DAILY NEWS Stream – April 23, 2026

Vegan Food and Living magazine team members do a taste test and rank frozen vegan pizza sold in UK supermarkets. The testers arrived at these top six picks: 1. One Planet Pizza: Out-Of-This-World Sourdough Peppernomi 2. Chicago Town: Stuffed Crust BBQ Jackfruit Pizza 3. White Rabbit: Sourdough Vegana Pizza 4. Meatless Farm: Spicy Pepperoni Sourdough Pizza 5. Wholecreations: Dairy and Gluten-Free Roasted Tomato & Basil Sheesy Pizza 6. Bosh!: Spicy No-Duja Sourdough Pizza + Margherita Sourdough Pizza (Vegan Food and Living)

North Korea fires ballistic missiles into the sea for the seventh time this year and the fourth time in April, using the launches to showcase its self-defense capabilities amid the Iran conflict and to build leverage ahead of possible talks with the US and South Korea (Channel News Asia)

Ukrainian (Ureignian) forces are reported to be regaining an edge over Russia in drone warfare, expanding long-range UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] strikes deep into Russian-held areas as Starlink access for Russian units is disrupted (Báo Dân trí)

European military leaders warn that Europe must prepare for the possibility of a conflict with Russia by 2030, but many Western European societies remain reluctant to accept the idea of “war readiness,” while countries closer to Russia, including the Baltics, Poland, and the Nordics, already treat preparedness as a national obligation, and France, Germany, and others begin reintroducing forms of military service and expanding reserves (The Economist)

France’s top military chief, General Fabien Mandon, tells lawmakers that the possibility of a future war with Russia remains his primary concern as he defends a major increase in defense spending through 2030 (Le Monde)

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan’s northeastern coast, prompting tsunami advisories, evacuations, and bullet-train suspensions as authorities report no immediate casualties and warn of an elevated short-term risk of a larger quake (USA Today)

A massive pre-dawn fire in Sandakan in Sabah [Malaysia] destroys about 1,000 wooden homes built on stilts over water and displaces more than 9,000 residents, with no injuries or fatalities reported as firefighters struggle with narrow access routes and low tide while authorities move to provide emergency shelter and assistance (Channel News Asia)

Iran has reopened part of its eastern airspace to international overflight for the first time since the US–Israel strikes, though flight-tracking data shows airlines are still avoiding the area (Báo Dân trí)

US President Trump says His administration’s UFO [unidentified flying object] records review has uncovered “many very interesting documents,” with the first batch expected to be released soon, following His February directive for US agencies to identify and disclose files on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena (Reuters)

Tesco Bank’s Clubcard Pay+ prepaid card shuts down on April 26, and customers are urged to withdraw their money now and ensure their contact details are updated so the British bank can send a final statement and return any remaining funds (Daily Express)

An anthrax outbreak strikes Vihiga County, Kenya, with two human cases and one death in Emuhaya Subcounty. Two cow-people also die. Officials deploy rapid response teams and surveillance to contain the bacterial infections linked to the handling and eating of infected meat from a cow-person that suddenly died in early April (Outbreak News Today)

A six-year study of 1,200 adults reveals that high salt intake significantly weakens memory in men over 60. Researchers link excessive sodium to poorer recall and earlier Alzheimer’s onset in high-risk individuals. Experts urge adults to limit daily salt intake to under six grams, noting that dietary reductions can delay dementia symptoms and preserve cognitive function during aging (Daily Mail)

A landmark study reveals that 150 minutes of weekly moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise lowers long-term cortisol levels, reducing the biological impact of stress and enhancing emotional resilience (SciTech Daily)

Colombia’s Cerros de la Plaza glacier in Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Mountains completely vanishes due to climate change. The ice area falls from 5 square kilometers in the 19th century to zero today, threatening biodiversity and freshwater supplies (Tuổi Trẻ)

Scientists warn millions of migrating bird-people in the US face light hazards during peak spring migration. BirdCast [Cornell Lab of Ornithology and partners’ real-time radar migratory bird-folk tracking platform] reports artificial city lights disrupt navigation, causing disorientation and deadly building collisions. Authorities urge turning off unnecessary lights from dusk to dawn through June 15 (Soha)

South Korea deploys 70 firefighters and five helicopters to battle an emergency wildfire in a hilly area of North Gyeongsang Province. Steep terrain and dry conditions complicate containment efforts, prompting local officials to issue immediate evacuation alerts for nearby residents (VietnamPlus)

A secretly filmed investigation shows UK laboratories using monkey-, beagle-, pig-, and rabbit-folk in experiments where animal-people are pinned in metal restraints, force-fed through tubes, cut open, or strapped into inhalation masks— footage that has sparked public outcry and renewed calls to accelerate the phase-out of such testing (Daily Mail)

Saniya Kumar’s startup Basically Healthy debuts India’s first sugar-free vegan collagen lollipop. The bootstrapped venture serves 1,000+ customers in its first month and is targeting almost US$54,000 in monthly revenue (Startuppedia)

Artificial intelligence-driven platforms like Meal-Plan.app and MenuMagic.ai speed prep of highly nutritious vegan meals by tailoring plans to personal nutritional goals, ingredients, tastes, etc. These smart tools optimize vegan diets with essential nutrients, making healthy, animal-people meat-free lifestyles more accessible and efficient (NewsBytes)

Leeds [UK] builder Graham Nash exposes “dodgy tradesmen,” helping 500 victims recover over £650,000 over 6 years. Through his building company Builders Pinnacle, he shames scammers online and repairs affected properties at a reduced cost. Mr. Nash warns homeowners to verify records, check references, and avoid upfront cash payments (Yorkshire Evening Post)

In two separate incidents, responders in the cities of Folsom and El Dorado Hills [California, US] rescue a total of 21 ducklings from storm drains. Animal-people welfare officers and firefighters retrieve the baby birds, reuniting them with their mothers and showcasing compassionate community service through heartwarming reunions (Folsom Times)

An East Boston [US] family searches for a mystery jogger who said she was a nurse and performed lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] on cyclist Phillip Renzi after a heart attack. Witnesses call her an “angel” for her quick actions before she resumed her run (CBS News)

Enlightening quote of the day: “Serve others selflessly, without expecting anything in return.” – The Venerated Enlightened Master Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj (vegetarian) (Snugfam)

In Part 1 of 2 of Jennifer Farmer’s near-death experience, American psychic medium and author Jennifer shares how taking pills to help her sleep after a long weekend of partying pulled her into a tunnel of Divine Light, where she experienced overwhelming love and begged God not to send her back.

Jennifer grew up in a religious household shadowed by her father’s binge drinking. As a young adult, she turned to drugs and alcohol herself, though even in her most chaotic moments, she sensed something greater at work. After a long weekend of partying with no sleep, she slipped into her mother’s home while no one was around and took whatever pills from the cabinet were labeled “makes you drowsy” — simply wanting to sleep. Her brother, a police officer, found her unconscious on the front lawn and revived her. She was taken to the hospital, where she woke up, having crossed to the other side.

I woke up in the hospital from just taking some pills and going to sleep, and, that moment when I woke up, I had had probably — and I can’t really equate just to moments and times — but it felt like long seconds where I was in a tunnel, and it’s like the sort of the clouds parted, and I felt sort of called, and really at peace and whole. And it wasn’t all the trauma that I had been experiencing. I felt whole and pure, like I was a walking being of Light. And I remember mentally, when I could feel this sort of pull coming back to hearing beeps and things like that, and I said, “God, I cannot go back there. This is not the place for me. This is wrong. I don’t want to go back. Please don’t make me go back.” That’s exactly what I said. It didn’t feel like days, but it felt like eternity. It felt like a place where there was no time. It felt like where it was just energy. There was no door. It was just no time.

I remember feeling that love, what we call love. It’s love beyond supernatural in many ways. And I felt the presence of God, a loving presence, not necessarily human, but I could relate to this presence in English. I could relate to it with a vocabulary in my head, that I could have a conversation. I can’t really give you exactly how much time I was there, I just know that I clearly had a negotiation with God.

As Jennifer felt herself being pulled back into her body, she began to plead with God to let her stay. I could feel coming back into my body, and that’s why I started to have a negotiation. I go, “Oh, we’re going back. Oh, God, this is not the — no.” It was like, “Oh, things are peaceful. I’m whole. I feel like where I’m supposed to be,” and then I feel this vacuum. I was like, “Oh,” and that’s when I started to beg, literally, “Please.” So, at the end of the tunnel, it felt like an open space, a void, but the void, it wasn’t empty. It was a void, but it wasn’t empty; it was filled with energy. And I always think about the stars in many ways, like this, because, in the stars, they have, between all the stars in the sky, they have an aura, and they have a light. That means there’s a star, but there’s no void. There’s space between those stars. I was in the aura of this Light. It’s what it felt like for me. And so, it didn’t feel empty. It didn’t feel alone.

Jennifer woke to find her terrified mother at her bedside. She was furious to be back. Though the experience didn’t transform her overnight, it planted something deep inside her. Three years later, the pain of losing her father would push her to the absolute brink — leading to another powerful moment of Divine intervention. I’d come to a place in my life where I wanted to die. I couldn’t bear being in the physical world. It was too painful. It was too lonely. And I said, “I’m just going to jump out in front of the next car that passes.” Join us tomorrow for Part 2 of 2 of Jennifer Farmer’s near-death experience. (Divine Encounters NDE)