{"id":9166,"date":"2025-05-23T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:50:30","slug":"former-president-biden-has-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/former-president-biden-has-prostate-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Biden Has Prostate Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WORLD NEWS FLASH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UNITED STATES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 18, the citizens of the United States of America heard shocking news about their former leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That evening, a release through the office of former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. announced to the nation that he had an \u201caggressive\u201d form of prostate cancer, but that it was treatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms\u2026 On Friday (May 16) he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management\u2026 The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support,\u201d Biden posted on X (fka Twitter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMelania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden\u2019s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery,\u201d current President Donald J. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Trump is not a close ally of the former POTUS, other former high ranking officials that are a part of his circle chimed in with words of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Doug and I are saddened to learn of President Biden\u2019s prostate cancer diagnosis,” Harris posted. “We are keeping him, Dr. Biden, and their entire family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter – and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience, and optimism that have always defined his life and leadership. We are hopeful for a full and speedy recovery,” Biden VP Kamala Harris posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMichelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery,\u201d Biden\u2019s former boss President Barack Obama posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy friend Joe Biden\u2019s always been a fighter. Hillary and I are rooting for him and are keeping him, Jill, and the entire family in our thoughts,\u201d 42nd POTUS Bill Clinton posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, Biden\u2019s eldest son Beau died of cancer. The Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative, championed by his father, is named after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASS SHOOTING UPDATE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information from 5-20-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 Mass Shooting Stats: (Source: Mass Shooting Tracker, https:\/\/www.massshootingtracker.site\/data\/?year=2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Total Mass Shootings: 138<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Total Dead: 188<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Total Wounded: 137<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shootings Per Day: 0.99<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Days Reached in Year 2025 as of noon May 20: 140<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    MIDDLE EAST<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    AID FINALLY RETURNS TO GAZA\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring humanitarian needs, UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric said on May 20. He stressed that the assistance must be delivered swiftly and directly to those most in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Dujarric told journalists in New York that UN humanitarians were sending flour, medicines, nutrition supplies and other basic items through to the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing – a day after they managed to bring in baby formula and other nutrition supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe first trucks of vital baby food are now inside Gaza after 11 weeks of total blockade, and it is urgent that we get that assistance distributed. We need much, much more to cross,\u201d he said, speaking from New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u202fIn the face of mounting international objections over the total blockade imposed on March 2 – and condemnation over the risk of widespread famine – Israel started to allow a handful of aid trucks to enter Gaza on May 19, while simultaneously intensifying its military offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The aid blockade has pushed the entire population, more than two million people, to the brink of famine, amid ongoing bombardment and recurrent displacement orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said Israel cleared nine aid trucks to cross the Kerem Shalom border on Monday, but only five were allowed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mr. Dujarric said Israel requires supplies to be offloaded on the Palestinian side of Kerem Shalom. Items are then reloaded separately once the authorities secure humanitarian teams\u2019 access from inside Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cOnly then are we able to bring any supplies closer to where people in need are sheltering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On May 20, one of the UN teams waited for several hours before being given the green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cSo, just to make it clear, while more supplies have come into the Gaza Strip, we have not been able to secure the arrival of those supplies into our warehouses and delivery points,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    UN humanitarians\u202fhave received permission\u202ffrom Israel for \u201caround 100\u201d more aid trucks to cross into the Strip, but they said the scale of relief efforts allowed remains entirely insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cNot enough. Five trucks, nowhere near. Not enough,\u201d\u202fsaid Louise Wateridge, a spokesperson for the UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA, in reference to the trickle of aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    She was speaking to journalists in Geneva from a warehouse full of ready-to-be-delivered supplies in Amman, Jordan, with enough food to feed 200,000 Palestinian civilians for an entire month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cEverything around me is aid that is supposed to be in the Gaza Strip right now,\u201d\u202fshe explained, as warehouses and distribution centers lay empty in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cLook at what the UN could do,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe’ve done it: the ceasefire, the bombs stopped, the supplies went in. We reached every area of the Gaza Strip. We reached people who needed it most. We reached children. We reached the elderly. The supplies went everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Meanwhile, hundreds have been killed in attacks in recent days, according to the Gaza health authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They also report that the Indonesian Hospital was attacked on May 19, damaging electrical generators and forcing the facility to suspend services. Fifty-five people were there as of that day, including patients and medical staff, with critical shortages of water and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Furthermore, an Israeli airstrike reportedly hit a school in An Nuseirat area, killing seven people and injuring others. Two UNRWA staff members were among those killed. Their deaths push the total number of agency personnel killed during the war to over 300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In other developments: Israel issued another displacement order on Tuesday, affecting 26 neighborhoods in northern Gaza. Overall, some 80 percent of the Gaza Strip is now either subject to displacement orders or located in Israeli-militarized zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    UN partners estimate that more than 41,000 people were displaced following the evacuation order on Tuesday. They further estimate that since May 15, more than 57,000 people were displaced in southern Gaza and more than 81,000 were displaced in the north due to intensified hostilities and recurrent displacement orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    UNITED KINGDOM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2026BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH ISRAEL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In response to the persistent cycle of serious violence undertaken by extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, the Foreign Secretary has announced new sanctions May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The measures target 3 individuals, including prominent settler leader Daniella Weiss, as well as 2 illegal outposts and 2 organizations that have supported, incited and promoted violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These individuals and entities are now subject to measures including financial restrictions, travel bans, and director disqualifications, and will follow 18 other individuals, entities, and companies already sanctioned relating to serious violence against communities in the West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The measures follow a dramatic surge in settler violence in the West Bank, with the UN recording over 1,800 attacks by settlers against Palestinian communities since Jan. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In a statement to Parliament, the Foreign Secretary is also set to announce the formal pause of free trade agreement negotiations with Israel, effective immediately. While the UK government remains committed to the existing trade agreement in force, it is not possible to advance discussions on a new, upgraded FTA with a Netanyahu government that is pursuing egregious policies in the West Bank and Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    His statement will address latest developments on the ground in Gaza, making clear the UK\u2019s complete opposition to the IDF\u2019s new, extensive ground operation through Gaza, the threat of starvation for the Gazan population, and the UK\u2019s condemnation of the Israeli government\u2019s plans to drive Gazans from their homes into a corner of the Strip. The Foreign Secretary will also repeat UK demands that Hamas release all the hostages immediately and unconditionally and reiterate that Hamas cannot continue to run Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The new steps follow a joint statement issued by the Prime Minister along with the leaders of France and Canada, setting out their strong opposition to the expansion of Israel\u2019s military operations in Gaza and to illegal settlements in the West Bank. They also made clear that if Israel does not cease this action, further action will be taken in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy said, \u201cI have seen for myself the consequences of settler violence. The fear of its victims. The impunity of its perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe sanctioning of Daniella Weiss and others today demonstrates our determination to hold extremist settlers to account as Palestinian communities suffer violence and intimidation at the hands of extremist settlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe Israeli government has a responsibility to intervene and halt these aggressive actions. Their consistent failure to act is putting Palestinian communities and the two-state solution in peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe announcement comes as Minister for the Middle East Hamish Falconer summons Israel\u2019s Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office over the expansion of military operations in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Minister for the Middle East Hamish Falconer said, \u201cToday I will set out to Ambassador Hotovely the government\u2019s opposition to the wholly disproportionate escalation of military activity in Gaza and emphasize that the 11-week block on aid to Gaza has been cruel and indefensible. I will urge Israel to halt settlement expansion and settler violence in the West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cIsrael must abide by its obligations under International Humanitarian Law and ensure full, rapid, safe and unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza. The limited amount of aid entering is simply not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cWe must get an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages and a path to a two-state solution is the only way to ensure the long-term peace and security of both Palestinians and Israelis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WORLD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    FIGHTING FUTURE PANDEMICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the world\u2019s first-ever international agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics. The new accord marks a major step towards ensuring stronger global cooperation to protect lives and avoid the devastating consequences of future outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The effects of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt. Around seven million people died, health systems were overwhelmed, and the global economy was practically driven to a standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The global turmoil prompted a stunned international community to pursue an agreement aimed at preventing such a catastrophic event from happening again \u2013 and ensuring the world is far better prepared in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The landmark decision was made at the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Although the formal adoption was on May 20, the WHO\u2019s Member States overwhelmingly approved the agreement on May 19 (124 votes in favor, 0 objections, 11 abstentions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This meant that, rather than a nail-biting vote with last-minute surprises (ahead of the conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, only felt able to express \u201ccautious optimism\u201d), the adoption by consensus had a celebratory feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action,\u201d declared Tedros. \u201cIt will ensure we, collectively, can better protect the world from future pandemic threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cIt is also a recognition by the international community that our citizens, societies and economies must not be left vulnerable to again suffer losses like those endured during COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The pandemic laid bare gross inequities between and within countries, when it came to diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines, and a core aim of the agreement is to plug gaps and treat any future pandemics in a fairer and more efficient way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cNow that the Agreement has been brought to life, we must all act with the same urgency to implement its critical elements, including systems to ensure equitable access to life-saving pandemic-related health products,\u201d announced Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, Secretary of the Philippines Department of Health, and President of this year\u2019s World Health Assembly, who presided over the Agreement\u2019s adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cAs COVID was a once-in-a-lifetime emergency, the WHO Pandemic Agreement offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build on lessons learned from that crisis and ensure people worldwide are better protected if a future pandemic emerges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The issue of national sovereignty has been raised several times during the process of negotiating the accord, a reflection of false online claims that WHO is somehow attempting to wrest control away from individual countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The accord is at pains to point out that this is not the case, stating that nothing contained within it gives WHO any authority to change or interfere with national laws, or force nations to take measures such as banning travelers, impose vaccinations or implement lockdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Eleven countries abstained, including Poland, Israel, Italy, Russia, Slovakia and Iran. Following the vote, the abstaining countries were given the opportunity to explain why they took this decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    During the high-level segment which preceded the vote, a notable intervention came from the United States which has begun the year-long process of withdrawing from the WHO, and did not take part in the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In a video addressed to the Assembly, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy excoriated the WHO, accusing the UN agency of having \u201cdoubled down with the Pandemic Agreement which will lock in all of the dysfunction of the WHO pandemic response…we’re not going to participate in that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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