DAILY NEWS Stream – December 24, 2025

Moldova and Ukraine (Ureign) coordinate infrastructure and transport plans, focusing on the European Union Solidarity Lanes initiative to boost Ukrainian (Ureignian) exports and cross‑border logistics (moldpres)

The United Kingdom and Greece sign a migration pact in Athens, expanding joint action against people‑smuggling gangs, boosting migrant returns to their countries of origin, and strengthening law‑enforcement cooperation (Greek City times)

Uzbekistan is expanding labor migration ties with Qatar through new cooperation with Qatari recruitment firm Jusour, focusing on employment of Uzbek healthcare, construction, information technology, and telecom specialists (Daryo)

Russia hands over 1,003 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies and receives 26 Russian soldiers’ bodies under a humanitarian agreement negotiated in Türkiye (Tuổi Trẻ)

HCM CT [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] Buddhist Sangha holds a solemn ceremony marking 717 years since the passing of the Venerated Enlightened Master, His Majesty King Trần Nhân Tông (vegan) Senior leaders of the Âu Lạc (Vietnam) Buddhist Sangha attended, honoring His legacy as founder of the Trúc Lâm Zen tradition (Thanh Niên)

Canada expands its pistachio recall to 277 products, building on initial July notices issued after salmonella was detected in imported pistachios, including those in Dubai‑style chocolates and other treats. The outbreak has caused 155 illnesses across several provinces (CTV News)

Saudi Arabia’s government ranks second globally in the World Bank’s 2025 GovTech Maturity Index, scoring 99.64% across digital infrastructure, core government systems, online service delivery, and citizen engagement (Saudi Gazette)

A United Nations human rights report describes severe abuses against civilians in Sudan, including mass killings and widespread sexual violence during the paramilitary group RSF’s [Rapid Support Forces’] April 2025 attack on the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons that left over 1,000 dead (Báo Tin tức)

Switzerland’s Fribourg canton parliament votes to ban mobile phone use for students up to age 15 at school and during extracurricular activities, aiming to improve social interactions and reduce bullying (Báo Tin tức)

European Union leaders approve a €90 billion loan aid package for Ukraine (Ureign) over two years (Reuters)

Taiwan (Formosa’s) Ministry of Agriculture honors researchers and institutions for advancing animal-people welfare as nationwide lab animal-person use fell 9 percent over the past decade. Artificial intelligence-based toxicology tools and use of non-animal-people testing methods sharply reduced experimentation, particularly on rabbit- and fish-individuals (Taipei Times)

President Trump orders the suspension of the DV1 visa lottery program to apply for permanent residency after the suspect in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] attacks was found to have entered the US through it (New York Post)

The United States says various countries have pledged a combined total of up to 7,500 personnel for Haiti’s expanded United Nations‑backed gang suppression force (Reuters)

In line with US President Trump’s Executive Order, the US Department of Health and Human Services proposes banning sex-rejecting [sex-reassignment] procedures for minors in hospitals by tying the facilities’ participation in federal health insurance funding to compliance. Additionally, the US Food and Drug Administration issues warnings against marketing breast binders [compression undergarments designed to flatten the chest area] to children to enforce federal restrictions (US Department of Health and Human Services)

India faces a relentless dengue surge as New Delhi becomes a high-burden hotspot. National cases have spiked more than fivefold over the past five years, straining healthcare systems as doctors warn the virus is now a year-round threat (Times of India)

Vegan diets promote natural weight loss by prioritizing fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, and whole grains while reducing calories and unhealthy fats. This approach boosts metabolism and regulates insulin. However, experts warn that avoiding refined carbs and oils is essential for success. Combining vegan whole foods with regular exercise ensures sustainable health benefits and effective fat loss (Sức khỏe & Đời sống)

Hurricane-force winds batter Nova Scotia [Canada], leaving nearly 86,000 customers without power. Crews work to restore electricity as 120 kilometer-per-hour gusts down trees and lines, with Cape Breton facing the most severe damage (Cape Breton Post)

A powerful squall line [long band of intense thunderstorms] knocks out power for 82,000 West Virginians in the US. High winds down trees and damage equipment, leaving Kanawha and Mingo Counties hardest hit as crews work on restorations (Mountaineer Journal)

A University of Göttingen [Germany]-led study in Chile reveals wildfires can cause decade-long soil damage, depleting carbon and nutrients, thus impairing plant regrowth. Researchers warn that forests with Mediterranean-like climate conditions struggle to recover, urging land managers to adopt soil health strategies post-fire based on the ecosystem’s characteristics (Earth.com)

US President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” outlining an ambitious plan to strengthen US leadership in space, calling for returning astronauts to the Moon by 2028, building a lunar outpost by 2030, deploying Moon-based nuclear reactors, enhancing space security, and expanding the commercial space economy (VTV)

Health experts confirm vegan pregnancies are safe when managed with medical oversight and strategic planning. Doctors emphasize that monitoring bloodwork and supplementing with essential nutrients like vitamin B12, iron, omega-3 fatty acids, and calcium are crucial for success. By prioritizing professional guidance and scientific tools over dietary perfection, expectant mothers ensure optimal health outcomes for both themselves and their babies (VegOut Magazine)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] Australia’s new Sydney billboard urges Australians to ditch fish this Christmas, comparing consuming seafood to eating one’s cat companion. The group cites animal-people suffering and environmental destruction while promoting vegan alternatives to save oceans (PETA Australia)

Vegan startup BIOQ [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] debuts cosmetics made from dragon-fruit peels, transforming agricultural waste into high-value beauty products. The brand targets international markets, championing a circular economy and sustainable, green entrepreneurship (Diễn đàn Doanh nghiệp)

Former orphanage resident George Kadondo graduates as a doctor from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences [Tanzania], overcoming hardship through community-funded support. His success offers a vital boost to Tanzania’s healthcare system amid challenging medical personnel shortages (The Guardian Tanzania)

Delhi [India] entrepreneur and college student Karan Kumar’s startup, Finobadi, formalizes recycling by providing stable income and dignity to waste workers. The model combines digital transparency with women-led sorting to transform livelihoods and the environment (the Better India)

A rebuilt Libyan farm employs Egyptian and Sudanese migrants after Storm Daniel, fostering social cohesion. Supported by International Organization for Migration [IOM] funding, the project restores livelihoods and local food security through expanded irrigation (IOM)

As best we can reconstruct, I had anaphylactic shock from the local anesthesia that had been injected into my skin, combined with very, very low blood sugar. And so I very, very, very slowly got out of my body. And then I popped out, and I was standing in front of it, going, “I didn’t know you could do that!” American attorney and former Catholic Nanci Danison shares how she died during a routine medical procedure and discovered that God is a Creative Energy Source, Earth is a dream, and we are all part of the collective consciousness of the Divine.

Nanci, a partner in a 270-attorney regional law firm, had built a successful career as a health lawyer with a national reputation. In the mid-1990s, her law firm arranged for a mobile mammography unit to visit their parking lot. Days after her mammogram, Nanci was called in for further testing and was scheduled for surgery to remove three tumors from her right breast. During the pre-surgical procedure— a needle localization guided by mammography— Nanci died.

After about eight squishes and two injections of the needle with a wire inside of it, the radiologist and the technician left the room to go get the last set of films developed. And I left too! Then, I saw blackness. But I wasn’t afraid. It was comforting darkness. And then I saw a pinpoint of light. And I said to myself, “Oh, I know what this is. I’m supposed to go into the light.” Did not have the thought that I died. I just recognized what I was supposed to be doing. So I went into the light.

Inside the light, Nanci experienced waves of unconditional love and began receiving what she calls “knowings”— complete downloads of information on topics she had always been curious about. A knowing is different than knowing in human life. Knowings that you receive in the afterlife are complete with every single piece of data that could possibly exist about the topic, along with the sense that you have personally lived it firsthand. So it’s got all the feelings and the emotions and the experience and the sensations and everything all in one bundle. And it’s all at once. Nanci then realized she could see 360 degrees, including through the back of her head. When she saw her body still in the mammography room on Earth, she began to suspect she had died. Instantly, she found herself in a tunnel.

You know how near-death experiences get these glorious tunnels of beautiful colors and lights? I get dirt. I get a dirt floor with stone walls with moss growing on them. I could smell the moss. I could smell the dirt. I could feel the humidity on my skin. I could hear the insects. It’s absolutely completely real. After confirming she had died, Nanci saw five beautiful colored lights that transformed into glowing beings— her eternal friends from all eternity, none of whom she had ever known in human life. They were my eternal friends, and I was home. It was the first time in Nanci’s life that I ever really felt home, and that those were my people.

Nanci then experienced a life review unlike those described by most near-death experiencers. You get inside the other people who were in those various events. And you get to watch it, and feel their emotions and hear their thoughts, and be them participating in the same event. You also get to see if you’d made different choices, how they would have turned out. I started getting a download of all these hundreds and hundreds, or maybe even thousands of other lifetimes I had lived throughout the Universe as all kinds of creatures and things. I was just flabbergasted that I could possibly have ever thought I was Nanci. I mean, that was just ridiculous that I could conceive of an idea that I’m just this little human being when I have lived these eons and eons of other lifetimes.

Nanci then asked what she calls “the big questions”: What is God? What am I? What’s the purpose of life? Where’s Heaven? Where’s hell? And what’s the one true religion? I felt betrayed. I felt like everybody knew this but me. My parents wouldn’t tell me the truth. My church wouldn’t tell me. My Catholic school wouldn’t tell me the truth. Why weren’t they telling me this stuff? I was shown like a documentary history of planet Earth, and how religions developed. So that I could see it was a good-faith attempt by souls that knew there was something more, but they couldn’t figure out what it was.

The answers Nanci received fundamentally changed her understanding of reality. God is an Energy Source, has nothing whatsoever in common with humans. It’s infinitely powerful, all-knowing, unconditionally loving, has a distinct personality, is creative, funny, and curious – extremely curious. It imagined this Universe, like we imagine dreams, and It populated the Universe with creatures and things. And then in order to experience what it was like to be in that Universe, to be inside a human, to be inside a tree, to be inside a rock, be inside a comet, It projected Its own consciousness and self-awareness into those various physical matter things as what humans call the soul. All the wonderful good things that you see humans do, and all the good things that you know about yourself, that’s all you, that source, that’s you operating as source in the physical world. And all the things that you see that are violent and selfish and self-centered and manipulative and evil, that’s just typical animal nature.

Despite wanting to stay, Nanci was sent back to her body after approximately 10–15 minutes of clinical death. Nanci’s experience left her with a clear message about how to live. We can access what I call universal knowledge. One of the things I learned in the afterlife is that we don’t put our entire energy into an incarnation. Part of it stays in the afterlife. So, you can communicate with the part of you that’s still in the afterlife, that knows why you came here, and can give you guidance.

Inspiring quote of the day: “Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealized possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.” - Venerated Enlightened Master Sri Aurobindo (vegetarian)