He definitely has his priorities. US climate czar John Kerry said that he is very worried about a Russian invasion of Ukraine because it is likely to distract the world from talking about climate change and would produce “massive emissions.” “Massive emissions and consequences to the way – but equally important, you’re going to lose people’s focus, you’re going to lose certainly big country attention because they will be diverted and I think it could have a damaging impact,” told the BBC. “So, you know, I think hopefully President Putin would realize that in the northern part of his country, they used to live on 66% of the nation that was over frozen land. Now it’s thawing, and his infrastructure is at risk. And the people of Russia are at risk.

Thanks to the fast response by Boro Park Shomrim, a man who inappropriately touched a women in Boro park was arrested. Boro Park Shomrim tells YWN that awoman walking near Utrecht Avenue and 46th Street in Boro Park was forcibly touched by a suspect who then fled on foot. Boro Park Shomrim were at the scene less than a minute after receiving the call, tracking down the suspect just a block away and activating the NYPD, who arrested the offending male. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

President Joe Biden gave an address on the situation in Ukraine Thursday afternoon, condemning Russia for invading Ukraine and announcing new sanctions and limitations on what goods can be exported to Russia. “This is going to impose severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time. We have purposefully designed these sanctions to maximize a long-term impact on Russia and to minimize the impact on the United States and our allies,” Biden said. Biden added that the 27 EU members and G7 members will participate in these sanctions.

An elderly yeshiva bus driver was the victim of a brutal beating at the hands of a group of teens on Thursday morning in Boro Park. The incident occurred in a parking lot on 49th Street and Old New Utrecht at around 6 am, the NYPD and Shomrim say. As the driver entered his bus, he was confronted by the teens who had been hanging out in the vehicle, who then assaulted him, punching and kicking the helpless man. The driver, a 70-year-old man, was transported to Maimonides Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Shomrim and the NYPD were on the scene in seconds, but the thugs managed to get away. The NYPD and Shomrim are currently searching for the band of five teens, who fled the scene on foot. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Former President Donald Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday night that the Russian invasion of Ukraine wouldn’t have happened if he were still president. “This is something that should have never happened,” he said. “This would not have happened during my administration. In fact, some people were saying, why didn’t this take place over the past four years during my administration? And it didn’t for a very good reason. I’ll explain that to you someday. But it wouldn’t have taken place, and it wouldn’t have taken place right now. It’s a very sad thing for the world, the country, and it is certainly sad for a lot of people that are going to be needlessly killed.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is urging employers who still enforce mask mandates on their employees to knock it off as COVID cases decline. “Any of these big companies that are running these hotels or resorts – liberate your employees from forced masking requirements. They’re all waiting for it,” DeSantis said at a news conference. “Too many businesses, particularly corporate chains, force their employees to wear masks all day,” DeSantis added on Twitter. “This is unfair to the employees, who should have the same choices as everyone else.

A large protest took place on Wednesday night at Jerusalem’s Bar Ilan intersection where Admorim and the head of the Eidah Chareidis, Hagaon HaRav Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, were joined by thousands of Charedim in protesting the construction of the Jerusalem light rail. Approximately 100 policemen were at the scene of the protest, prepared to arrest any protesters who sought to escalate the demonstration into a violent incident. The protest remained peaceful until the rabbanim left, at which point fights between some charedim and police officers broke out and protesters began lighting fires.

Alan, a longtime maintenance worker at Waterbury Yeshiva, spoke up during a mussar seder being led by the rosh yeshiva, R’ Doniel Kalish. Alan expressed his gratitude to the rosh yeshiva and described the philosophy driving Waterbury Yeshiva’s bochurim to ever greater heights: unconditional love. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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An article was published on Tuesday in an Iranian newspaper questioning the reason for the visit of the “Rav of Saudi Arabia,” Rav Herzog, to the Islamic Republic. Entitled: “Trip to Tehran of a Torah Teacher Or A Mossad Agent?” the journalist claimed that Rav Herzog’s frequent trips to Saudi Arabia and the fact that no measures were taken against him in Israel despite his trip to Iran, which is prohibited under “Zionist regime laws,” prove that his trip was for political-security reasons. The official Tasnim news agency also published an article on the matter and interviewed representatives of the Jewish community in Tehran. Dr.

A senior Bahraini foreign ministry official publicly said on Sunday that Israel’s Mossad is active in Bahrain. “There’s intelligence cooperation between Bahrain and Israel,” the undersecretary for the foreign ministry, Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, said at the Munich Security Conference during a session with Defense Minister Benny Gantz called “Abraham Accords and Peace Options.” ” Mossad is in Bahrain and they’re present in the region,” Khalifah began. The skeptical moderator then interrupted the discussion and asked: “Are you making comments or are you being sarcastic? I just want to make sure that everyone understands.” “If you allow me to finish, please,” Khalifah asserted.