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The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is closely monitoring the testing and use of self-driving vehicles in the state, following California's decision to ban General Motors' Cruise from using its vehicles in autonomous mode. ADOT stated that it will make adjustments to a company's ability to test and operate self-driving vehicles in Arizona if necessary to safeguard public safety. California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suspended Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permit. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/G52FrWI

The number of people displaced from their homes worldwide is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said Wednesday- a record figure. The main drivers in the first half of 2023 were the conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo; a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan; and a combination of drought, floods and insecurity in Somalia, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said. "The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations globally is likely to have exceeded 114 million at the end of September," it said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/bl97r2o