A gigantic swarm of locusts that belong to a plague that has ravaged millions of acres of crops across east Africa has been spotted reaching the Chinese border. Billions of the insects have destroyed food supplies across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in what has been described as the worst plague for decades. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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First it was racist audio of Bloomberg’s 2015 comments defending the stop-and-frisk policing strategy at an Aspen Institute event was spread on social media by activist Benjamin Dixon. Now, video has resurfaced with disparaging comments that Bloomberg made on “PBS NewsHour” about black and Latino men while he was promoting the Young Men’s Initiative, a $127 million, three-year collaboration between his own foundation, the Open Society Institute and the city of New York. The Young Men’s Initiative was designed to improve work opportunities for underserved communities and to “attract industries that can use the people here who are unemployed.” In the PBS interview, however, Bloomberg insulted the same communities his initiative was supposed to be serving.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world’s richest man, said in an Instagram post that he’ll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect Earth. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change,” Bezos said in the post. Amazon, the company Bezos runs, has an enormous carbon foodprint. Last year, Amazon officials said the company would work to have 100% of its energy use come from solar panels and other renewable energy by 2030. The online retailer relies on fossil fuels to power planes, trucks and vans in order to ship billions of items all around the world.

Another religious motorcycle driver, 43, was killed on Monday morning when he was hit by a car near Moshav Sitria on Highway 40 close to Rechovot. The victim was identified at Nir Yochai Shimon Z”L. Less than 24 hours earlier, on Sunday afternoon, Avi Weinberg, 24, a Bnei Brak resident, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck. “It was an accident between a private car and a motorcycle,” said Ichud Hatzalah paramedic Avraham Arnon about the tragic accident on Monday morning. “The motorcycle driver suffered multi-system trauma and unfortunately, his death was pronounced at the scene of the accident,” The accident resulted in the 9th fatality of motorcycle drivers in 2020, according to Israel’s National Road Safety Authority.

Former President Barack Obama appeared to take a rare political jab at his successor in a tweet Monday that cast aspersions on President Trump’s claims that he deserves credit for recent economic gains, a key reelection platform for the 45th president. “Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history,” Obama said, including with the tweet a picture of his signature on the 2009 stimulus package. The tweet was a rare swipe at Trump by Obama, who has largely stayed out of the 2020 election cycle.

The condition IDF soldier who was seriously injured in the ramming attack in Jerusalem two weeks ago continues to make improvements. Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem tells the media that he has been released from the ICU and transferred into a neurosurgery department at the hospital. As YWn reported, the soldier is Ori Hamond, a lone soldier from San Diego who made aliyah last year and joined the IDF in November. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

An Arab attempted to stab a Border Police officer at a security check post by Mearas Hamachpeila early Monday afternoon. During the inspection, the Arab put on his jacket which raised the suspicion of the officer on duty who prepared to carry out a more thorough inspection on him. Suddenly the Arab pulled a knife from his jacket and attacked the police officer with it. Fortunately, the border police officer’s protective vest resulted in the knife breaking during the assault. Border Police officers overcame the Arab without drawing fire and the incident ended without injuries. The 19-year-old Arab, a resident of the village of Ramadin, was arrested and transferred to security forces for interrogation.

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc as a third Israeli aboard the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama port in Japan, was confirmed to have contracted the virus on Sunday evening. Earlier on Sunday, Japan’s Health Ministry announced that two Israelis, a married couple, tested positive for the virus. All three Israelis have been transferred to local Japanese hospitals for medical treatment. Also, on Sunday, Israel’s Health Ministry announced that Israelis returning from trips to Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau will be required to self-quarantine at home for two weeks and according to a Channel 12 News report, anyone violating the quarantine period could receive a prison sentence of up to seven days.

Democratic presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer were unable to name Mexico’s president during a Nevada candidate forum in Las Vegas. Klobuchar, Steyer, and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg were asked during separate televised interviews with Telemundo on Friday whether they could name Mexico’s leader, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador. Watch the two embarrassing videos below:
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A YWN video from 2011 is being used nationally against Bloomberg campaign where he1 predicts that Oabmacare will implode. The video was from when Nachum Segal was sitting Shiva for brother R’ Moshe Z”L. In the video, the Segal family notes that their brother was in the emergency room for 73 hours before he died and they wonder what can be done about emergency room overcrowding. “It’s going to get worse with the health care bill and with the government’s cutbacks,” Bloomberg said. “All of these costs keep going up. Nobody wants to pay any more money, and at the rate we’re going, health care is going to bankrupt us.” “If you show up with prostate cancer and you’re 95 years old, we should say, ‘Go and enjoy. Have a nice (inaudible). Live a long life.