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Taxi driver unions protest Uber's return to Barcelona
Read full article: Taxi driver unions protest Uber's return to BarcelonaA taxi driver stands next to his cab as they march slowly blocking the traffic along one of the avenues in Barcelona downtown, Spain, Thursday, March 18, 2021. Hundreds of yellow-and-black cabs disrupted Barcelona's road traffic on Thursday to protest against the return of the ride-hailing giant Uber to the northeastern city after a 2-year hiatus. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)BARCELONA ā Hundreds of yellow-and-black taxi cabs disrupted traffic in Barcelona on Thursday to protest the return of the ride-hailing giant Uber to the northeastern Spanish city after a 2-year hiatus. AdThe return has angered cab driver unions in the Catalonia region's capital. Representatives of the Elite Taxi union called drivers who are working with Uber ātraitorsā and called the company's re-entry in Barcelona illegal.
Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope
Read full article: Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescopeFILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 file photo, provided by the Arecibo Observatory, shows the damage done by a broken cable that supported a metal platform, creating a 100-foot (30-meter) gash to the radio telescope's reflector dish in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Itās a blow for the telescope that more than 250 scientists around the world were using. The telescope was built in the 1960s and financed by the Defense Department amid a push to develop anti-ballistic missile defenses. Repairs from Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, were still underway when the first cable snapped. The most recent damage was likely the result of the cable degrading over time and carrying extra weight after the auxiliary cable snapped, the university said.