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![Thunberg tweeted late on Thursday that she still supported the protests [File: Timothy A Clary/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/aa5832d8e82a4fa1b7d3e8909df93ee2_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
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![A fishermen squats among the mountains of waste that washed up on Bali's beaches during this year's monsoon [Al Jazeera Staff]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/5U1A3175.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![United States President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan includes sending $1,400 stimulus cheques to qualifying Americans to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/05eeca73f86e4bcbac869ac3fb999292_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene cast her online posts as free speech but disavowed QAnon conspiracy theories [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21035663955437.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![President Joe Biden is ending United States support for offensive operations in Yemen [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-27T185734Z_1014247332_RC2IGL91XBYF_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
India equates Red Fort chaos with Capitol riots after US remarks
Foreign ministry compares storming of the historic fort by farmers to storming of US Capitol by Trump’s supporters.
COVID slammed Indonesia’s economy hard in 2020, data shows
Indonesia’s GDP shrank by more than expected in the fourth quarter, leading to first full-year contraction since 1998.
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Opinion
UK dog theft on the rise amid pandemic pet demand
Prices for puppies and older dogs have skyrocketed, attracting greedy breeders and the interest of criminals.
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Fast forward: China short-video app Kuaishou surges in jumbo IPO
Kuaishou’s initial public offering worth $5.4bn was the world’s biggest tech share sale since Uber went public in 2019.
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‘Dangerous’ heavy-metals levels found in some baby foods: Panel
A US Congressional subcommittee found dangerous levels of neurologically damaging heavy metals in some baby food brands.
![Congressional investigators in the United States examined baby foods made by Nurture Inc, Hain Celestial Group Inc, Beech-Nut Nutrition and Gerber, a unit of Nestle, finding that their internal company standards 'permit dangerously high levels of toxic heavy metals' in foods meant for infants [File: Edgard Garrido/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gerber.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Belgian court jails Iranian diplomat for 20 years over bomb plot
Iranian diplomat was accused of plotting a thwarted 2018 bombing of an opposition rally outside French capital, Paris.
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Voting tech firm sues Fox News over election fraud claims
Smartmatic USA sued Fox News, three of its hosts and two former Trump lawyers on Thursday.
![The complaint filed by Smartmatic USA alleges that Fox News hosts Maria Bartiromo (pictured) Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro directly benefitted from their involvement in spreading false claims that the company helped 'steal' the 2020 US presidential election [File: Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_129443552279.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
