DAILY NEWS Stream – February 23, 2026

France updates its National Strategy for Food, Nutrition and Climate to urge citizens to limit animal-people meat and charcuterie consumption to cut emissions and improve public health, promoting more fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and wholegrains, a move that comes as over half of French people have already begun eating less animal-folk meat for cost, health and environmental reasons (Euronews)

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture launches the Ship of Tolerance initiative in Historic Jeddah [Saudi Arabia] during Ramadan, inviting children and families to create artworks that promote acceptance, coexistence and cultural dialogue while linking global art with traditional crafts and local heritage (Arab News)

Jordan begins a Ramadan campaign to distribute 10,000 food parcels to low-income families through the Zakat Fund, the Awqaf Ministry, and the business group Mohammad Abu Soufa & Partners, an effort officials say aims to ease living burdens and strengthen social solidarity as the holy month begins (Arab News)

Japan’s transport ministry plans to ban the in-flight use of power banks and cap passengers to carrying two units each as early as April, a safety move prompted by recent smoke and fire incidents and aligned with upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization regulations (The Nation Thailand)

Veterinarians at Chulalongkorn University [Thailand] have performed Thailand’s first successful pacemaker implantation in a cat-person, a complex chest-cavity procedure using a human-grade device that saved an eight-year-old feline-individual named Pepsi from life-threatening arrhythmia and is being hailed as a major milestone in the country’s advancing veterinary cardiology (The Nation Thailand)

A court in Lâm Đồng [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] has sentenced former Buddhist monk Nguyễn Đắt Vũ to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting six boys under his care at the Thập Thiện facility in Đà Lạt, ordering compensation for two victims and noting the severe physical and psychological harm caused (VnExpress)

France’s National Assembly has approved a draft law allowing retail stores to test algorithm-based camera systems through 2027 to help detect shoplifting, creating a legal framework for AI [artificial intelligence]- driven behavioral analysis while requiring transparency, strict limits on data use, and assurances that collected footage cannot be used automatically for legal action (VietnamPlus)

Taiwanese (Formosan) doctors warn against overusing eye drops for Lunar New Year fatigue, citing risks of corneal damage. Experts recommend preservative-free formulas and adequate sleep to prevent eye irritation (Taipei Times)

Singapore authorities warn against unsupervised peptide [short chains of amino acids] injections for muscle gain and fat loss. Despite a growing black market fueled by social media influencers, doctors stress that unregistered use risks hormonal imbalances and organ damage. Peptide injectables remain strictly regulated in Singapore and require professional medical supervision (Channel News Asia)

Resistance band exercises offer an optimal solution for strengthening shoulder muscles and effectively correcting posture. Movements such as front raises and pull-aparts not only reduce joint pressure but also activate upper back muscles to help open the chest. This method is particularly beneficial for office workers to fix rounded shoulders and alleviate pain from prolonged sitting. Regular training with resistance bands helps maintain an upright posture and enhances the body’s overall functional mobility (Lao Động)

High winds trigger a severe dust storm on the Interstate 25 highway in Colorado [US] causing a deadly 30-plus vehicle pileup. The crash leaves four dead and 29 injured amid near-zero visibility conditions (The Watchers)

Human-caused climate change has played a major role in nearly tripling extreme wildfire weather days globally in the past 45 years, a new study finds. This surge in hot, dry conditions ignites simultaneous blazes, severely straining global firefighting resources (AP News)

A severe red-code blizzard slams Bucharest, Romania, dumping over 50 centimeters of snow. The storm paralyzes transport and triggers nearly 500 emergency requests, prompting widespread rescue and clearing operations (The Watchers)

Satellite data show a major spike in forest loss inside Brazil’s Pirahã Indigenous Territory in 2024, which officials say stems from emergency land clearing to plant food for the Pirahã amid a malaria outbreak affecting this recently contacted community, a situation conservationists describe as complex because deforestation can worsen malaria risk even as improved food security is needed to help the Pirahã fight the disease (Mongabay)

London [UK] startup Petit Pli, founded by former aeronautical engineer Ryan Mario Yasin, is developing children’s clothing that expands as they grow using a permanent pleating technique inspired by satellite technology (CNN)

India’s five-day AI [artificial intelligence] Impact Summit in New Delhi [India] has brought together global leaders, ministers and major tech executives to debate issues from job disruption to child safety, with deepfake risks and broader AI governance emerging as central themes as countries work toward a shared roadmap for responsible development (VietnamPlus)

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani (vegetarian) announces that Reliance and its telecom arm Jio will invest US$109.8 billion over the next seven years to build India’s AI computing capacity and large-scale data centers, as India’s first major AI summit coincides with a broader wave of multi-billion US dollar infrastructure commitments from companies (Channel News Asia)

British food company Bio&Me launches vegan, pistachio-based granola and overnight oats in UK Tesco grocery stores. Developed by nutritionist Dr. Megan Rossi, the plant-diverse range supports gut health (FoodBev Media)

Hungary ranks 11th in global vegan interest, surging 18 places since 2016 per “The World’s Most Popular Countries & Cities for Vegans” 2026 report by international food magazine Chef’s Pencil. Budapest emerges as a regional hub with a boom in vegan cafés, outperforming the United States in growth (Daily News Hungary)

British influencers Liam and Janine Day spark calls for Mr. Charlie’s, a “vegan McDonald’s” chain in the US to expand to the UK. After tasting various items, they praise the franchise’s vegan offerings and say they taste even better than McDonald’s food (Mirror)

After severe flooding in Kropyvnytskyi [Ukraine (Ureign)] submerged the BIM animal shelter, volunteers and local residents spent hours in freezing water to rescue dozens of dog- and cat-people, saving nearly all the animal-individuals despite two deaths, while continuing to care for the remaining frightened pet-folks as water levels slowly recede (TSN)

US Attorney General Pamela Bondi launches a major federal initiative to combat animal-people welfare crimes. It involves coordinating multiple federal agencies through a national plan to address the issue, a multi-agency “Tiger Team” to execute warrants and seizures in welfare cases, allocation of specialized grants to animal-people protection groups, and expanded Animal Welfare Act enforcement (Justice.gov)

Dutch authorities are testing “light fences” that project laser lines along roadsides to protect wildlife-people. These visual barriers guide animal-folk to safe crossings, reducing vehicle collisions while preserving natural migration routes without physical obstructions (32cars.ru)

Volunteers Đinh Minh Cảnh and Phùng Hữu Hiệp patrol HCM CT [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] roads with magnet carts to pick up nails to lessen puncture risk and offer to repair tires for free. Their two decade-long effort significantly reduces accidents and earns them official recognition (Thanh Niên)

Enlightening quote of the day: “The more you think and talk, the more you lose the Way.” The Venerated Enlightened Master Jianzhi Sengcan (vegan) (AZ Quotes)

Previously, in Part 1 of 2 of Danielle Slupesky’s near-death experience, she described bleeding heavily in the hospital and then slipping out of physical reality. Above her was a vast Light that felt like home. She longed for it with desperation— needing that Light as much as she needs oxygen now. Now, in Part 2 of 2, Danielle shares what happened next — a life review unlike anything she had ever imagined.

Danielle then found herself in an expansive mechanical space, arranged like a revolving door or slide carousel. Each section contained a moment from her life. It was simultaneously a still photograph, a 3D movie, and a fully immersive experience from multiple perspectives. It was also a movie or a 3D holographic sort of rendering of this experience that I could look at third person, but I was also somehow in the experience as myself, but I wasn’t just experiencing it from my perspective. It was from the perspective of everyone else also in the room.

And at first, I had time to really sit with and be in each one of these experiences. I was able to know exactly what other people were thinking and feeling. I was also able to experience in very real time the effect and impact of not just my words and my actions, not just the external parts of me, but also my thoughts and my energy. And I seem to have a tiny bit of access to what happened to a person prior to this interaction we were having that gave them the perspective that they held in that moment. Like this is why they’re perceiving me this way. This is why they feel the way they do. And I also had a little bit of access as to how this interaction changed them.

One memory stood out powerfully. In first or second grade, Danielle saw three popular girls bullying a neglected classmate against a wall. She jumped off the monkey bars and confronted them. I got between them, and I laugh at myself so much, but because tiny me, literally hand on my hip, finger out, shaming these girls, letting them know that what they’re doing isn’t OK. And in that moment, I felt what it felt like to be shamed. That these girls knew that what they were doing was wrong. But I also felt what this other girl felt to be stood up for. And this is one of the things about recognizing your impact in interactions, is that this was one of the first times anybody made her feel worth standing up for, that she understood her own value. And I was able to see how that one little moment shifted things for her.

I had tons of time to be with each one of these things and to feel through it, and then it felt like it would click over. Eventually, that clicking started to happen faster and faster, and to the point where it all felt like it was all happening all at once, where I was experiencing my entire life from the perspective of every human I’d ever come in contact with all at once. And as this thing was spinning, it seemed to create like a suction force or like a vortex, where I started to be pulled upwards. Somehow, I knew with everything in me that if I crossed this invisible threshold above me that I would not be able to come back. Right? That was the end of it. And when I had that thought or realization, my husband was the next thing that popped into my mind. And I knew that he would not be OK if I left under those conditions. And so as I’m being pulled up and I’m getting closer and closer to this threshold, it kind of makes me laugh now because I literally feel like I kind of put my finger up at God and was like, “Hold on a second. Give me a minute.”

Danielle decided to return to say goodbye. She knew getting back into her broken body would be painful but felt compelled to do so. To escape the spinning room, she tried to break it and found her husband’s hand on the other side. In the physical world, her husband had been squeezing her hand and urging her to squeeze back. When she did, it was clear she was still alive. She remained hospitalized for three and a half months total.

After discharge, Danielle and her husband sold everything and moved to the Virgin Islands. Years later, while cleaning a client’s home, she found herself inexplicably drawn to a yellowed folder buried in a stack of papers. It was a thesis on near-death experiences, featuring an interview with her client, who had nearly died in a scuba tank explosion. His descriptions matched hers exactly. When he came home and saw her holding it, he said simply, “You’ve seen.” That was the first time Danielle knew her experience was real.

In 2017, after hurricanes Irma and Maria, Danielle became severely ill from mold exposure. During her recovery, an inner voice told her she wasn’t doing what she had promised to do when she came back. She remembered her purpose: to help people understand that death is just a transition. She became a death doula [end-of-life emotional guide].

It very much feels like this is a thing I’ve done before. I will do it again in some other iteration. And for me, the point of this go-around is compassion and connection. And how do I find it? How do I foster it? How do I cultivate it? And working at end of life is the culmination of that. I’m so passionate about working with people at end of life and preparing for end of life, especially in this very intentional, conscious way. Because as we’re preparing for a conscious death, we automatically start to live a more conscious life. There is this infinite part of you that is here and learning and experiencing and loving and losing and all of the things that come along with being human. We have so much opportunity as humans incarnated on this planet to experience and give and receive and lose. And there’s so much value even in those loss experiences.

Life is very much like this tapestry. Here we see the backside. So, we see all the loops and the knots and the frayed ends, and you get to the other side, and it’s like there’s this beautiful picture that makes perfect sense, and every single one of those threads is necessary to make the picture make sense. And so, I say often, like, I would never give back any of my experiences. And I’ve been through some tough ones. When I was 11, my biological father and grandfather were killed by homicide in Oakland. And so even that experience, I wouldn’t give back. It opened up so many opportunities for learning and loving and forgiving. To choose to forgive the man that took their lives. That’s a big ask for a human to do. And what a beautiful opportunity.

So, so much about my experience and what I do now is to help people understand that. To understand that there’s tons of opportunity for these sort of opening and awakening experiences. And you don’t have to get sick to have them. You don’t have to die to have them. But you do have to be conscious and intentional about it. I don’t believe life happens to us. Life happens for us. Pure white Light and Love energy that I believe Source is, is the culmination of all things. It’s all emotions. It’s all experience. It’s all frequencies. And therefore, it can’t actually experience anything. It had to develop a system with which to feel, and sense and be and do. And I think that that’s what incarnating into a physical realm and a physical body is. (Coming Home)