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“NOT A GOOD LOOK”At Kuta beach, a popular tourist spot regularly inundated with plastic debris that washes ashore, rubbish bags are piled up waist-high in a parking lot.”You have many rats here at nighttime. The smell is not very good … it’s not a good look,” said Australian visitor Justin Butcher.Around 7 million tourists visited Bali last year, vastly outstripping the island’s native population of around 4.4 million, and contributing to Bali’s waste output.People caught dumping or burning rubbish risk up to three months’ jail time and a 50 million rupiah (nearly $3,000) fine, according to I Dewa Nyoman Rai…

Constance Zimmer, who co-hosts the podcast “Talk 50 to Me,” talks about reframing the conversation among women about aging. The podcast features interviews with women in their 50s, talking about the realities of midlife.

NewsFeedIsraeli forces have intercepted around a dozen Gaza-bound aid boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near the Greek island of Crete, more than 1,000km from Israel. Organisers call it an illegal attack on civilians in international waters.Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump is carving out a forward-looking role in the White House, positioning herself as a leading voice on artificial intelligence and education as the administration embraces emerging technology, according to an exclusive interview with her senior advisor.The first lady this week hosted an immersive event at the White House tennis pavilion, a space she designed during her husband’s first term, where students used Meta virtual reality headsets and AI-powered glasses to explore British landmarks and examine historical artifacts.The event, which coincided with a visit from Queen Camilla, highlighted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of the first major decisions for some rookies after the NFL Draft is what jersey number they wish to wear to kick off their careers.Sometimes, those numbers work against the rookies, whether it’s players already owning their desired digits or a retired number getting in the way.Las Vegas Raiders first overall pick Fernando Mendoza had a slight hiccup for his No. 15 heading into the draft. But the man known for the number by the franchise gave his blessing to the quarterback of the future. Quarterback Fernando Mendoza, selected as the…

While relieved a dumpster fire behind his Kelowna, B.C., furniture store didn’t spread, it’s just the latest blaze Gaeten Benoit says he’s had to contend with. “I extinguished two fires last year,” said Benoit, who owns Treehouse Interiors on Windsor Road off of Spall Road.Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, a fire broke out behind the furniture store, the flames damaging a cardboard recycling dumpster next to the building.“It was full of cardboard, which could cause the flames to go higher and touch the roof line,” Benoit said.Next door at Savoy Equipment, the flames also raised serious concerns.“Because we…

Taiwan is China’s “core of core interests” and the “political basis of China-US relations,” Beijing’s foreign ministry says.

new video loaded: Supreme Court Considers Trump Administration’s Plan to End TPSThe justices on Wednesday considered whether the Trump administration had legally ended the Temporary Protected Status program for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians.By Brent McDonald, Whitney Shefte, Ang Li and Yasu TsujiApril 29, 2026

NewsFeedHundreds of Ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked a main road to West Jerusalem, as part of protests against Israel’s mandatory military service for religious students. Israeli police attempted to disperse the demonstrators.Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Trump administration is subjecting broad categories of immigrants applying for legal immigration benefits to enhanced security checks, and is pausing some cases while the changes are implemented, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News.Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services distributed internal guidance instructing its officers to resubmit pending applications for different immigration benefits, including asylum, green cards and U.S. citizenship, to enhanced FBI background checks, the documents show.Officers were directed to refrain from approving any pending cases that have not undergone the expanded background checks.USCIS has long used FBI databases to vet immigration applications for potential…