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Mikati, currently serving as caretaker PM, was named prime minister-designate by President Michel Aoun on Thursday after binding parliamentary consultations. The billionaire, who has already served in the role three times, received the support of 54 of 128 MPs. Mikati is expected to hold non-binding parliamentary consultations by Monday or Tuesday to elicit MPs’ opinions, and to see whether the new government will be a government of national unity. We got so used to seeing this team disrupting political life; how can we trust that it wants to hold presidential elections on time? Aoun, who is affiliated with the FPM, referred the case to the first investigative judge in Mount Lebanon, requesting the arrest of Salameh and the others, and referring them to the Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, while maintaining the travel ban issued against Salameh.

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Weta Workshop Unleashed! is an exciting new ‘part film set, part creative workshop’ attraction housed in the Sky City Hotel of Auckland City, New Zealand. The resulting experience is an explosion of creativity, mayhem and color that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy through smooth content management from the BrightSign players. All the BrightSign players are locally networked. The push of a single button by a staff member issues commands to multiple players that send either the video or audio and lighting elements to multiple projectors, a surround sound loudspeaker system, and a theatrical intelligent lighting system.

The United Nations announced on Thursday that the presidents of Libya's two rival chambers will meet next week in Geneva to try to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for holding elections. "I am pleased to confirm that House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh and High State Council Speaker Khaled el-Mechri have accepted my invitation to meet at the UN offices in Geneva on 28-29 June to discuss the draft constitutional framework for elections," the UN secretary-general's special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said on Twitter. The mandate of the Tripoli-based government, led by businessman Abdelhamid Dbeibah, theoretically expired on Wednesday under the UN-brokered deal. Rival Prime Minister Fathi Bachagha said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday that it was now up to him to "take charge of all efforts to organise elections in Libya as soon as possible". Libya has been plunged into chaos since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.

Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General said in yesterday’s briefing that the expiration date of 22 June of the current Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s roadmap was based on elections being held prior to the date. The LPDF roadmap set the expiration of the transitional phase on 22 June, which is today, provided that Presidential and Parliamentary elections are held by then, which has not been the case. We therefore urge Libyan leaders to refrain from using the date of 22 June as a tool for political manipulation. The United Nations’ priority in Libya remains to facilitate a return to the electoral process, based on a sound and consensual constitutional and legal basis for elections. The UN remains firmly convinced that elections are the only path to address and renew the democratic legitimacy of all Libyan institutions.’’, Farhan Haq said.

Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, announced Thursday his approval of the proposal of the Oil Minister, Mohamed Aoun, to change the board of directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), headed by Mustafa Sanalla. This came during the eighth regular meeting of the Cabinet for the year 2022, held in the town of Jadu in the west of the country. Dbeibeh demanded that Aoun present candidates to lead the post, instead of Sanalla. The Oil Minister said, during the meeting, that he presented a number of names as proposals to chair NOC Board of Directors, calling for the non-interference of quotas, as the position requires competencies. Dbeibeh said: “We agree with this proposal, and this I think needs to be studied by specialists, after which we submit it for approval.”He explained: “I do not think that quotas will be the first principle and the distribution of positions, I think it should be according to competencies, but it is possible to take quotas as a second principle into consideration, and most importantly, a person from outside the sector should not come to take over NOC board of directors.”

Today, ENGAGE XR (extended reality) Holdings, a virtual reality (VR) immersive communications firm announced a significant partnership with HTC VIVE and The Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University to trial its upcoming ENGAGE Link metaverse service. ENGAGE Link is due for release in Q4 of 2022. We’re excited to share the first look at our professional metaverse, ENGAGE LINK. The firm is rolling out further news and updates to support the launch of ENGAGE Link. ENGAGE Link currently hosts roughly 160 major global brands and clients, including Hauwei, Erricson, the University of Oxford, the US State Department and many more.

Government sources said Imad Trabelsi, commander of the Public Security Service in Tripoli, and Ghaniwa al-Kikli, commander of the Stability Support Force, received an amount of 30 million dinars (about $7 million) from the Central Bank of Libya on Tuesday at the direction of outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. The sources reported the formation of a new agency to consolation for Imad Trabelsi, called the “Desert Patrols and Border Guards Service”, headed by “Mohamed al-Marhani, Imad Trabelsi’s deputy and former Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry of Dbeibeh’s government. The sources confirmed that Dbeibeh is trying to split the Zintan forces, represented by Major General Osama al-Juwaili, and he succeeded in that where he won Trabelsi in his side, who recently announced his joining the Tripoli Protection Force, formed to repel any expected attack from Major General Osama al-Juwaili’s forces.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya H E Najla El Mangoush. QNADoha: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met yesterday with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Libya H E Najla El Mangoush, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, they reviewed cooperation between the two countries and the latest developments in the situation in Libya. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed Qatar’s full support for the Libyan political track, the relevant Security Council resolutions, and all peaceful solutions that preserve Libya’s unity, stability and sovereignty, and achieve the aspirations of its brotherly people for development and prosperity.

Libya’s parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Wednesday his government supported removing all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, guided by a committee set up to safeguard a ceasefire after the 2014-2020 conflict. “We support that approach strongly, strongly, strongly,” he said via a translator, adding that he did not have any relationship with Moscow and that he would work through the 5+5 committee. The role of the Wagner Group in Africa has been put in the spotlight since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, with fears that it could further destabilize the region. That assault was turned back when Turkey brought its own forces into the conflict in support of the Tripoli government. Both Wagner and Turkey have established military bases in Libya and remain there despite a clause in the 2020 ceasefire demanding all foreign forces leave.

The Speaker of Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Saleh, and the head of the High State Council (HSC), Khaled Mishri, have agreed to meet officially at long last. The news was tweeted today by Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Libya, Stephanie Williams. Rounding up the Cairo talks, Williams, said ‘‘The Joint Committee achieved a great deal of consensus on the contentious articles in the Libyan Draft Constitution. I commend the heads of the two chambers for committing to seek consensus on the remaining issues after last week’s Joint Committee meeting in Cairo.’’, Williams said. HoR-HSC Joint Committee Cairo talks end with no agreement on transition or elections (libyaherald.com)

Last week, global interior design superstore IKEA continued its immersive journey with a new AI-powered mixed reality (MR) solution for accurate product visualization. IKEA Kreativ has launched in the US! IKEA Kreativ employs LiDAR scanner technology to power the service, reserving the solution for iOS devices, like the iPhone and iPad. Advanced Planning ToolsIKEA’s Kreativ service also comes packed with useful extended reality (XR) planning tools. The service also enables an individual to design a room via their desktop, although with Office Planner, IKEA supports interior design for enterprises.

Libya’s Attorney General has ordered the pre-trial arrest of two Sahara Bank employees for embezzling LD 2.38 million from several customers’ accounts at the Omar Mukhtar branch in Tripoli. The fraudsters used fake cheques to make cash withdrawals and made internal bank transfers without a request from the account managers. Another person was also arrested for aiding and abetting by receiving the proceeds of crime.

The picture of a 19-year-old’s body hanging lifeless from the ceiling in one of the halls-cum-dorms of the Ain Zara detention centre, south of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, is the latest evidence of the human cost of the country’s detention centres. Thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Libya are languishing in the centres, trapped in endless cycles of detention and abuse with dire repercussions for their mental health and safety. Mustafa said people trapped in the detention centre are growing increasingly desperate as they see little or no hope for the future. Little oversightHussein Baumi, Libya and Egypt campaigner at Amnesty International, told Al Jazeera detention centres in Libya operate with increasingly scarce oversight on the part of international organisations, including the UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). So far in 2022, at least 8,860 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants have been reported as intercepted by the Libyan coastguard and other naval authorities.