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1,501 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 26 percent of the infection rate, according to a Tuesday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said that 34 people died of the virus, while 964 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) discussed on Monday the questioning of the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the request submitted by the government to specify the questioning points in an accurate and specific manner.
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Richard Norland, the U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, wants to postpone Libya’s presidential elections, which is scheduled to be held on December 24 along with the parliamentary elections, sources close to the Libyan National Army (LNA) told The Libya Update.

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Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, met on Sunday with the Economy Minister, Mohamed al-Huwaij, to discuss ways to grease the wheel of national economy and expand the horizons of economic work based on well-studied strategic plans, according to the Council’s Media Office.
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Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi will take part on a ministerial meeting between Libya’s neighboring countries, which is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Algeria, the Tunisian foreign ministry announced on Sunday.

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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, and King Abdullah II of Jordan held joint discussions on enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries during a Sunday meeting in Amman.

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The United States has proposed dividing the Libyan presidential elections into two rounds, according to which, the first round of  presidential elections would take place on 24 December, along with parliamentary elections, and then a second and final round on 15 September 2022, according to The Africa Report.

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Ján Kubiš, the U.N. Envoy to Libya, discussed the latest developments in the country with the Libyan National Army’s representatives of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee during a meeting at the LNA’s headquarters in the eastern town of Rajma on Saturday, according to a brief statement by the LNA’s General Command.

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The Libyan House of Representatives will convene a regular session on Monday after Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh refused to comply with a parliamentary subpoena, the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq announced on Saturday.

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Italy and Russia share the “urgent need” to continue supporting the internal Libyan negotiations, because joint cooperation between the two countries on Libya is “pivotal”, the Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters on Friday during a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Rome.

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