Southern Libya representatives complain to UN government’s marginalization of the region
He offered condolences to the families of those killed in the blast and wished the injured a speedy recovery. He explained ongoing UN efforts to address concerns of the people in the South, and encouraged the delegates to also raise their voices through appropriate avenues, the Mission said. Zenenga expressed UNSMIL’s concern about the delegation’s report that an air ambulance dispatched to provide medical evacuation of victims injured during Monday’s fuel tanker accident was not permitted to land. He supported the delegation’s call for a full investigation, it added.
Source:Libya Today
August 04, 2022 14:33 UTC
Unity, Capgemini Partner for Metaverse Consulting
Unity Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Capgemini to offer consultations to firms seeking metaverse solutions, the latter revealed on Wednesday. According to the agreement, both companies will collaborate on “sector-specific solutions” in the multi-year partnership. Capgemini will also offer its Metaverse Lab featuring senior technology experts from its Group Executive Committee. The Lab will work to develop future human-machine interfaces (HMIs), digital twins, metaverse work platforms, blockchains, and decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs), it added. Echoing Brier’s statements, Marc Whitten, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Unity Create Solutions, added the partnership would “accelerate the adoption of real-time 3D technologies” for numerous industries.
Source:Libya Today
August 04, 2022 12:45 UTC
EU gears up for post-Gaddafi role in Libya
"Our vision is that the UN and the EU will play a leading role in the post-Gaddafi period. The announcement about the EU liaison office in Benghazi was made last week in Strasbourg by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. On Tuesday, after meeting Ashton, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said that her government is "working with the EU to support the Transitional National Council, and we welcome the EU's decision to open an office in Benghazi and the ongoing EU support for humanitarian assistance." "I went to Benghazi to assess the intentions and credibility of the Transitional National Council and Libyan opposition," Sikorski wrote on Project Syndicate on Sunday. The EU considers the TNC a legitimate political interlocutor, Sikorski told the opposition leaders, urging them to live up to the standards of a democratic and transparent government.
Source:Libya Today
August 04, 2022 10:33 UTC
Biden to Sign CHIPS Act for Semiconductors, XR Tech
US President Joe Biden is set to sign off on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) Act to back semiconductors and emerging technologies, media reported on Thursday. The CHIPS Act provides $52 billion in government funding for semiconductor research and development (R&D) along with tax credits to build new chip fab plants worth up to $24 billion. In a White House statement, President Biden said,“The bill will supercharge our efforts to make semiconductors here in America. XRA worked closely with lawmakers to successfully advocate for #immersivetechnologies to be incorporated into the CHIPS Act & launched an action center. Organisations such as the Washington, DC-based XR Association lauded the Act’s approval, stating it was a “significant technology of the future” and “a critical part” of the emerging technology ecosystem.
Source:Libya Today
August 04, 2022 10:25 UTC
Studies find black teens experience racism while online all the time
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Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 23:49 UTC
How pet custody is working these days
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Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 21:06 UTC
EU drone helping Libya return migrants to ‘torture and exploitation’, says rights group
A European Union drone is helping Libyan forces intercept boats carrying migrants in the Mediterranean, who are then “hauled back to arbitrary detention and abuse”, according to Human Rights Watch. The drone, operated out of EU member Malta, plays a “crucial role” detecting boats leaving Libya, information that the EU’s border agency, Frontex, then hands to the Libyan coastguard, the international rights group said on Monday. Human Rights Watch, which is based in New York, said the EU had withdrawn its own vessels and installed a network of aerial assets run by private companies. It said Frontex had deployed the drone out of Malta since May 2021, and its flight patterns showed the crucial role it plays in detecting boats close to the Libyan coast. “Frontex claims the surveillance is to aid rescue, but the information facilitates interceptions and returns to Libya… [despite] overwhelming evidence of torture and exploitation of migrants and refugees in Libya,” the non-governmental organization said in a statement.
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 20:51 UTC
Protesters close municipal council of Bent Bayya
Protestors in Libya’s southern town of Bent Bayya closed entrance to the town’s municipal council on Tuesday. This comes in the aftermath of fuel tanker explosion that took place in the town few days, which resulted in the death of at least 8 people and more than 70 injured. To voice anger towards the council’s handling of the deadly incident, the protestors used one of the cars that were burned in the explosion to block the council’s entry gate. The Municipal Council of Bent Bayya had blamed current and past governments for the incident as well as the Brega Oil Company, which owns the exploded tanker.
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 18:32 UTC
Bashagha’s deputies hold talks with Dutch ambassador
Today in Benghazi, Ali Faraj Al-Qatrani and Salem Al-Zadma, both are deputies of Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha, met with the Netherlands’ Ambassador to Libya, Dolf Hogewoning, to discuss “bilateral relations between the two countries,” as per statement from Bashagha’s government. During the meeting, the three officials discussed several issues concerning Libya, including the situation in the country’s southern region, the migration crisis and human trafficking. The two deputies stressed upon “the importance of investment cooperation between the two countries in the presence of one stable government,” reads the statement. For his part, the Dutch ambassador expressed “his happiness at the reception and hospitality he received in Benghazi” and offered his sincere condolences for the victims of the fuel tanker explosion in the municipality of Bent Bayya. According to the Libyan government, Hogewoning said that his country is keen to support stability in all parts of Libya by achieving national reconciliation to reach the elections.
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 18:32 UTC
How to Interpret the Kansas Referendum on Abortion
Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | StitcherThis episode contains mention of sexual assault. Kansas this week became the first U.S. state since the fall of Roe v. Wade to put the question of abortion directly to the electorate. The result was resounding. Voters chose overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights, an outcome that could have important political reverberations for the rest of the country.
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 10:48 UTC
Doctors Leverage VR to Separate Conjoined Twins
London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital has assisted Brazilian surgeons in separating conjoined twins using virtual reality (VR) digital twins of the patients, it was this week. The surgical team underwent months of preparation using #VR cross-continentally to share expertise and practice techniques, developing a plan to separate their fused brains. Surgeons also used VR headsets to remotely operate in the same virtual room to prepare for the procedure. Medical XR for the FutureGlobal firms have begun developing the next generation of medical solutions using XR platforms aimed at training professionals, providing therapies and data workflows, and performing remote procedures. Firms such as GigXR, Osso VR, CREDERSI, Hatsumi, Virti, and PrecisionOS have also created medical trainers, leading to a surge in XR healthcare solutions to instruct future surgeons and doctors.
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 09:59 UTC
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Libya’s oil production has risen in the past two weeks, raising hope the OPEC member’s exports can stabilize at more than 1 million barrels a day. Yet the risk of conflict remains https://t.co/q7A3HLSPeE— Bloomberg (@business) August 3, 2022(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 06:35 UTC
President Buhari Blames Libya For Insecurity In Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the instability in Libya as the main cause of insecurity in Nigeria and the Sahel region. “The devastating effect of global insecurity, climate change and the post COVID-19 era has devastated global economies. “The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has undermined the progress countries have achieved in tackling food security in the last decade. While, the political instability in Libya continues to fuel terrorism in the Sahel, as well as scuttle democratic sustenance in both West and Central African regions. “Nigeria is not left out of the equation, as we are fighting to rid our country of banditry, kidnapping, herder/farmer crisis and insurgency.
Source:Libya Today
August 03, 2022 01:52 UTC
Western countries shipping refugees to poorer nations in exchange for cash
In exchange for money paid to the receiving country, asylum-seekers are sent to those poorer countries to enable wealthier nations to circumvent international legal obligations to those seeking asylum. Beyond RwandaThe use of countries like Rwanda by Western states is on the rise. They each provide financial aid packages to the respective low-income countries in exchange for preventing migrant mobility and absorbing deported asylum-seekers. Between 2007 and 2016, the UK deported 2,748 young people to war-torn and unstable countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Syria. In addition, between 2013 and 2018, Israel paid $5,000 for every African migrant deported to Rwanda under a “voluntary” migration agreement.
Source:Libya Today
August 02, 2022 20:34 UTC