Bali governor says new instructions issued to stop hotels and restaurants being built on productive land, especially rice fields

Indonesia will ban the construction of new hotels and restaurants built atop cleared rice fields and agricultural land on the popular resort island of Bali, after recent flash flooding killed at least 18 people.

A state of emergency was declared on Bali on 10 September after the island experienced the most severe flooding in more than a decade.

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Richard Djerf, 55, who is set to be executed next month for killing four members of a family in their Phoenix home in 1993, has apologized for the pain he’s caused.

"Reformers" slashed over 90% of our public psych beds and left the mentally ill to the streets, but a new report finds Kathy Hochul's and Eric Adams' reforms are taking effect.

The president was feted by King Charles III with the sort of pageantry he covets, signed a technology deal and steered clear of big disagreements with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Chief executive expected to be named as defendant alongside bank in damages claim brought by ex-employees

Indian players refuse to shake hands with Pakistani counterparts after Asia Cup match, in sign that traditional onfield camaraderie is eroding

As nationalistic rivalries go, few run as deep as India and Pakistan. But even as the neighbours fought wars against each other, carried out rival nuclear tests and conducted nightly shows of strength along their heavily militarised border, there was always one thing that brought them together: cricket.

But as the two sides came together on Sunday for a match in the Asia Cup tournament, the camaraderie that was once celebrated as cricket diplomacy had vanished.

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Everybody loved Robert Redford. Directors and co-stars including Ralph Fiennes, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Judd Hirsch, Norman Reedus and F Murray Abraham explain why

James Vanderbilt (Truth, 2015)

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In the city of Tarim, colourful mansions built by the city’s merchants are being knocked down as the war-torn nation cannot afford to maintain them

• Words and photographs by Saeed al-Batati in Tarim

When the bulldozers moved into Abdul Rahman Bin Sheikh al-Kaf’s mud-brick palace in Tarim and began tearing down its spectacular architecture, the clouds of dust around the landmark attracted a large gathering in the Yemeni city.

Haddad Musaied, a local journalist, got a call from a friend telling him about the destruction and encouraging him to come and see it. “As a journalist, you have a responsibility to stop what is happening,” the friend said.

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© Photograph: Saeed Al-Batati

I put myself forward as a human guinea pig to study the effects of long-term sub-aquatic living. Not everyone can say they have befriended a lobster and a shark

My stay in Jules’ Undersea Lodge started in March 2023. The habitat, secured to the bed of a 30ft-deep lagoon in Key Largo, Florida, wasn’t the most comfortable hotel I’ve spent time in, but then I wasn’t there for a holiday. I’m a biomedical researcher and I was there as part of a scientific mission called Project Neptune 100.

The main aim was to research the mental and physical impact on the human body of living in increased atmospheric pressure – 70% higher than at the surface. It was also to study what happens when you leave someone alone in a confined environment for 100 days. The data might have all manner of applications – for future missions to Mars, for example.

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This animated comedy about a hotel full of ghosts comes from a Rick and Morty writer. But banish all thoughts about cartoon sitcom greatness – it is relentlessly, endlessly OK

Animated comedy for adults should be a limitless playground for the world’s brightest comic imaginations and sometimes it is, but it is also a genre that has been bloated by bland, empty calories – inessential shows that viewers leave running in the background while they potter or doomscroll. To the teetering pile of landfill entertainment can be added Haunted Hotel, Netflix’s new comedy about, unsurprisingly, a haunted hotel.

As you ponder whether or not to put it on your watchlist, push the giants of cartoon sitcom out of your mind: showrunner Matt Roller has episodes of Rick and Morty on his CV, but Haunted Hotel doesn’t have the fizzing imaginative leaps of that series, nor does it deliver the finely honed, classic comedy of The Simpsons, the lewd snark of Family Guy or the black profundity of BoJack Horseman. Instead, it is, at best, quite funny. It has lines that conform to the familiar shape of jokes. Some of the synapses you associate with laughter will experience mild stimulus. If you don’t like this gag, another will be along in a minute, and although you probably also won’t like that one, you won’t strongly dislike it either. This show is relentlessly, endlessly OK.

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© Photograph: COURTESY OF NETFLIX

Maiden securitisation by group’s corporate lending arm is planned to be first of many, says president

JD.com says expansion is ‘paramount’ but collapse of talks to buy Argos may hurt deal ambitions

Ukraine and Russia’s experience has changed the economics of combat

Price of Brent is little changed from late June, with some analysts pointing to China stockpiling as possible explanation

The two leaders are expected to speak Friday to discuss a deal to keep the wildly popular app from going dark in the United States.

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The Dolphins will next host the Jets on "Monday Night Football" on Sept. 29.

“She was bitten by an insect, she was itchy, she went to the doctor, she took antibiotics, she ate, she slept and she never woke up,” Laimou's mother, Bessie, said.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided against recommending the MMRV vaccine for children under the age of 4. 

"We are waiting for further confirmation tomorrow, but it seems to be consistent with (clothing) we believe he was last seen in," Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said.

The infielder was integral in another Yankees win Thursday night.

Aliyah Boston made the go-ahead basket with 7.4 seconds left, and the Fever beat the Dream 87-85 on Thursday night to advance to the WNBA semifinals.

“From Comedy Central. It’s the all-new government-approved 'Daily Show' with your patriotically obedient host, Jon Stewart," an announcer began the show, in which Stewart wore a dark suit and red tie similar to Trump's signature attire.

The Islanders’ French connections did their magic in convincing Jonathan Drouin to sign.

Jimmy Kimmel dug in his heels Thursday after getting axed by Disney execs over his dead-wrong Charlie Kirk comments.