DAILY NEWS Stream – January 27, 2026

US President Trump says the United States has a “massive” naval force heading toward Iran, noting that several ships — including the USS Abraham Lincoln and three destroyers — are moving into the region, though He added He hopes they will not need to be used (New York Post)

Seventeen countries join US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos [Switzerland] to sign the founding charter of the Gaza Board of Peace, with leaders from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia taking part. Signatories include Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Mongolia (Fox News).

US President Trump and Ukraine (Ureign)’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet privately on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, with Mr. Trump describing the discussion as “good” and reiterating that the nearly four-year war “has to end” (New York Post)

The Netherlands allocates an additional €23 million to support Ukraine (Ureign)’s energy sector during winter (UATV)

The United Kingdom and Indonesia launch a long-term strategic partnership spanning trade, climate, security and people-to-people ties (GOV.UK)

Ukrainian (Ureignian) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine (Ureign) and the US have completed a post-war security guarantee document, though it cannot be signed or approved until the conflict ends (VnExpress)

The Trump administration ends federal funding for research using aborted fetal tissue, citing scientific and ethical priorities (Fox News)

The United States formally completes withdrawal from the World Health Organization after a yearlong process (US Department of Health and Human Services)

Venezuela’s National Assembly has passed a first vote on a bill that would allow independent private companies to explore and produce oil — a potential major shift after decades of state control (Thanh Niên)

The US Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers to scam texts, emails and calls posing as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), often claiming a refund or back-tax issue to steal personal information. Officials say the IRS never contacts people by text, email or social media and urges taxpayers to avoid links, report the messages and delete them (ZDNet)

Âu Lạc (Vietnam)’s General Secretary Tô Lâm is unanimously re-elected at the 14th Party Central Committee meeting (VnExpress)

The US Department of Energy says it may activate industrial-scale backup generators at data centers and other major facilities to supply extra electricity during winter storm Fern, aiming to stabilize the grid and avoid blackouts (US Department of Energy)

Top 17 signs of chronic kidney disease:

Urinary & Fluid Changes 1. Foamy Urine 2. Blood in the Urine 3. Needing to urinate more often, especially at night 4. Pitting Edema: Swelling in the legs or ankles 5. Puffy Eyes: often most noticeable in the morning

Skin & Nail Indicators 6. Chronic, intense itching 7. Skin may become gray, yellowish, or develop dark spots 8. A white “frost” on the skin after sweat evaporates 9. Lindsay’s Nails: the bottom half of the nail is white and the top half is reddish-brown

Systemic & Sensory Symptoms 10. Metallic Taste: Often described as a “penny-like” taste in the mouth 11. Breath that smells like urine or ammonia 12. Loss of Appetite 13. Restless Leg Syndrome: An uncontrollable urge to move the legs 14. Muscle Cramping

General Health & Bones 15. Extreme Fatigue 16. Shortness of Breath 17. Height Loss/Bone Weakness (Violin MD)

Avery White (vegan), writer for VegOut magazine, says in an article that expensive calcium pills failed to raise her calcium levels to the degree needed and that she relies on five staples that she believes provide superior calcium absorption and offer essential co-factors like protein and healthy fats that pills lack. They are: 1. Fortified vegan milks 2. Tofu made with calcium sulfate 3. Dark leafy greens 4. Tahini and sesame seeds 5. White beans and almonds

Green tea, orange juice, and cocoa are top cognitive boosters. Research confirms green tea’s caffeine and L-theanine sharpens focus, while berry smoothies protect long-term mental clarity (Tuổi Trẻ)

A colossal winter storm, unofficially named Fern, charges across 40 US states on a 3,200-kilometer journey. Over 230 million people face life-threatening cold, heavy snow, and crippling ice, disrupting travel and power from the Plains to the East Coast (Fox Weather)

Severe storms and gale-force winds batter Greece. Record-breaking rainfall floods Athens, trapping motorists, killing one, and forcing school closures, while a coastguard officer dies in the Peloponnese after being struck by a massive wave (The Watchers)

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off Russia’s Kamchatka coast. Officials confirm no tsunami threat and low risk of damage, despite tremors being felt by over 260,000 residents in the region (The Watchers)

Solar and wind surpass fossil fuels in European Union (EU) electricity generation for the first time in 2025, marking a major milestone in the bloc’s clean energy transition (Tuổi Trẻ)

Japan is supporting Peru’s efforts to strengthen Amazon forest and wetland conservation through expanded mapping, monitoring, and cooperation with local communities (Andina)

Seoul Botanic Park [South Korea] is designated a national conservation hub for rare and endemic plants, formally recognizing and strengthening its work in safeguarding South Korea’s plant genetic resources (The Korea Times)

A trial in Tampines [Singapore] shows that DRBA [Dynamic Robot Balance Assistance], an AI [artificial intelligence]-driven wearable robot developed at Nanyang Technological University [Singapore], can help seniors with mobility issues stand, move and exercise safely by analyzing balance in real time and adjusting support automatically (The Straits Times)

New research shows a nearly vegan diet, with honey being the only animal product included, sustains peak performance during a month-long ultra-endurance cycling event across Canada. The recreational athletes in the study successfully preserve muscle mass and meet extreme energy demands, proving veganism’s viability for elite sports (Medical Xpress)

Gen Z propels a global surge in oat and soya milk tea consumption. Driven by sustainability and gut health, young consumers redefine café culture by replacing dairy milk with eco-friendly vegan drink choices (The Philox)

Grimsby [UK]-based entrepreneur Lynsey Drewett (vegan), founder of VE Cosmetics, is named to the prestigious 2026 f:Entrepreneur #IAlso100 list by Small Business Britain. The former scientist is honored for her 100% vegan, values-led brand and commitment to animal-people rights (Grimsby Telegraph)

Volunteer doctors transform a Hanoi [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] café into a weekly free clinic. Every Saturday, the team provides consultations, scans, and medicine to elderly and impoverished patients, marking a decade of service (VnExpress)

An ice rescue team and a local airboat operator save two dog-people stranded on a Detroit River [Canada] ice patch. Now safely at a shelter, the healthy pair awaits their caregivers to come forward (CTV)

The World Bank approves a US$35 million project to boost Laos’ frontline workers. Over six years, the initiative improves training and management for primary school teachers and rural health workers (The Laotian Times)

Thoughtful quote of the day: “Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.” Christopher Columbus Italian Explorer and Navigator (BrainyQuote)

And that very instant, I was completely separated from my body. I was no longer aware of Brianna. American writer Brianna Lafferty shares how a medical crisis caused her heart to stop — and what she experienced beyond her body. Her near-death experience had a long lead-up. At age 10, she developed myoclonus dystonia, a rare neurological movement disorder that went undiagnosed for eight years. The condition brought involuntary muscle movements, non-epileptic seizures, nerve pain, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and severe insomnia.

By her early 20s, Brianna regularly went two to three days without sleep. By April 2017, at age 25, she had exhausted treatment options and was told doctors didn’t know what else to try. Then she caught the flu— and her already depleted body began to shut down. I fought it for two or three weeks and just got more and more fatigued, more and more tired, and more and more confused. And at 2 am on April 27, 2017, my body gave out. Everything gave out. I had no more willpower. I had no more heart, no more energy. My body was literally empty of energy, and so my heart stopped. It gave out.

Right before that, I heard this big booming voice ask, “Are you ready?” And I had no idea what I was ready for, but I was like, “Well, something’s out there.” I didn’t hesitate to say yes. And that’s when I felt like really three hard pounds in my chest, and my heart stopped. And that very instant, I was completely separated from my body. I was no longer aware of Brianna. I was no longer aware of Earth or humanity or anything. And I was in this beautiful blackness—you think of blackness maybe being like scary or dark or something, but it was absolutely beautiful, loving, full of energy. Like every possibility, every beginning was there. Brianna met the Creator in this blackness— an ever-loving presence with no judgment. She had no body, only energy. Though she didn’t remember Earth, her consciousness knew something had changed.

I just had the thought, “Am I dead?” And out of this darkness, three monks appear. Don’t ask me why monks. I still don’t know, but I believe they’re Tibetan because they had the beautiful red robes with the gold. They’re sitting cross-legged, floating by, and just smiling with kind of this, if you only knew. They didn’t say anything, but they were kind of laughing at me. I didn’t feel judged or upset about it. I was just like, “Oh, OK. That’s curious.” And they floated back into the blackness. And right after that is where I went into a tunnel. And this tunnel was vibrant blue, like whitish blue. Just there’s nothing on Earth— I have searched for eight years to try to find something that is as vibrant blue as this— and I am going through it at supersonic speed, and there’s binary code all around me, and I can tell that the binary code is being downloaded into my soul. I couldn’t tell you how long even that felt. It felt like an instant and forever all at once.

Brianna then entered a completely white space with no floors, ceiling, or doors— only a pile of numbers on the ground. I remember picking up these numbers and throwing them up in the air like a child and saying, “No wonder you love creating,” because I realized the Universe was created in math.

Next, Brianna entered what she describes as the most fun part of her experience—a place where she got to play with reality. It was kind of reminiscent of Earth—there were buildings, there were other beings, there was machinery, utility poles, trees, and stuff like that. And I remember early on in this part of the experience; I saw these beings sliding down trees covered in snow. “That looks like so much fun. I want to do it… I don’t think I like snow.” And instantly I’m sliding down these trees covered in moss next to these other beings, and I have this realization: what if they like snow, but I don’t, and they’re sliding down next to me on what they want while I’m sliding down on what I want, and we’re experiencing these realities simultaneously together, but different.

Brianna spent what felt like months in this place, stocking shelves with beings, dancing choreographed routines, moving as one without ever speaking, and learning to fly. When I tried to learn to fly, I severed my arm on a utility pole. It came completely off in this experience. There was no pain. There was no fear. I was just like, “I wonder what’s going to happen.” I’m just looking at it. And then I see it reattached with binary code again, and I was like, “Oh, cool.” There was another part, which I still find so ironic, because at the beginning, I was like, I don’t think I like snow. Well, I ended up in like a snowman-like body. And I had the thought, I wonder what happens if I get too close to that flame. Well, instantly I’m under the flame, and I’m melted, and I’m a puddle of eyeballs. It was like, “Huh, wonder if anyone will put me back together.” And just like that, these other beings came and put me back together once again without saying anything.

Eventually, Brianna reached a barbed wire fence. Some beings crossed through, but she knew she couldn’t follow—what lay beyond was a higher frequency she wasn’t allowed to reach. Then I jumped into the last part of my experience, which was a very closed, tight room. And in front of me was this beautiful scroll. And behind me, I could feel the presence of seven powerful beings. In front of me, the scroll starts to get beautiful, sparkly golden script written on it. And that is when I suddenly remembered that I had this human experience. And with that came my human ego. And apparently, this knowledge was so great, I was like, “Ha, you’re showing this to a human.” And just like that, the script went away. The scroll rolled up, and I was instantly snapped back into my body.

When Brianna felt her heart start again, she panicked— convinced she’d been dead for two months. Her phone showed that only eight minutes had passed. When her mother arrived later that day, Brianna told her everything. She could suddenly hear plants, feel people’s pain, and hear their thoughts—abilities that initially overwhelmed her and plunged her into deep depression. She even took extreme measures to return, all unsuccessful.

Years later, after brain surgery for her condition, Brianna learned transcendental meditation and returned to the blackness without dying. There, she felt the ‘binary code’ from her near-death experience return—circulating through her brain and heart— and she believes it helped rewire her. She turned off her deep-brain stimulator—a device that had controlled her symptoms for years—and her symptoms never returned.

I now know how to connect with that space anytime. I’m constantly connected, and I am in such a trusting mode. It’s just like I let it go. I let it flow. And it’s like if I die tomorrow, I’m living my best life now, and I am so excited to go back. But I no longer am trying to go back, if you know what I mean. (The Paradigm Experience)