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Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister has called on citizens to redouble their efforts to combat the rival Tigray forces who
claim to have seized key cities on a major highway leading to the capital, while a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans has begun.

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears, embraces and laughter on Monday as Australia
opened its border for the first time in 20 months, with some arriving travelers removing mandatory masks to see the faces of loved ones
they’ve been separated from for so long.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday began welcoming individual tourists for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus
pandemic.