schizoidman

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Castrosua and BYD to launch an articulated e-bus model (with PEI Mobility providing bus bellows) - Sustainable Bus (www.sustainable-bus.com)
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Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian marches across Europe (www.straitstimes.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/42034893

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UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities | Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/27823120

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Russia says countries now ready to supply Iran with nuclear weapons (www.newsweek.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/42036149

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Russia says countries now ready to supply Iran with nuclear weapons (www.newsweek.com)
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Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian marches across Europe (www.straitstimes.com)
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India says it will never restore Indus water treaty with Pakistan (www.reuters.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31781610

NEW DELHI, June 21 (Reuters) - India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad, and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India on Saturday.

India put into "abeyance" its participation in the 1960 treaty, which governs the usage of the Indus river system, after 26 civilians in Indian Kashmir were killed in what Delhi described as an act of terror. The treaty had guaranteed water access for 80% of Pakistan's farms through three rivers originating in India.

Pakistan has denied involvement in the incident, but the accord remains dormant despite a ceasefire agreed upon by the two nuclear-armed neighbours last month following their worst fighting in decades.

"No, it will never be restored," Shah told the daily.

"We will take water that was flowing to Pakistan to Rajasthan by constructing a canal. Pakistan will be starved of water that it has been getting unjustifiably," Shah said, referring to the northwestern Indian state.

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Keir Starmer backs US strike on Iran and calls for Tehran to return to talks (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31809376

Prime minister says Iran’s nuclear programme is a ‘grave threat to international security’

Keir Starmer has backed the US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on Iran to return to negotiations, saying the country’s nuclear programme was a “grave threat to international security”.

Donald Trump announced overnight that the US had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, joining Israel’s attack on the Tehran regime.

There was no UK involvement in the action. Starmer and the foreign secretary, David Lammy, had pushed for a diplomatic solution amid fears a wider action could further destabilise the region.

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[Opinion] Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23646809

Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now

The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding, says campaigner Dale Vince

How green is this? We pay billions of pounds to cut down ancient forests in the US and Canada, ship the wood across the Atlantic in diesel tankers, then burn it in a Yorkshire-based power station.

Welcome to the scandal of Drax, where Britain’s biggest polluter gets to play climate hero. [...]

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Israel's attacks are not illegal, while Russia has violated international order by its war against Ukraine, says Merkel (euromaidanpress.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/41990967

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Israel's attacks are not illegal, while Russia has violated international order by its war against Ukraine, says Merkel (euromaidanpress.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/41990967

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Israel's attacks are not illegal, while Russia has violated international order by its war against Ukraine, says Merkel (euromaidanpress.com)
Singapore aims to ramp up autonomous vehicle use to boost public transport network in c/publictransport@slrpnk.net
[–] schizoidman@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago
There isn't anything on removing bus drivers at the moment.

Bus drivers need to be recruited and trained, which can take six months to a year, Mr Siow said. There is also a need to buy buses and build depots and interchanges.

“All of us want... more bus services, more frequent buses. But behind every bus, there are two, two and a half, maybe more bus drivers, and it’s just very difficult to get,” he added.

The authorities had also considered minibus services, but the maths did not work out when a driver was added to the equation, Mr Siow said.

It seems the autonomous bus will be mini buses and routes will change depending on the requirements

deploying smaller-capacity driverless vehicles “fairly extensively” on fixed routes within HDB estates.

These routes can be changed as needed, with self-driving minibuses and shuttles taking people to transport nodes during peak hours, and then places such as polyclinics or community centres during off-peak times.

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