DAILY NEWS Stream – January 4, 2026

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers following a ceasefire agreement (VnExpress)

Serbia and Japan sign an agreement to promote and protect investments, outlining fair treatment, compensation rules, free fund transfers, and dispute-settlement procedures (SeeNews)

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa unveils Syria’s new currency in Damascus, presenting redesigned banknotes and announcing that old notes will be exchanged gradually (Sana)

Canada recalls nearly 3,000 STIHL BR 800 backpack blowers due to a fan-wheel molding defect that may fracture and cause laceration hazards (CTV News)

Indonesia plans to restrict children’s social media access starting in 2026 under the PP Tunas regulation [child digital-safety regulation], which sets age limits, bans data profiling, and requires platforms to add child-safety features. The government says the rules aim to create a safer digital environment, with enforcement guidelines and platform risk classifications to follow (VOV)

2026 safety assessments highlight countries with high peace-index scores, low crime rates, and stable political conditions. Reports point to Australia, Iceland, Canada, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Denmark, Japan, Ireland, Austria, and the Netherlands as destinations offering reliable infrastructure and secure environments for low-risk travel (TTW)

The US reports nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025 with 13 deaths, mostly infants. The disease starts with cold-like symptoms, progressing to severe, prolonged coughing fits (VTV)

A study finds low bean consumption in the UK is linked to over 9,000 premature deaths annually as health experts urge families to increase intake as they are rich in fiber, potassium, magnesium, iron, and zinc (Mirror)

US nutrition trends for 2026 are projecting a shift from protein to fiber-rich and gut-friendly foods as GLP-1 medications [weight management drugs] drive demand for nutrient-dense diets (Athletech News)

At least three people die from acute diarrhea and almost 150 are hospitalized in Indore District [Madhya Pradesh, India] after consuming contaminated water sourced from the Narmada River (VietnamPlus)

Lightning storms in Sofala Province [Mozambique] kill over seven people and force around 200 families in neighboring Tete Province to evacuate, with those near the Zambezi, Shire and Ngoma rivers asked to move amid flood warnings (Club of Mozambique)

Indonesia raises Mount Burni Telong alert to Level 3, with mandatory evacuations within a 2-kilometer radius, after over seven volcanic earthquakes are detected near the crater in Aceh Province [Indonesia] (VietnamPlus)

Winter Storm Ezra delays nearly 6,000 flights and cancels over 750 across the US Northeast, Midwest and Great Lakes as meteorologists warn the system could intensify into a bomb cyclone (Reuters)

Students at Da Nang University [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] develop DaNa Green, a low-cost smart trash bin using artificial intelligence and built-in sensors to automatically sort waste (Tuổi Trẻ)

Brazilian researchers find drinking over two cups [500 milliliters] of orange juice daily for 60 days reduces inflammation, betters blood pressure regulation, and, in overweight adult study participants, improves fat metabolism, with flavonoids believed to drive the benefits (VegNews)

Vegan brands Bernardo, Save The Duck, Noize, Wuxly, Stella McCartney and Apparis offer animal-free winter coats using recycled fibers and high-performance materials that withstand extreme cold without fur, wool or down (VegNews)

Vegan Society of Aotearoa New Zealand backs Veganuary 2026 and says cutting animal-people products reduces food emissions by up to 50% and offers New Zealand-focused recipes, nutrition advice, and household support (Scoop)

Moldova’s cabinet approves expanded services for the elderly, such as strengthening day centers used by over 600 seniors, and adds home care and monetary support for the disadvantaged, shelters for the homeless, and psychological support services for crime victims (Moldpres)

Students in Uganda design solar-powered backpack tents that charge phones, provide lighting, and improve safety for displaced families (Central News)

The Loreto Regional Government [Peru] releases around 420,000 endangered taricaya turtle-people into four Regional Conservation Areas under a nearly US$17 million Works-for-Taxes project. Peruvian Minister Denisse Miralles leads a release of 105,000 in Nueva Vida [Peru] (NoticiasAmbientales)

The thoughts that went through my spirit were, “This feeling that I’m having right now, being of one with God, with Christ, with Spirit, is worth fighting for,” not fighting each other, fighting your own demons when you are in life, fighting your own flaws, being a better person every day. That feeling is worth that journey, worth the energy of pushing all the time. Scottish woman Beverly Gilmour shares how she experiences chronic near-death experiences— up to three per month— and how they’ve healed her brain injury while teaching her that we are all made of Divine love.

Beverly’s near-death experiences (NDEs) began spontaneously in 1987. Unlike most near-death experiencers who have a single experience, Beverly has what doctors consider the only known medical case of chronic NDEs— experiencing two to three per month at their peak. She cannot control or bring them on. In 1992, Beverly suffered a brain injury and began medical treatment. Remarkably, the ongoing NDEs have helped heal the damage from her injury, making her case both medically fascinating and spiritually profound. When she returns to her body, recovery time varies— from an hour or two after brief experiences to a full day after longer ones. During one experience, she met Lord Jesus Christ (vegetarian)

I passed over, and He was there, and we went through the light. And He sat me down, and He asked me a question, just a simple question, and I sat there, and I answered the question. And we began this walk, and we got here, and He asked me another question about me, about my love, and I answered Him. And the answer that I gave here made that one to be a lie. So Jesus didn’t say hang on a minute, you know that’s a lie. What He did is, He took me back to the beginning, and we began the journey again. And He asked me that question again, that first question, and this time I knew the second question. So, when I answered the first question for the second time, I dug a little bit deeper to find the truth in me, and I answered it. It was a different answer, but it was more true than the first one. And then, when we got to the second one, the second question, I answered it, and it was fine, and then we got to a third one. Well, that made that one [false] so, He would begin the journey over and over until eventually you are literally pure spirit in everything that you say and everything that you do because He’s teaching you about that. That is what God is about. God is about you returning to Him, the pure spirit that you once were when He sent you.

During multiple experiences, she met her father, who had passed in 1982. When he passed over, I was very young, I was only like 15 years old, and his passing affected me so much that I didn’t even know I was grieving. I was very lucky, I was allowed to meet my own father about four or five times in near-death experiences in which he and I talked about our relationship, and we talked about our love. And when I saw what he had become, because in life he actually had his own flaws in his physical life, he had his own demons, he had his own challenges, and he actually was an alcoholic. But passing over, he was able to face all that and free himself of all that negative energy, all that badness that was holding him down, and he’s just blossomed like a flower.

After returning to her body, Beverly says the joy of seeing her father healed was followed by days of overwhelming longing, as she grieved his absence in physical life and wished he were still here. What he was saying to me was, “I am here, I am with you, I’m inside your heart, we are never going to be separated.” And what he was doing was preparing a home for when my time comes. Beverly also encountered other loved ones, including her uncle, who had been deaf, mute, and going blind in life. I met him [uncle] in the afterlife, and he can hear, he can see, he can speak. I mean, you don’t speak with the mouth, you speak through thoughts.

Through her repeated experiences, Beverly has learned that the core message is about love— both in the afterlife and here on Earth. Those who you have loved in life share that love, they share that energy, and that’s what you’re experiencing. So you experience that Divine spiritual energy, and the message is quite simple. If we create it here, then why don’t we use it here, while we’re alive? Why don’t we use near-death experiences, and open our hearts, and learn to have a greater love in life, and just adapt our world to experience that love here and now? And that’s what it means by, we are the love, we are that love that we feel.

And that is so beautiful because it means that we are so much more capable of loving each other than we could ever imagine. And that is something that I find very valuable about what I’ve learned. It calms the heart. It calms the spirit. And we’re so busy in life, either trying to get something that we want or trying to be something that we think we should be, when really we are perfect inside. We are perfect. All we have to do is just open. And this spiritual love — is all about: Imagine that you have a child inside you right now, and that child is your spirit, and that child is listening to all the thoughts that you have. So what you’re doing in life is every thought that you have, you’re teaching that child. So the more thoughts of love you have, the more you teach the child inside about the love. And that child inside is your spirit, and when you pass over, that’s the part of you [that] goes on.

When you look in the mirror, you just say, “Halo, halo, Beverly. I am love. I am a person who’s worthy of love. I’m a person who is kind.” And you don’t have to be a superhero to be a good person. Helping someone cross the road is a good thing; that’s a nice thing. It will help you go forward. And I think that near-death experiences can educate us — it can educate the human race — because we can bring that love back, and we can live it.

Inspiring quote of the day: “The biggest part of you is on the inside of you.” Ibukun Awosika Prominent Nigerian Businesswoman and Author