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The streets of West London were awash with colour as dancers made the most of the fine weather for the Children’s Day Parade. The Notting Hill event, held over the August Bank Holiday is Europe’s largest street carnival and celebrates Caribbean culture and history. One group of dancers wore Phoenix-like wings on their backs, while another group were decked out in all-red outfits and third group wore eye-catching flamboyant dresses. Those who had come to watch and soak up the party atmosphere were soon covered in paint and flour as they took part in J’ouvert, the traditional opening to the…

South Korean restaurants are using AI robots to cope with labor shortages. Robots made in China are vastly cheaper than those from South Korea. There are fears that the cut-price competition could hit Korea’s robotics industry. Tech executives in South Korea are concerned that a flood of cheap Chinese robots is undermining their own attempts to sell their own devices, a report says. South Korea has embraced robot waiters in restaurants as a response to labor shortages caused in part by a demographic crisis. Data from the Korean Association of Robot Industry shared with the Financial Times showed there were…

Veterans Affairs investigators discovered that thousands of American pilots may have falsified their medical history.sharrocks/Getty Images Federal officials are probing roughly 5,000 pilots suspected of withholding major health issues, per The Washington Post. Veterans Affairs investigators stumbled on the health record inconsistencies over two years ago. Some veterans who have been temporarily grounded feel as though they’re being singled out. Federal authorities have been probing roughly 5,000 pilots who officials believe may have falsified their medical records to hide that they were earning benefits for significant health issues that could imperil their ability to fly safely, The Washington Post reported.…

A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander are expected to lift off Sunday night. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launch, already rescheduled twice due to bad weather, will occur aboard an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:26 p.m. ET Sunday, or 9:26 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Monday. The event will stream live on JAXA’s YouTube channel, offering a broadcast in both English and Japanese. The live stream will begin at 7:55 p.m. ET Sunday. The XRISM satellite (pronounced “crism”), also called the X-Ray Imaging and…

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will lay out the first details of her sprawling anti-racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and 17 other co-defendants at a federal court hearing on Monday morning. This will be the first time that substantive arguments will be made in court about the four criminal cases brought against Trump this year. The subject of the hearing, set to begin at 10 a.m., is Meadows’ motion to move his case to federal court and possibly have it thrown out, but it’s much more than that –…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has debunked the claims that the regional bloc was being remotely controlled by foreign powers to attack the Niger Republic. Omar Alieu Touray, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, disclosed this on Friday while addressing a press conference in Abuja. President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic was ousted July 26 in a military coup led by the former commander of Niger’s presidential guard, Abdourahamane Tchiani. The action that ECOWAS condemned and called on the junta to return power to the democratically elected president. “Let me reiterate that fifth columnists have unfortunately been…

The Carnival is one of the longest running street parties in the world and the largest street party in Europe. Over two million people, including thousands of tourists, attend each year to follow the three-mile parade through W10. Expect an amazing parade showcasing the best of mas dancing, soca, calypso, steel bands and sound systems. When is Notting Hill Carnival 2023? Saturday 26 August to Monday 28 August. What is the Notting Hill Carnival 2023 line-up? Saturday 26 August Panorama. The UK’s biggest steel pan competition at Emslie Horniman Pleasance Park, 16:00-23:00 BST. Sunday 27 August J’Ouvert – Sainsburys Ladbroke…

The UN chief called Thursday (Aug. 24) the global financial structure ‘outdated, dysfunctional and unjust.’ Antonio Guterers said the “pandemic [had] underscored once again” the system’s flaws. “[The financial system] has failed in its basic function as a global safety net. And so, it needs deep structural reform,” he added. As he urged for a reform at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, Guterres also stressed the importance of a U.N. charter and international law-based multi’lateralism. “We are entering a multipolar world. But history has shown, time and again, that multipolarity without strong multilateral institutions is no guarantee for stability. It…

Somalia’s bid to join the East African Community seems to have come at the right time as the bloc also seeks expansion to include nearly everyone in the Horn of Africa. More than a decade since Mogadishu first filed interest, all indications are that Somalia could be the eighth member of the bloc by end of the year. That has raised criticism as well, with some quarters terming the pace “too fast” (Somalia resubmitted the bid late last year) for a country still at war with itself and several other governance problems. The EAC says it will not stop at…

Donald Trump recently “sold” Mar A Lago, his beloved home in Florida, according to property records. However, a bit of investigation recently revealed that the ownership did not, in fact, leave Trump’s hands. Rather, he transferred it into a corporation. The owner of the corporation has a very familiar name, his son – Donald Trump Jr. Donald Trump’s booking sheet seems to suggest he sold Mar-a-Lago earlier this month. A copy of Donald Trump’s booking sheet was made public by Fulton County Sheriff’s office. The ex-president listed his address as 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480. But, one…