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Israel aims shock-value online campaign at Europe
Israel aims shock-value online campaign at Europe
by  AFP

Israel is running a hard-hitting online campaign targeting mostly Europeans with shocking images and testimonies from the attacks carried out by Islamist militant group Hamas on October 7. The militant group had been using official channels on the Telegram app to push its message, including graphic videos of Israel's bombing of Gaza and clips of the October 7 attacks shot by some of its fighters.

China's electric bus revolution glides on
China's electric bus revolution glides on
by  AFP

On a rainy afternoon in Shenzhen, damp passengers jostle their way onto the megacity's buses, the quiet foot soldiers of an electric revolution for coal-guzzling China's public transport network. Shenzhen ditched diesel buses and went fully electric in 2017 -- a world first -- with its taxi fleet not far behind.

Stocks mixed, oil subdued as traders eye Mideast and central banks
Stocks mixed, oil subdued as traders eye Mideast and central banks
by  AFP

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday, with traders tracking developments in the Middle East crisis as Israel presses on with its ground incursion of Gaza, while hopes the conflict will not spill over regionally kept oil prices subdued. With worries about supplies from the crude-rich Middle East subsiding for now, both main oil contracts edged up slightly Tuesday.

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