Qualcomm Technologies announced on Thursday that it had boosted its partnership with Samsung Electronics to expand collaboration on the former’s Snapdragon XR platform. The strategic deal will allow the Santa Clara-based firm to expand collaboration for future Samsung products, namely in extended reality (XR), smartphones, laptops, tablets, and others. Very interesting to hear @Qualcomm say that #XR is now part of the extended agreement with @Samsung for licensing and chip supply. — Anshel Sag (@anshelsag) July 27, 2022Both companies aim to continue their success record and commitment to developing XR technologies, including building ecosystems to facilitate device interoperability. He added,“The collaboration between Samsung and Qualcomm spans many years and these agreements reflect our close and long-standing strategic partnership.

273 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 40 percent of the infection rate, according to a Thursday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said 130 have recovered during the same reporting period. The total recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya have exceeded more than 50,000 since the start of the pandemic, while over 490,000 of which have recovered, according to the NCDC. The virus has claimed the lives of 6,404 people. Over two million people received one dose of the vaccination, while more than one million others were vaccinated with two doses.

Oil production in Libya reached over a million barrels per day after the reopening of the wells and export terminals, announced the Tripoli-based government on Thursday. In its Facebook page, the government quoted prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh as saying: “Thanks to the national staff working in the oil sector for their efforts to bring oil production back in record time to 1,133,000 barrels per day”. He added that “work is still going on to reach the normal production rate.”This comes after number of fields and export terminals shut down since mid-April, which led to 50% reduction of oil production with the country producing an average of 560,000 bpd. However, the oil blockade has been lifted in July after change of leadership in the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC), which is the main operator of Libya’s oil production.

CAIRO - 28 July 2022: The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Egypt is very robust and it’s the highest growing sector with a growth rate of 16 percent in 2020/2021, compared to 15.2 percent in 2019/2020, CEO of Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Amr Mahfouz told the Polish-English business magazine, Focus on Business. “The value of Egypt’s digital exports grew from $4.1 billion in 2019/2020 to $4.5 billion in 2020/2021,” he added. According to ITIDA’s CEO, ITIDA offers incentives and assistance designed carefully from an investor's perspective and provided through the entire business lifecycle. It primarily targets to improve the overall cost competitiveness of Egypt's offshoring industry, attract more foreign direct investment and encourage the expansion of existing industry players and investors. Digital Egypt strategy for offshoring industry consists of three main pillars: development of talent capabilities; development of industry ecosystem; and promotion of Egypt in international markets.

Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, offered his praise for the work of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee during a Thursday meeting with one of the committee’s members, Mohamed Haddad, Chief of Staff of forces loyal to the Tripoli-based government. “Those responsible for the militia clashes in recent days would be wise to follow the example set by General Haddad and others: a resounding “no” to renewed armed conflict,” Norland was quoted as saying by the U.S. embassy via Twitter.

The WEF representatives spoke positively of immersive technologies such as cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the blockchain, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The group also takes intrigue into the ways Web3 and DAO platforms can digitally reconnect businesses and communities. DAOs provide businesses with ‘flat’ workplace structures, as opposed to hierarchical ones, giving stakeholder communities more power over conventional executives. Firms can digitally reach out to gig economy-style workforces operating on Metaverse or DAO platforms to provide HR, finance, accounting, and customer experience services. The WEF also outlines how DAO platforms help to connect brands and businesses with audiences.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) aims to block Meta Platforms and Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s Chief Executive and Founder, from buying out Within Unlimited, the organisation announced on Wednesday. Within’s hit fitness app Supernatural has become involved in a fresh anticompetitive case against the Menlo Park-based firm, with the FTC slamming Meta’s “attempt to illegally acquire” the app. Meta already owns a best-selling virtual reality fitness app, and it had the capabilities to compete even more closely with Within’s popular Supernatural app. It added Meta’s acquisition of Beat Saber could potentially weaken competition by limiting innovation after buying out Supernatural. Meta Faces FTC, Earnings WoesThe news comes after the FTC launched an anticompetitive case in January against the metaverse tech giant, along with representatives from North Carolina, New York, and Tennessee.

South Tripoli Court of Appeals has postponed to next Wednesday considering the appeal of Mustafa Sanallah, ex-chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), against the decision to sack him by the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. Dbiebah appointed Farhat Bengdara as new chairman of NOC, saying Sanallah's appointment in 2014 was not legal - a notion communicated also by the Oil and Gas Ministry that said the appointment at the time was temporary by a deputy minister. However, Sanallah said Dbiebah's sacking decision was null and void as his government's legitimacy expired. In the midst of this fuss, US ambassador Richard Norland said it is legal to appeal the NOC's change of board of directors at court but not to use violence.

Arms trafficking from Libya to Niger is back in business2022-07-28Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. Is arms trafficking from Libya to countries in the south on the rise again? After the fall of Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, southward arms flows from Libya rose significantly. A solution to Libya’s current crisis could increase arms trafficking, as local demand decreasesThe new arms flows from Libya aren’t as substantial as those preceding the country’s second civil war, which ended with a ceasefire in October 2020. Niger’s responses to arms trafficking must be strengthened to address this risk.

A decade ago, such domestic violence crimes targeting women were very rare in Libya. Murder for honour crimes includes murder of woman accused of "fornication", whether she is married or not. It is very unlikely that any security "approach would end the women targeted violence", according to Mustafa Ben Yahia, a political analyst. Arab League urges Libya politicians to preserve state institutionsA female Tripoli-based law student, speaking anonymously, told MEMO, "Libyan women are victims of social taboos", preventing them from reporting family violence. She added "they cannot seek divorce" either, since women divorcees in Libya are "immediately outcast", not only by the patriarchal society, but by women, too.

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FILE PHOTO: Koichi Hagiuda, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, speaks at the Sydney Energy Forum in Sydney, Australia, July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/Pool/File PhotoBy Kantaro KomiyaJapan's industry minister Koichi Hagiuda has taken on the additional role as "Green Transformation" minister, leading the country's commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the government's spokesperson said on Wednesday. "Minister Hagiuda is expected to manage administrative processes to realise the transformation of Japan's economy, society and industrial structure based on clean energy...while the stable supply and security of energy resources remains a major principle," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara told a regular news conference. © (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2022.

The so-called Libyan Coast Guard is pursuing refugee boats trying to flee to Europe and escape the militias. For this purpose, the Libyan Coast Guard was supplied with ships and equipment by the EU and thus also by Germany. This should be changed.”Meeting of the Libyan Coast Guard with the Federal PoliceHowever, the Libyans still appear to be a legitimate partner for German authorities. This was revealed at a meeting between the federal police and representatives of the Libyan Coast Guard in early July. One thing is clear: the Libyan Coast Guard is to be further upgraded by Europe.

One hundred and seventy-five Nigerians stranded in Libya were airlifted from the crisis-torn North African country into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late Tuesday. The returnees, who arrived at the cargo wing of the airport aboard Boeing 737-800 Al Buraq Air with registration number 5ADMG, at about 11.50 pm, were received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Nigeria Immigration Service, Refugee Commission, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and police were also represented. NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye, who represented Director-General Mustapha Ahmed, confirmed the development yesterday. ---Abuja Civil Servant reveals (FREE) secret Fruits that Increased his Manh0d size, gives Stronger Erections and ends Premature Erection in 7days...Like this: Like Loading...

Over the past week, fighting in Tripoli and Misrata has claimed at least 17 lives in Libya, many of them civilians. Both Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s two competing prime ministers, and Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, whose internationally recognized administration is based in Tripoli, are from Misrata. The shutdown resulted in a loss of revenue to the Libyan government of more than $3 billion. The third-biggest city in Libya and the location of its main port, Misrata is referred to as the country’s economic center and is seen as a significant source of influence in western Libya. Many others in Misrata share that sentiment, which has given Bashagha an opportunity he did not previously have.