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Nov 21, 2024 | 
miamiherald.com | Zia Khan
ISLAMABAD - Gunmen intercepted and fired at a convoy of vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in Pakistan on Thursday, killing 42 people in one of the worse sectarian attacks in recent times amid a surge in deadly violence, an official said. Around a dozen gunmen armed with automatic weapons targeted the convoy on a highway in the northwestern Kurram region near the Afghan border, local police chief Saleem Shah told dpa.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
medium.com | Zia Khan
Zia khan·Follow6 min read·--Bitcoin adoption in futureThe finance world is changing fast, with #bitcoin leading the way. This #cryptocurrency has caught the eye of many, from individuals to governments. It's clear that #bitcoin is set to become a big part of our financial future. #Bitcoin offers a new way to handle money. It's secure, transparent, and doesn't rely on banks. Its technology can make things faster, cheaper, and more accessible.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Qamar Zaman |Zia Khan
ISLAMABAD — Rebels launched coordinated bomb and gun attacks against security forces and civilians in south-western Pakistan, leaving at least 61 people dead, officials said on Monday, the country’s deadliest day in months. At least 19 soldiers were among the dead, while the army said it had eliminated 21 rebels from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
medium.com | Zia Khan
Once purely an artifact of theoretical physics, quantum computing has been impressively moving into a technological reality. What this new computing paradigm offers in terms of problem-solving is no less significant than the implications that come up for global security and data privacy. Quantum computing, risks against current encryption methods, and the urge for quantum-resistant cryptography are explained briefly in the following.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Qamar Zaman |Zia Khan
By Qamar Zaman and Zia Khan, dpa ISLAMABAD - Rebels launched coordinated bomb and gun attacks against security forces and civilians in south-western Pakistan, leaving at least 61 people dead, officials said on Monday, the country's deadliest day in months. At least 19 soldiers were among the dead, while the army said it had eliminated 21 rebels from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Zia Khan |Salam K. Khamas |Erendira Merlos-Garza
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | John McArthur |Zia Khan
Editor's note: This commentary was originally published by Project Syndicate. It draws on insights generated through the 17 Rooms Initiative, convened by the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings and The Rockefeller Foundation. It is a truism in the business world that vision without execution is a hallucination, and execution without vision is futile.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | John McArthur |Zia Khan |Alamgir Khan
Despite significant improvements in some areas, the world is still far from achieving most of the Sustainable Development Agenda’s 169 targets. With six years remaining until the 2030 deadline, it is crucial to develop and implement ambitious, inspiring, yet feasible solutions to humanity’s biggest challenges. It is a truism in the business world that vision without execution is a hallucination, and execution without vision is futile.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Zia Khan
Asia-Pacific banks' debt issuance grew 25% year over year in June, fueled by mainland Chinese and Australian banks seeking to strengthen their capital positions. The region's banks raised $24.31 billion in June, compared with $19.39 billion a year ago, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. But June's figure was down from $27 billion in the prior month. Mainland Chinese and Australian banks accounted for over 70% of the capital raised in June.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
idinsight.github.io | Zia Khan |Poornima Ramesh
Ask-a-Metric is a WhatsApp-based AI data analyst that uses LLMs to answer SQL database queries, facilitating data access for decision-making in the development sector (GitHub). Initially, we used a simple pipeline for rapid feedback but faced challenges in accuracy and building it for scale. We tested an agentic approach with CrewAI, improving accuracy but ending up with high costs and slow response speeds.
