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Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia's northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)

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Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat
By REZA SAIFULLAH AND EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press
Thu,03/21/24-12:31AM , 43 Reads
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety.
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AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not. The following photo-illustrated graphic highlights a few notable areas of an AI-deepfake of Pope Francis.

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One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images
By KELVIN CHAN AND ALI SWENSON - Associated Press
Thu,03/21/24-12:24AM , 104 Reads
LONDON (AP) — AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online.
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Thousands of South Africans have been lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people.

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Taps have run dry across South Africa's largest city in an unprecedented water crisis
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press
Thu,03/21/24-12:14AM , 94 Reads
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people.
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Rawiya Halhouli holds a photo of her slain son Rami Halhouli, in their house in Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Halhouli, 12, was fatally by an Israeli police officer while launching a firework on March 12. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

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A firework is lit, a boy is shot. Israel’s use of deadly force against Palestinians is scrutinized
By JACK JEFFERY - Associated Press
Thu,03/21/24-12:08AM , 67 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is shot in the chest by Israeli police and falls to the ground.
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