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San Francisco's race for robo-taxis cleaves sharp divide over safety
San Francisco's race for robo-taxis cleaves sharp divide over safety
by  AFP

A driverless taxi slows down on a dark San Francisco street and is quickly surrounded by a group of masked figures. Using traffic cones stolen from the streets, the activists have been disabling driverless taxis operated by Waymo and Cruise -- the only two companies currently authorized in San Francisco.

Lebanon economic crisis means more work for craftsmen
Lebanon economic crisis means more work for craftsmen
by  AFP

Among meandering alleyways in the historic market of Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, cobblers and menders are doing brisk business, as an economic crisis revives demand for once-fading trades. "Repairs are in high demand," said Bizri, 48, who learned the trade from his father.

London's new 'super sewer' to end Thames pollution blight
London's new 'super sewer' to end Thames pollution blight
by  AFP

The door of the steel box lift clanks shut and a crane slowly lowers construction workers building London's "super sewer" 40 metres (130 feet) to the bottom of an enormous vertical shaft. The new 25-kilometre (15-mile) "super sewer", which is 7.2 metres in diameter, snakes from west to east following the curves of the river.

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