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Witnesses: Air raid kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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Top of The World: Dozens of people have been reportedly killed after an air raid on a busy marketplace in the Tigrayan village of Togoga in northern Ethiopia. And, An international team of lawyers has unveiled a legal definition of “ecocide.” Also, the Biden administration blocked access to three dozen Iranian websites which the Justice Department says were spreading disinformation.

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