DAILY NEWS Stream – November 24, 2025

Britain supports US President Trump’s goal to end the war in Ukraine (Ureign) but urges Russia to withdraw forces following the US’s peace proposal involving Ukraine (Ureign) giving up some land and weapons (Reuters)

Spain pledges over US$940 million in aid to Ukraine (Ureign) including military equipment and reconstruction support during Ukrainian (Ureignian) President Zelenskyy’s visit (Thanh Niên)

US President Trump designates Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally following a historic defense agreement including the purchase of nearly 300 US tanks (New York Post)

US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s company xAI and chipmaker Nvidia partner with Saudi state-backed company Humain to build a massive AI data center in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Musk’s AI (artificial intelligence) chatbot, Grok, will also be deployed throughout Saudi Arabia (New York Post)

Chinese citizen Zhi Dong Zhang is brought to court in Brooklyn [New York, US] for allegedly leading a transnational drug trafficking organization that laundered over US$77 million (U.S. Department of Justice)

UK nonprofit Oxfam reports the world’s 20 richest billionaires (G20) earned US$2.2 trillion last year, enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, which would cost an estimated US$1.65 trillion (Thanh Niên)

Scientists approve a report ordered by US President Trump that says there is almost no scientific evidence supporting “gender-affirming care” for children, such as puberty blockers and hormone treatments. The report says most studies in favor of these treatments are very weak, recommends that doctors focus on therapy instead, and advises pausing medical treatments for minors until more long-term research is available. It also points out that the UK has already banned these treatments for children (New York Post)

The US Justice Department revokes citizenship of Venezuelan national Marieva Briceno, who defrauded over US$5.4 million from US public healthcare and concealed her crimes to obtain citizenship (U.S. Department of Justice)

US President Trump welcome Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to the White House and gives him a golden key designed by President Trump Himself, marking the first athlete to receive this rare honor. This comes after Mr. Ronaldo gave President Trump a signed jersey in July with a handwritten note: “To President Donald J. Trump, Playing for Peace” (Daily Mail)

The US Justice Department sues California Governor Gavin Newsom [Democrat] for giving illegal immigrants college tuition benefits better than US citizens’, calling it “unequal treatment” (Fox News)

Leaked documents show the US National Education Association (NEA), the country’s top teachers union, is preparing to train teachers how to undergo gender transitions at work, use pronouns, and counter “transphobia,” while also distributing materials that label conservatives as “villains.” Critics say the NEA is pushing far-left ideology instead of focusing on education and that its federal charter should be reconsidered because the organization has strayed from its mission (Fox News)

The US has a new rule: if you show up to airport security without proper identification (like a passport or REAL ID), you’ll have to pay an US$18 fee. This fee pays for a special identity check that security can use to confirm who you are so you might still be allowed to fly (Fox News)

Five deaths occurred at Disney World [Florida, US] resorts from October through early November, with no disclosed connection among incidents (Tuổi Trẻ)

The UK government bans plastic-containing wet wipes in England to protect waterways and wildlife, effective from Spring 2027 (Gov.UK)

UK Energy Minister Michael Shanks announces a new Energy Resilience Strategy to protect critical grid infrastructure from climate impacts and cyber threats following the March substation fire that caused major disruption at Heathrow Airport (Gov.UK)

The UK government and telecom companies announce new rules to block foreign scammers from using fake UK phone numbers to target citizens. Telecom providers must implement technology to detect and block “number spoofing,” where international fraud calls disguise themselves as local (The Telegraph)

The EU approves up to €1.75 billion in aid for German energy company LEAG to support its early phase-out of lignite coal power plants by 2038 (European Commission)

The EU launches investigations into the cloud computing sector, examining whether Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as “gatekeepers”—large, dominant online platforms subject to special regulations to ensure fair competition and prevent them from abusing their market power (European Commission)

The EU reaches an agreement on the EU Talent Pool platform to attract skilled workers from outside the EU. It will also support Talent Partnerships and future legal migration gateways, starting with the EU-India pilot (European Commission)

South Korea: The ferry Queen Jenuvia, carrying 267 people, ran aground near Jangsan Island while heading to Mokpo, with at least 5 injuries (VnExpress)

A 30-year study of more than 47,000 women found that eating high-fiber whole plant foods during midlife greatly increases the chances of healthy aging. Women who consumed more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and overall dietary fiber were up to 37% more likely to reach older age without major disease and with good physical and cognitive function. The findings add to growing evidence that fiber-rich vegan diets support long-term health and longevity (VegNews)

Experts highlight 5 types of fruits that can help people with gout [painful uric acid buildup in joints]. These fruits help the body excrete uric acid more effectively, reduce inflammation, and provide antioxidant benefits. 1) Kiwi—rich in Vitamin C, aiding kidney excretion of uric acid. 2) Watermelon— high water content, boosting uric acid elimination. 3) Pomegranate— reduces cell damage and inhibits the uric acid-producing enzyme. 4) Blueberries—rich in the antioxidant anthocyanin, reducing inflammation and protecting kidney function. 5) Pineapple—contains the bromelain enzyme with anti-inflammatory properties (Thanh Niên)

Study in Bangladesh finds reducing arsenic in contaminated drinking water can lower death rates from chronic diseases by up to 50% over 20 years. Reduced exposure resulted in significant health benefits, even for individuals who had consumed contaminated water for years or decades (SciTechDaily)

Over 1,000 people are evacuated from Mount Semeru volcano on Java Island [Indonesia] after multiple eruptions sent lava and rocks down slopes (Reuters)

A magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Seram [Indonesia] (Reuters)

Âu Lạc (Vietnam): Historic heavy rainfall causes landslides paralyzing airports, railways, and highways across the Central region, with over 21 deaths and more than 17,600 households evacuated (VnExpress)

Thousands of earthworms emerged on the ground near a stadium in Trảng Dài ward [Đồng Nai Province, Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] after heavy rains (VietNamNet)

US study shows deep underground faults can heal within hours after a slow-slip [gradual] earthquake, affecting earthquake risk predictions in the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Canada-US west coast (Tuổi Trẻ)

Study warns over 5,500 US hazardous waste sites could face coastal flooding by 2100, with over half of sites threatened as early as 2050, posing major health risks including exposure to zoonotic diseases from animal-people factories and heavy metals/chemicals from industrial plants (Phys.org)

The US will streamline approval for vegan infant formulas, giving families with dairy allergies or ethical preferences more choices (Vegconomist)

The US military completes over 130 humanitarian aid deliveries to Jamaica, flying in more than 779,000 pounds [353,000 kilograms] of emergency supplies following Hurricane Melissa devastation (U.S. Department of War)

US Department of Health and Human Services launches a US$2 million prize competition to develop AI (artificial intelligence) tools that support caregivers of older adults and disabled people (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Quảng Trị Province [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] resident Ms. Diệu Ái finds a rare Sepon box turtle-person in her yard and voluntarily hands the animal-individual over to the Forest Protection Unit for release back into the wild (Tuổi Trẻ)

I remember being in surgery, and at that moment I felt love I thought, “I must have died on the operating table. The second thought— now here’s my analytical science mind still kicking in— “So wait a minute. If I died, what’s all this?” American scientist and former atheist Nancy Rynes shares how she died and discovered that Heaven is real, that Earth life is an illusion, and that she had planned the entire experience before she was born.

Nancy, 46, had been a committed atheist since her teens. After growing up Catholic near Chicago, news of priest abuse shattered her childhood spirituality. She earned degrees in geology, worked in scientific writing, and by her mid-40s proudly identified as a “rational materialist” with no belief in an afterlife. In late December 2013, while riding her bicycle, Nancy entered a traffic circle. A driver who was texting accelerated instead of yielding, struck Nancy, ran her over, and dragged her at least 60 feet [18 meters]. Nancy suffered a severe neck and spinal injury, multiple broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a cracked collarbone. Three days later, during reconstructive surgery, her heart stopped and she flatlined.

I woke up and what I’m looking around at is this beautiful hillside. It’s sort of like in a meadow, so there’s low grass and flowers all around me, looking out over a series of rolling mountain ranges. And I thought, “Well, this is kind of a cool hallucination! I can do this while I’m in surgery.” The first thing I noticed was this wave of peace. It felt like I was being hugged. But there was this big moment of feeling acceptance and really just unconditional love coming into me, and it was powerful. And that’s when I knew something was not right. And I thought, “Oh my God, I died.”

Realizing she had died on the operating table, Nancy started questioning everything she thought she knew. The second thought— now here’s my analytical science mind still kicking in— “So wait a minute. If I died, what’s all this? Because first of all, I don’t believe in anything. Second of all, my parents told me that, ‘You’re going to go to hell because you’re an atheist now.’ So I’m not experiencing either one of those. What the heck was going on, and why I am here?” I asked that question in my mind. And the answer came kind of from around me in the atmosphere: “This is your Home. You’re a part of Me, you’re a part of us. Welcome Home.” When It said that— welcome Home—I lost it, because I remembered. That’s when it came back to me, and I knew immediately, “Oh my God! That life that I had on Earth was just an illusion. That thing that I was doing down there on Earth was really just a temporary state.”

Nancy then met a spiritual guide. I all of a sudden saw someone kind of materialize out of fog, vaguely a human, and she had what appeared to be long hair. But I was never able to see her face because it wasn’t about her, it was about me learning what I needed to learn. And that’s what she said: “It’s time for you to learn what you need to learn in order to go back and make your life one that would be worth living.” And I’m like, “Whoa, I’m not going back there! What, are you kidding me? I am not going back to that place.” She said, “Well, you’ve already agreed to go back.” And I said, “I don’t remember agreeing to go back.” She said, “Well, you did that before you were born into your life, and so let me show you.” And it was this weird movie moment where like in the air in front of me sort of materialized almost like a movie screen, and she showed me, me planning my life before I was born. Nancy saw how even her near-death experience was planned by her before birth. That’s when she began to wonder where she was.

I looked behind me, and all that was behind me was fog. It was just gone. And I asked her about that, and she said, “The place that you are in now is not the Ultimate Reality of where you’re going to go. It’s sort of a—she called it a “holding place”— and she said, “Here, what we do is we’re making this an environment that is comfortable for you to learn in.” She would teach me things about not only this spiritual place I was in, but that everything was based on an energetic structure, not a physical one. Everything you see around you, it’s an illusion. The more I thought about it, the more I knew it to be true.

Nancy was then taken on a journey, during which she received Divine knowledge. Though doctors confirmed her heart had stopped for two minutes, her inner experience lasted 2–3 months. I went to one place where I stood there and all around me I saw the map of my life. It was like this virtual reality map, like an old-timey nautical chart laid out all around me. I noticed the compass rose was centered figuratively in my heart area. The point of that teaching that she finally went into that is you don’t just use your brain, your human brain to make decisions. You also have to dig deeper, into what we would call intuition or that inner knowing. And she said, “Balance those two out, so that you’re making decisions from a really holistic place rather than simply an analytical decision.”

Nancy was then given a life review by a pond in the mountains. When she touched the water, the ripples played “videos” of past moments that allowed her to fully relive them when she focused on them. I was back in it, experiencing it again from my perspective, but also experiencing it from the other people. And I could feel everything they felt as if it was mine. And that really got to me, because there were times when I helped someone or said something nice, and I could feel their spirit soar, I could feel how buoyant they felt. And then, also I could see the downstream effects of those actions too. So if I said something positive or uplifting to someone, I in turn saw how that allowed them to be more positive with other people. So this teaching was: There’s also an energetic or spiritual component to every interaction that you have, whether it’s a verbal interaction, whether there’s something non-spoken, it doesn’t matter— everything that you do has an impact. And therefore, be more conscious of how you impact others. Nancy was then shown the negative side of her life, opening her eyes to the pain we can cause others. There was a time when I was a teenager, I said something not so kind to [my sister]. And I didn’t think anything of it at the time, it was just a way to get her off my back. But in my review, I could feel the hurt that I caused her. When I felt her pain at what I said to her, that was like the biggest teaching moment ever. And in that moment, I realized okay, I’m changing the way that I interact with people right now. That point woke me up like nothing else. Finally, despite her protests, Nancy’s guide sent her back to Earth. She woke up screaming in recovery, demanding to go back to the woman she had been with. After the hospital chaplain introduced her to the term “near-death experience,” Nancy chose to embrace everything she had learned rather than deny it.

Ultimately, we are not this reality. We’re a bigger level of reality. I was learning really how to live from that soul level of awareness, because it felt better, it was more peaceful, it was more connected, it was more love-filled and joyful. It’s a much better place to be. I’m not anywhere near as stressed out and certainly not fearful anymore. I’m not driven by this being a material world anymore; I’m not stuck on that. I understand that there is a bigger picture, not just to the world but to each one of us. For the vast majority of souls that come here, we come here for a variety of reasons. A lot of people like to come here and experience having a family or raising a family. This physical reality, it’s like a crucible, meaning it’s a very focused place where you can learn a lot of different things in a very short amount of time. There’s one core, and that one core is to learn how to be here in this environment and still live from a place of love and compassion, not just for your immediate family but for everybody else. And that’s the core purpose that we all share. (Coming Home)

Motivational quote of the day: “Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” — Dr. William James, MD American Philosopher and Psychologist