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International passengers arrive at JFK airport as the US reopens to vaccinated visitors, ending 20 months of Covid-19 restrictions that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties. IMAGES
If you've been keeping track of new technology, you have probably heard of self-driving cars. Well, driverless cars took a major leap forward last weekend in Germany. German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt and chairman of Deutsche Bahn Ruediger Grube were among the passengers of the first self-driving bus journey in Germany, a development that may radically change transportation, not only in Europe, but all over the world. The bus, dubbed “Olli”, made several rounds around the Euref-Campus premises in Berlin, and is due to undergo further testing in DB’s Bavaria-based Bad Birnbach test track before it will can be approved to hit the open roads.
Taiwan's Investment Commission is set to order Uber Technologies Inc. to exit the domestic market, saying the global ride-hailing giant misrepresented its business as an internet-based information technology platform rather than a transportation service. Kirsty Basset reports.
After it was known that ride-sharing application Uber had double its value to 40 billion USD in just 6 months, the American company has been suspended by a Spanish court. India has also set a ban on the app in New Delhi after a driver allegedly raped a woman last week while other countries are also considering a ban.
Another country temporarily bans the mobile phone app Uber. As Ciara Lee reports, a judge in Spain has ruled it might create unfair competition and doesn't have official permission to operate in the country.
U.S. online ride-hailing service Uber has been banned from operating in New Delhi, amid accusations of rape by a female passenger against one of its drivers. Jillian Kitchener reports.