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More than 500 feared dead as officials investigate reports of boats capsizing with Rohingya refugees

SYDNEY, July 16, 2026 (AP) — More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, including some who had traveled from refugee camps across the border in Bangladesh, according to a statement from the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. One boat, believed to have been carrying around 250 people, lost contact shortly after

India’s Gen Z ‘cockroaches’ took protest to the streets. Now they rally around a hunger strike

NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026 (AP) — The protest camp came to life as student demonstrators rolled up their bedding after another night under the open sky. At the heart of the camp, activist Sonam Wangchuk lay inside a tent, his weakened frame showing the toll of weeks on hunger strike. “If not fasting, what? Riots in the streets? That’s what we don’t want to do. So this is a peaceful way to take your voice to the government,” Wangchuk said on a recent afternoon as worried supporters checked on him. The 59-year-old has become an unlikely symbol of India’s

Gen Z is pushing back against AI – a reminder to all of us that the future isn’t written

July 16, 2026 (Conversation) Martin Scorsese recently announced he will be joining generative artificial intelligence (AI) company Black Forest Labs. He said he would embrace AI for storyboarding – the practice of creating a visual outline in the early stages of developing a movie or TV show. The announcement was met with significant online backlash and sentiments about how AI has the potential to “ruin cinema”. The announcement follows recent viral footage showing graduate students at multiple college ceremonies booing commencement speakers who praised generative AI. Speaking at the University of Florida, property developer Gloria Caulfield declared AI is “the

Dollar near one-month low as cooling inflation curbs Fed hike bets

HONG KONG, July 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar hovered near a one-month ​low on Thursday, as soft inflation data reinforced bets that the Federal Reserve can stay ‌patient on interest rate hikes, while escalation in Middle East hostilities added upside risk to the inflation outlook. The greenback slipped against the Japanese yen for the third trading session, by 0.1% to 162.075 yen . The euro was 0.1% higher at $1.1472, ​its strongest in a month. Sterling held near a two-month high at $1.354 on market expectations that Britain’s ​incoming prime minister will pick a fiscally conservative finance minister. The

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