How do you teach your child about sex? It’s a perennial question that has spawned hundreds of illustrated books meant to demystify sexual intercourse. But for the Canadian author Cory Silverberg, there was something lacking. Silverberg, who uses they/them pronouns, felt that books on sex aimed at children often omitted mention of intimacy in the context of disability or gender nonconformity. They wanted to tell a story of how babies are made that would apply to all kinds of children, whether they were conceived the traditional way or through reproductive technologies, whether they live with adoptive or biological parents, and no matter their family configuration.

The Libyan Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, said Sunday that the great popular movement in support of the Libyan government in the East, South and West gives us hope that “the brave national spirit will triumph over the gang of corruption that thought it could buy home with “haram” money.”Bashagha explained that the Western Region Forum clearly indicates the aspiration of the honorable Libyan people for the establishment of a civil and democratic state. The Libyan government stressed the need to communicate with everyone and in all parts of the country, so that it can implement its goals of holding presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible. The Minister of Interior of the Libyan government, Issam Abu Zariba, and the Minister of Health, Othman Abdel-Jalil, and the Minister of Civil Aviation, Hisham Abu Shekiwat, participated in the Zawiya forum. The Minister of Sports, Abdel Salam Ghuwaila, Minister of State for Women’s Affairs, Intisar Abboud, and Minister of State for Displaced and Missing Persons, Ali Kaddour, also participated in the forum.

ROME: More than a thousand migrants arrived in Italy within a few hours while hundreds of others, rescued by humanitarian vessels, were waiting for a port to receive them, NGOs and authorities said Sunday. Between January 1 and July 22, 34,000 people arrived in Italy by sea compared with 25,500 during the same period in 2021 and 10,900 in 2020, Italy’s interior ministry said. The authorities also recovered five bodies of migrants who had died in so far undetermined circumstances. Offshore NGOs continued to recover hundreds of migrants in distress in the Mediterranean. The Central Mediterranean migration route is the most dangerous in the world.

Minister Lavrov announced that he is holding a tour in Africa to coordinate a Russian-African Summit that is scheduled for mid-2023. However, the minister regretted that the sanctions against Russia cripple pushing forward its economic cooperation with African states. As for talks with President Sisi, the Russian minister said that they were fruitful. "We discussed the role of Egypt in Africa and the Middle East, particularly in achieving a settlement to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," Lavrov added. In that context, Minister Shokry said that Egypt reiterates the importance of reaching a diplomatic resolution to the Ukrainian crisis.

The UN Support Mission in Libya has criticized the Deterrence Force guards for their assault of lawyer Abdullah Ali Farahat in the Tripoli Court last Monday. "UNSMIL is concerned by the ongoing harassment, restrictions, and violence targeting lawyers, including the brutal 18 July beating of lawyer Abdullah Ali Farahat... by the Deterrence Apparatus for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism’ (DACOT) guards." The UNSMIL called for the protection of lawyers while performing their duties and said they have an essential role in the pursuit of justice, as it highlighted that in the past six months, three other lawyers have been assaulted and arbitrarily arrested and detained. It called for a full, independent investigation into all attacks against members of the legal profession and for all perpetrators of violence to be held accountable. Last Tuesday, Libya's Bar Association held an emergency meeting to condemn the assault of Lawyer Farahat and pledged to act in response.

At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said on Saturday, while clashes also occurred in Misrata. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland have both called for calm and de-escalation in Libya after days of clashes have left several dead and dozens wounded across Tripoli and Misrata. “Today’s clashes in Misrata demonstrate the dangerous prospect that the recent violence will escalate,” said US Ambassador Richard Norland in a statement on Saturday. “The United States urges all political actors and their supporters among armed groups to stand down in order to avoid escalation and further loss of life”. At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said on Saturday, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital.

Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increase during favourable sea conditions. Most of the 674 migrants were found on a fishing boat 124 miles off the coast of Calabria, the boot of Italy. The migrants were transferred to port cities in Sicily and Calabria on Sunday morning, the statement added. Separately, on Saturday German NGO search and rescue ship Sea-Watch rescued over 400 migrants, including several young children and two pregnant woman, travelling on four overcrowded boats. According to Sea-Watch, flat seas and lack of wind have helped arrivals of migrants to the Italian coasts.

At least 16 people were killed and 52 others were wounded as armed groups loyal to Libya's rival governments continued to fight in the capital Tripoli and in Misurata, the seats of the country's competing leaders. Several sources told AFP that one of the armed groups detained a fighter belonging to the other, leading to violence in the capital. US ambassador Richard Norland called on all political groups and their supporters among armed groups to stand down. The United States urges all political actors and their supporters among armed groups to stand down in order to avoid escalation and further loss of life. The deaths in Tripoli were the first civilian casualties of fighting in the capital since the 2020 truce.

A number of Maltese retail investors have seen their investments disappear after a cannabis investment platform promising massive returns stopped operating, in mysterious circumstances. At least 40 other Maltese investors are believed to have lost their savings with Juicy Fields, filing criminal complaints with the police. The cannabis investment platform supposedly connected micro-investors with small cannabis farmers, to fund crop cultivation that was then legitimately sold. The allure of such lucrative returns was obvious – investors initially were paid out these high returns, convinced that Juicy Fields was a safe deal. The mystery for the thousands of Juicy Fields investors is who exactly the company’s owners are, and where have the millions – possibly billions – invested gone?

The spokesman for the Tripoli branch of the Red Crescent, Karim Diab, said that 122 families were evacuated from areas of clashes; 117 from Al-Moaz project area and the rest from Al-Mashtal Road in Ain Zara. Diab explained in a press statement that the branch received 225 calls from the stranded families, adding that none of the families were injured, as they were transferred from the area of clashes to the nearest safe area to reach their families. He concluded that the evacuation operation was carried out in cooperation with the Deterrence Force and the Judicial Police.

The Fargh field of the Waha Oil Company has restarted pumping gas to the Sarir power station, the National Oil Corporation announced on Saturday. The company said the operation would put the Sarir plant back in service and help reduce the massive power cuts experienced countrywide. "This comes at a time when crude production is approaching one million barrels per day (bpd), with work continuing to reach 1.2 million bpd during the next period," the NOC noted. Last month, the former Chairman of the state-run electricity company, Wiam Al-Abdali, warned that the power crisis would aggravate and called for urgent solutions to provide the company's needs of natural gas.

At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said Saturday, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital. The clashes were between two armed groups with major clout in the west of the war-torn country: the Al-Radaa force and the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade. Several sources said one group’s detention of a fighter belonging to the other had sparked the fighting, which extended to several districts of the capital. “All the wounded received medical care in hospitals” in Tripoli, the health ministry said in a statement. Mitiga, the capital’s sole functioning airport, was closed for several hours on Friday before it reopened late in the day.

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Sixteen people, including civilians, were killed in clashes among rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Health Ministry said Saturday, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital. Misrata is the hometown of both of the rival prime ministers who are vying for control of what remains of a central government. Ambassador Richard Norland called on all political actors and their supporters among armed groups to stand down to avoid escalation. The Tripoli clashes were between two armed groups with major clout in the west of the war-torn country: the Al-Radaa force and the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade. Libya has been gripped by insecurity since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, leaving a power vacuum armed groups have been wrangling for years to fill.

Can the ruling governments contain the dark reminders of a civil war? Rival militias are at each other's throats once again in Tripoli. At least 16 dead, 52 wounded in Libya as rival militias clash https://t.co/KTLJS9x0FX — The National (@TheNationalNews) July 24, 2022The clashes between two armed groups are trending on the social media. Militia battles in Tripoli on Friday, 13 dead, 30 wounded. Oil-rich Libya has remained in turmoil since 2011 when longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi was ousted after four decades in power.