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JANUARY 6, 2022 | The Jewish Home
The Week In News
7.8 Billion on This Earth
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The U.S. Census Bureau has reported an increase of 74 million in the world’s population this past year. The Bureau also predicted that by January 1, 2022, the world’s population would be 7.8 billion, representing a 0.9% growth rate, or an increase of 74 million people, from the same day last year. During 2022, 4.3 births and two deaths are predicted to occur every second. At the same time, the U.S. itself grew by nearly 707,000 people during 2021, and its estimated population on January 1, 2022 was 332.4 million residents, the Bureau said. That represents a growth rate of 0.2% since January 1, 2021. During 2022, one death is expected in the U.S. every 11 seconds, and one birth is expected to occur every nine seconds.
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Beekeepers in Chile want government reform to improve honey prices or provide subsidies to honey producers. Honey production in the country has been hurt by a long-term drought that has withered flowers and crops that are bees’ food sources. This week, beekeepers set around 60 beehives – with around 10,000 bees
– in front of the presidential palace in Santiago. They had wanted to meet with President Sebastian Pinera. Four beekeepers were detained during the protests. Seven police officers were stung. One of the beekeepers, Jose Iturra, said that the drought in the Colina commune north of Santiago was killing the local bee population. “Bees are dying,” Iturra said. “There would be no life if the bees die. That’s what we wanted to highlight with this demonstration.” A representative for the Ministry of Agriculture in the Santiago region said the agency was also concerned about the effect the drought was having on the bees. The government has been providing aid for months to 20 communities experiencing severe water shortages. Droughts and rising temperatures have affected bee populations worldwide. A 2020 study published in the journal Science found that bee populations fell by around 50% in North America and 17% in Europe in one generation.
China Shames Rule Breakers
Videos of COVID-19 rule-breakers being paraded in the streets in China have gone viral and have attracted criticism worldwide. Viewed over seven million times, the footage on Weibo showed heavily armed police and other officers, dressed in Hazmat suits, escorting four men through the southern Chinese city of Jingxi, as the four carry large printouts of their own mug shots. Another video shows the four standing on a public square in front of a large crowd. According to Zhengguan News, the public shaming event took place on Tuesday and involved four people who were caught smuggling foreigners into China, in violation of the country’s COVID-19 rules. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Jingxi’s Public Security Bureau said that the event was organized by
