Attorney General Bill Barr cautioned that federal officials have “to be very careful” with information coming from Ukraine.

WATCH: U.S. charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The 2017 breach affected roughly 145 million people, with the hackers successfully stealing names, Social Security numbers and other personal information stored in the company's databases.

Deluge in Australia drenches fires and eases 3-year drought

By Nick Perry, Associated Press

Experts say it will take some time yet to know to what extent the rainfall has replenished dried-up rivers and quenched parched soil in some inland areas most affected by the 3-year drought.

German leader Merkel’s successor quits, throwing party into deeper crisis

By Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told leading members of the Christian Democratic Union that she won't be seeking the chancellorship in next year's election, upending Merkel's plans to hand her the reins after more than 15 years in power.

China reports 97 deaths from novel coronavirus in a single day

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

The mainland death toll rose by 97 to 908 in the 24 hours through midnight Sunday and 3,062 new cases were reported.

Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel

By Sheila Norman-Culp, Associated Press

Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports.

Iran again fails to put satellite into orbit amid US worries

By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.

Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine

By Erika Kinetz, Associated Press

For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration…

US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack

By Rahim Faiez, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the U.S. military said.

Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest mass shooting in Thailand

By Grant Peck, Busaba Sivasomboon, Associated Press

A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand's worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country's northeast on Sunday, officials said.