WASHINGTON -- Popular video-sharing app TikTok was granted by the U.S. government a 15-day extension to reach a deal with U.S. buyers, a federal court filing showed Friday.

This means the deadline for ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, to reach a deal with Oracle and Walmart has been extended from Nov. 12 to Nov. 27, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (US-TikTok-Extension)

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TRIPOLI -- Representatives across the Libyan social and political spectrum have agreed to hold national elections in December next year, said the UN Mission in Libya on Friday.

The 75 representatives reached this agreement at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, an inclusive intra-Libyan political dialogue platform, said Stephanie Williams, head of the UN Support in Libya, in a virtual press conference. (Libya-UN-Elections)

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CANBERRA -- The Australian government has announced it will introduce legislation that will allow it to declare a state of national emergency during future bushfire crises.

The government on Friday released its response to the landmark Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, which was established in the wake of the 2019-20 "Black Summer" bushfires. (Canberra-Australia-Bushfire)

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NEW YORK -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday refuted U.S. President Donald Trump's claim about New York state's preparation for COVID-19 vaccination, saying it "untrue."

"What the president says is just untrue ... We trust the drug companies," Cuomo told CNN's Situation Room. (US-COVID-19-Trump) Enditem

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