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ISLAMABAD: Street performers first appeared along Islamabad’s busy intersections a few years ago. Covered from head to toe in eye-catching gold paint, they stood perfectly still, leaning on shimmering canes and topped with top hats. Probably somewhere else mime A person trying to make a few bucks on the street may go unnoticed.But this Pakistan, things are often not as simple as they seem under security conditions. As the number of golden performers increased, so did the intrigue around them. Are they informants for the country’s intelligence services? Are they monitoring powerful politicians?Maybe he’s a spy C.I.A.?Today, Islamabad’s ‘Golden Man’…
A knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars, and avert disasters. At the Central Intelligence Agency, basic artificial intelligence (machine learning and algorithms) has long served its mission. Now, generative AI is joining the effort. CIA Director William Burns has said that AI technology will augment humans, not replace them. Nand Mulchandani, the agency’s first chief technology officer, manages the tool. There’s a lot of urgency. Adversaries are already spreading AI-generated deepfakes with the goal of undermining U.S. interests. Mulchandani, a former Silicon Valley CEO who led successful startups, was appointed to the position in 2022 after working at the…
BankUnited Senior Executive Vice President, Consumer, Commercial/Small Business Officer Ernie Diaz (Photo: Business Wire)Miami Lakes, Florida, May 20, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU) has announced the appointment of Senior Executive Vice President and Director, Consumer, Commercial/Small Business, to lead the bank’s consumer, small business and commercial banking teams, effective Wednesday. We announced that we have hired Ernie Diaz. , May 29, 2024.”With nearly 40 years of leadership in the banking industry, Arnie has successfully led growth-focused teams,” said Thomas M. Cornish, BankUnited Chief Operating Officer, to whom Diaz will report. “He is a skilled and dynamic senior executive who is…
story link 2024 CSC Academic All-District Girls Tennis Team CHATTANOOGA (May 20, 2024) – The Chattanooga Mox women’s tennis team has three teams named to the 2024 Academic All-District® Women’s Tennis Team as selected by College Sports Communicators, which was recently announced by the organization last week . The three Mocs recognized on the All-District® list are: caroline gibbens, alice hall and emma peeler. This honor recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their overall performance on the court and in the classroom. 2024 All-District All-Academic Team Academic All-District® winners were considered…
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s ambassador to Tehran said in an interview with Tehran Times that “Pakistan’s flag will be flown at half-mast” as a sign of solidarity with the Iranian state.“I am deeply saddened by the martyrdom of Honorable President Raisi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and their entourage. Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian was an exemplary human being. I am grateful for his grace, humility, and thoughtfulness. I was deeply impressed by his foresight and foresight,” said Mohammad Mudassir Tipu following the tragic death of the Iranian President and Minister of Foreign Affairs. When asked about his experience working with Iran’s…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – A weekend shooting in Springfield remains under investigation, but as 2024 approaches the half-year mark, answers about the scale of gun violence in the city remain unclear. It’s coming. This year is far away.Things seem to be heading downhill so far, but there were some positive statements from Springfield police on Monday.”In terms of shootings, year-to-date, we’re down 40 percent in the number of individuals shot compared to last year,” Springfield Police Department spokesman Ryan Walsh said.Springfield shootings are down, and new data shows the number of homicides in the city is on the decline compared…
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration had been looking to transfer 11 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to the Middle Eastern country in October 2023, but suddenly decided to move them over concerns about political optics after Hamas’s attack on Israel. Four people involved reported that the event had been cancelled. U.S. officials familiar with the plan said.More than seven months later, the administration has not set a new transfer date, and the detainees remain at Guantanamo, with it unclear when or if the transfer will occur, officials said. .Officials are frustrated by the holdup and believe election-year politics…
NEW YORK − The prosecution rested its case in former President Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial in Manhattan on Monday after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returned to the stand for more questioning.It was defense team’s last chance to undermine the credibility of Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche got Cohen to admit that he stole from the Trump Organization and that he’d cashed in on his connection to Trump, including through podcasts and books attacking his former boss.After Blanche finished his cross-examination, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Cohen to clarify that he did not have a retainer…
Versatile and resilient, lobsters survive by molting, shedding their skin and growing into new, larger shells. But eventually, energy will run out and change will become more difficult.Red lobster, one of America’s most famous shellfish ambassadors, has reached this stage in its life cycle. The once-ubiquitous restaurant chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday after more than half a century as the nation’s leading seafood franchise.The company said in a court filing that it has more than 100,000 creditors and owes between $1 billion and $10 billion. Red Lobster said it plans to downsize its stores in preparation…
Iranians rushed to a square in Tehran on Monday to mourn the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed when his helicopter crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain. His death ushered in a period of political uncertainty not only in Iran but also in West Asia.Raisi, 63, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and seven others were killed when a plane crashed in a remote area of northwestern Iran on Sunday. The plane’s wreckage was only discovered on Monday morning.During Raisi’s tenure, which began in 2021, Iran has been rocked by mass protests, an economic crisis exacerbated by U.S. sanctions has…