DAILY NEWS Stream – February 3, 2026

Ukraine (Ureign) experienced a quieter night as US President Trump says Russian President Putin agreed to halt strikes on Kyiv [Ukraine (Ureign)] and other cities until February 1st, a pause the Kremlin [Russia] frames as support for US-mediated peace talks (BBC)

US President Donald Trump orders the reopening of all commercial airspace over Venezuela after speaking with Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez, enabling US airlines to resume direct flights and allowing American citizens safe travel to the country (Fox News)

The European Commission announces €153 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Ukraine (Ureign) and Moldova, allocating €145 million for protection, shelter, food, cash, psychosocial support, water, and health services in Ukraine (Ureign) plus €8 million for Ukrainian (Ureignian) refugees in Moldova (European Commission)

Kazakhstan and Israel sign memoranda on diplomatic training, public diplomacy, and intent for visa-free travel for national passport holders during Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s official visit to Astana [Kazakhstan] — the first such visit in 16 years — enabling expanded tourism, trade, investment, technology, education, healthcare, and agrotechnology cooperation (Astana Times)

The Trump administration eases sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry by issuing a US Treasury general license authorizing limited oil transactions by established US entities, allowing major American oil companies to scout sites and potentially restart or expand production inside Venezuela as the country moves toward oil-sector privatization (Fox News)

Syria’s Tourism Minister Mazen Al-Salihani announces that over 3.5 million visitors have entered the country since liberation [December 8, 2024] through November 2025, signaling renewed global interest in its heritage sites and paving the way for investments in air transport and sustainable tourism (SANA)

US life expectancy rises to a record 79 in 2024 as overall death rates fall, COVID-19 drops out of the top ten causes of death, and improvements appear across most age groups, races, and major health categories (UPI)

Scientists warn that two additional animal-people-origin viruses — influenza D and canine coronavirus — are now under global monitoring after new evidence suggests they could adapt to infect humans more efficiently, prompting calls for stronger surveillance and preparedness (Đại Biểu Nhân Dân)

Sharing emotions speeds stroke recovery, according to the American Heart Association. Researchers find emotional restriction predicts disability, urging families to encourage open expression. Expressing feelings reduces loneliness and significantly boosts long-term mental and physical health (American Heart Association)

City residents living near visible trees face a 4% lower heart disease risk. Researchers find tree canopies filter pollution and cool air, while grass and shrubs surprisingly show higher risks, possibly due to pesticide use, prompting calls for urban tree planting (Harvard School of Public Health)

Frequent consumption of specific food preservatives slightly raises cancer susceptibility, a large French study reveals. Researchers link potassium sorbate, potassium nitrate, acetic acid, sulfites, and others, to higher incidences, citing inflammation and oxidative stress. While no overall risk exists for all additives combined, experts urge a regulatory review and advise consumers to choose fresh, minimally processed foods (Earth.com)

Ukraine (Ureign) braces for -30°C temperatures as Russian strikes cripple energy infrastructure, leaving millions without heat and sparking fears of a severe humanitarian crisis (Báo Tin Tức)

Tennessee [US] confirms 12 winter storm-related deaths as residents endure prolonged outages and freezing temperatures. Officials warn of carbon monoxide risks as the community struggles to stay warm (WSMV)

A study published in the scientific journal Nature reveals highly populated major river deltas are now often sinking faster than rising seas, threatening millions. Groundwater extraction and urbanization drive rapid subsidence in regions like the Mekong [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] (Tuổi Trẻ)

Newberry County [South Carolina, US] prepares for heavy snow following an ice storm. Officials open shelters and activate emergency protocols as residents brace for renewed power outages (WIS News 10)

Rescuers in Namibia find a young seal pup with nearly invisible black plastic embedded in its body, highlighting how everyday plastic waste becomes hidden traps that injure marine animal-people and turn the ocean into an increasingly dangerous environment (Click Petróleo e Gás)

A critically endangered Waved Albatross-individual from the Galápagos [Ecuador] appears off the coast of California [US], astonishing scientists as they investigate whether skipped breeding [foregoing breeding for one or more seasons] or shifting ocean conditions are driving the species far beyond its normal range (Tuổi Trẻ)

A mass die-off of long-spined sea urchin-people in the Canary Islands [Spain] reveals that the species has stopped reproducing there, signaling a potential local extinction and raising global concern as a fast-spreading disease continues to wipe out urchin populations across multiple oceans (Earth.com)

A forum in Huế [Âu Lạc (Vietnam)] brings together government agencies, conservation groups, and local residents to promote community-led wildlife protection and biodiversity efforts. Officials highlight how empowering villagers— rather than relying on top-down messaging—has shifted conservation from “authorities speak, people listen” to “communities speak, communities act.” Local groups now patrol forests, remove traps, report violations, and persuade neighbors to abandon hunting and wildlife consumption (Tuổi Trẻ)

Vegan children’s food brand Else Nutrition sells 1 million cans of toddler and kids nutritional powdered drink products across North America since their launch, signaling a surge in dairy-free pediatric demand. The milestone bolsters the company as it pursues US approval for its vegan infant formula (TipRanks)

A new poll commissioned by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine reveals 56% of Americans would consider trying a “plant-based food option” as an alternative to consuming chicken wings while viewing the Super Bowl [annual American football championship game] on February 8. The Physicians Committee promotes vegan meals as they are “lower in fat, loaded with fiber, and high in antioxidants, helping to reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions” (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)

German vegan food tech company Planteneers unveils a clean-label, vegan system for frozen desserts at trade fair ISM Ingredients 2026 in Germany. The chickpea-based premix creates creamy, additive-free ice cream, meeting rising European demand for healthy, dairy-free treats (Neutraceutical Business Review)

Volunteers of “DC Snow Heroes” [a Washington DC, US mayor’s office program] clear sidewalks after storms helping seniors, children, and people with disabilities. The initiative mobilizes neighbors to aid each other where city snowplows cannot reach (Good News Network)

In Bharmour [India], two young men went missing in a Himalayan snowstorm and died. Their pitbull companion who accompanied them, Sherru, stood guard over one of the bodies for four days in freezing conditions, hardly eating. Rescue teams found Sherru initially aggressive, but calmed and reunited him with his caregiver’s family (VnExpress)

Illinois [US] family rescues an owl-person in a tree tangled in kite string. After retrieving her, she is taken to the non-profit Talon Trust for recovery and is later released near the family’s home (The Dodo)

Enlightened quote of the day: “Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. He will send [rain - to cleanse - from] the sky upon you in abundance.” Noah (vegetarian) Venerated Antediluvian Patriarch and Messenger of God (Quran 71:10–11)

I stopped living for tomorrow or for yesterday. I stopped having regrets as much as I could, and I stopped fearing about the future — the what ifs, because they haven’t happened. Because right now is the moment that’s happening here. Nicole Meeuws shares how she had a near-death experience during emergency surgery and met otherworldly beings who revealed her soul’s true home and purpose.

Nicole was four months pregnant when she suddenly fell seriously ill. Her husband rushed her to the hospital, where doctors delivered devastating news: the baby had died, and she needed immediate emergency surgery. As Nicole lay on the operating table, overwhelmed with grief, depression, and fear, the anesthesiologist injected her arm. But something went terribly wrong.

My heart started to elevate. My blood pressure spiked up. The doctors all looked around, looked at the machines, and they were all stressed. And when I saw that, I immediately got stressed. And in that moment, instantaneously, I was sucked out of my body into a blue-white light. There was no stopping it. I couldn’t fight it. I just had to let go. It was so powerful. It overtook my being. And while I entered that blue-white light, I immediately felt this stillness, this peace. So I let myself drift through into this void of inexplicable blues and whites, luminous blues. I suddenly entered into this white, illuminated room. And there in front of me stood two enormous marble thrones.

And, of course, I was in awe. I stood there, and I looked and I wasn’t fearful. I was like, “What’s going on? What’s this?” And on those thrones, there were these enormous beings with feathered hair, long like a Native American. This beautiful, feathered hair in indigos, blues, purples, and whites. Every hair follicle was a feather. They were sitting with humanoid bodies and faces with fish-like tails. They had strange humanoid faces. I remember they had indigo eyes, feathered hair, but a kind of lion nose with whiskers coming out. But, they looked humanoid, but kind of like a mere being, but absolutely beautiful.

The beings communicated telepathically with Nicole, and she instantly felt she had come home. I knew I’d come home. I knew — they were telepathically telling me, “You’ve come home. You are our tribe. You’ve come home to your soul tribe.” And all the fear and the worry left me. Immediately, I felt at home. It was like everything that ever happened before seemed more like the dream world. And suddenly, where I was now seemed more like the real world because it had so many more colors. It felt so much more real. When I say it felt so much more real, I mean the presence, the way you feel when you’re there, the visual aspects of everything. It feels much more the way life should be — beautiful, harmonious, extravagant. Nothing like this dreamlike state that we’re [in] here on this planet.

And so, they told me a lot of information about who I was, and it all came back to me. In that moment, you get a lot of realization of who you really are. And you’re just like, “Oh my God, I’ve been on a long, bad holiday called life.” And then you come back, and you think, “OK, now I get it. Now I understand.” And in that moment when they were telling me more things, they were telling me about how I wasn’t supposed to bring children into this world — my story, me, I’m talking about me. I wasn’t supposed to do that. And all the peace came all over me when I knew that. I felt so much more peaceful. And the guilt left me — the tremendous guilt that I felt after losing the baby. That all vanished into a deep, peaceful, and loving knowing that everything’s going to be OK.

Suddenly, Nicole was pulled back through the blue vortex and returned to her body. When she woke up in the hospital bed, something extraordinary happened. I was sat right back into the bed where I woke up next to this Viennese, very strange Austrian nurse. I remember grabbing her hand and going, “Oh, wow. You’ve got to imagine where I’ve just been. I’ve just…” [I was] telling the story and she just shook my hand off, saying, “Leave me alone!” She was a nurse, which was also really strange. But I was very fortunate — in that same moment, my husband was right next to me, and while he looked at me, I didn’t realize that I was not even speaking English. I was speaking a fluent — I can only describe it as a high-pitched frequency, dolphin/whale-like sound. It was the most beautiful language, my husband recalls, and I was speaking with him for at least about 10 minutes in this fluent, high-pitch, low-pitch, squealing sound.

After her experience, Nicole’s life transformed completely. She developed powerful psychic abilities and began creating art despite never having painted before. In everyday encounters, she found she could intuitively sense the inner lives of the people around her. I would know everything about them without knowing them at all. I’d be walking through towns or cities, going shopping, going about my day. And at the same time, I could sense what they were going through, what they were experiencing. I could visually see it. I could feel it.

Nicole had never painted before and had no formal training. But what I started to do without having any lessons after my NDE [near-death experience] — I just started to put paint on canvas. I didn’t care where it would go or what it would look like. I just felt in the moment, and I asked God to stream through me this unity-loving consciousness and to bring it out on canvas.

Nicole also began receiving profound downloads while swimming in the ocean. Most importantly, her entire perspective on life shifted.

I stopped living for tomorrow or for yesterday. I stopped having regrets as much as I could, and I stopped fearing about the future — the what ifs, because they haven’t happened. Because right now is the moment that’s happening here. And I started realizing that right now is the most important moment — here and now. So I started to create the positive vibes in the here and now. I started focusing on what am I going to do right now that’s going to make someone else feel good, that’s going to make me feel good, that’s going to bring in some deeper awareness, bring in some clarity, some wisdom, some universal love.

Nicole became aware that negativity and destructive energies still exist in the world. I know they’re there, but I refuse to give that power. What I will give power [to] is the unity of consciousness of love within me and within you out there. And to feel what feels right. Not everything that feels right, you’ve researched. You have to trust your inner knowing because all of that knowing is inside us already. We just have to remember who we are. We have to remember that we’re here to create Heaven on Earth. (NDE Diary)