DAILY NEWS Stream – November 19, 2025

The UK announces £13 million to repair Ukraine (Ureign)’s energy sector and aid Ukrainians (Ureignians) hit by Russian attacks on power, heating, and water in homes, hospitals, and schools as winter approaches (Gov.uk)

The US designates four European Antifa [far-left extremist] groups as foreign terrorist organizations, triggering asset freezes, entry bans, and prosecutions of those who support their activities, which have included dozens of violent attacks across Germany, Italy, Greece, and Hungary (Fox News)

US President Trump pardons British billionaire Joe Lewis, 88, of a 2024 insider trading conviction following his request for access to medical treatment and to visit his family in the US. The Lewis family expressed gratitude to President Trump for His kindness (The Guardian)

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awards US$10,000 bonuses to airport security agents in Houston [Texas] who worked through the 43-day government shutdown. President Trump has praised all similarly “patriotic” federal employees and proposed US$10,000 bonuses also for air traffic controllers who maintained perfect attendance (Fox News)

Australian broadcaster ABC is accused of deceptively cutting US President Trump’s “peacefully and patriotically” quote from His January 6, 2021 speech similar to the BBC, whose director general and news CEO recently resigned over the backlash (New York Post)

The US Justice Department opens a mortgage fraud investigation into US Representative Eric Swalwell [Democrat-California] over more than US$360,000 in suspicious payments made to a staffer since 2021. Swalwell’s campaign also reported luxury spending and high-end hotels in Dubai [United Arab Emirates], Berlin [Germany], Paris [France], and London [UK] (Fox News)

California Governor Newsom [Democrat] is caught red-handed: President Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces California illegally issued 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses to ineligible foreign drivers; he is now revoking all of them (U.S. Department of Transportation)

The EU steps up its crackdown on cheap Chinese parcels flooding the European market by agreeing to end the €150 customs tax exemption on non-EU parcels starting May 2026 (Euronews)

A US court rules that aircraft company Boeing must pay over US$28 million to the family of a victim in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash. This is the first civil verdict among numerous lawsuits tied to the two 737 MAX disasters in Ethiopia (2019) and Indonesia (2018), which killed 346 people (VnExpress)

Taiwan (Formosa) approves harsher penalties for fraud, lowering the threshold defining “large-scale fraud” to around US$32,000, with prison terms up to 7 years for gains above US$3.2 million (Taipei Times)

Vegan fudge proves you can enjoy rich, melt-in-your-mouth sweets while choosing ingredients that are better for your body. By swapping dairy for plant-based butter, coconut cream, and dairy-free condensed milk, you get all the creaminess with less saturated fat and no cholesterol. Many vegan ingredients— like coconut oil, cashew butter, and dark chocolate— also contain beneficial fats and antioxidants that lower risks of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

How to Make Sweet Vegan Fudge: 1) Melt 1 tablespoon of plant-based butter and 500–700 grams (3 cups) of dairy-free chocolate. 2) Stir in a can of sweetened condensed coconut milk and (optional) 1–2 tablespoons of your favorite vegan sweetener. 3) Heat until thickened and (optional) add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. 4) Pour into a lined pan, let cool, then place in the refrigerator to set. 5) (Optional) Customize with nuts, sea salt, or dried fruit for extra flavor and plant-based nutrition.

With endless flavor add-ins and simple one-to-one substitutions, vegan fudge delivers full indulgence while supporting a healthier, plant-powered way to satisfy your sweet tooth (VegNews)

The US records its first confirmed death from a red meat allergy known as alpha-gal syndrome, induced by tick bites. The victim, a 47-year-old man in New Jersey, suddenly collapsed one day after repeated episodes of severe abdominal pain and vomiting after eating animal-people red meat (VTV)

Cuba faces a mosquito-borne disease outbreak affecting nearly one-third of the population. The Cuban government has launched an urgent response campaign, akin to its COVID-19 efforts, to seek medications and vaccines, while widespread economic hardship hinders environmental sanitation efforts (Thanh Niên)

Cilacap district [Central Java, Indonesia]: Landslide kills 2 people and leaves at least 21 missing (The Straits Times)

The world is on track for 2.6ºC temperature rise by 2100 as fossil fuel emissions hit record highs and countries’ climate pledges remain insufficient, reports show (The Guardian)

Global animal-people welfare group FOUR PAWS urged South Africa’s citizens to extend kindness to animal-people on World Kindness Day [November 13 annually] and every day by supporting local animal-people shelters, eating vegan meals, avoiding wildlife exploitation, being responsible pet caregivers, and prioritizing adoption over buying pet-people (Caxton Network News)

Bulgarian vegan armwrestler Sasho Dimitrov Andreev wins gold and silver at the 2025 World Armwrestling Federation [WAF] World Championships, bringing his total to 48 championship golds across world and European events. Mr. Andreev, vegan since 2019, credits his strength to whole-food vegan proteins like lentils, beans, peas, potatoes, rice, and nuts (Plant Based News)

Australia and New Zealand provide a total of over US$1 million in flood recovery aid to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) after disasters killed around 90 people since October (VnExpress)

The Turkish Red Crescent sends its 18th Goodness Ship to Gaza carrying 800 metric tons of humanitarian supplies including food and blankets (Marine Insight)

Police in Ahmedabad [India] bust an illegal wildlife trade operation selling Indian star tortoise-people via Instagram, rescuing 10 tortoise-individuals and arresting four suspects (The Indian Express)

Pretoria [South Africa]’s Owl Rescue Centre rescues a black-backed jackal-person found hiding in a bathroom and releases him into a nearby nature reserve (Good Things Guy)

Valpoi [India] veterinarians Siddesh Pednekar and Raghunath Dhuri perform life-saving surgery on a cow-person found in severe pain, who ingested over 33 pounds [15 kilograms] of plastic waste that blocked her intestines— underscoring the importance of veterinary services, support for cattle shelters (gaushalas), and reducing plastic usage through reusable alternatives and corporate responsibility (The Cool Down)

“As I was soaking up that love, I realized that that’s also who I am too. And that I’m always one with that. And that I had never been alone, that that Light and that love had always been with me.” American intuitive healer Jane Thompson shares how she died and entered the Light, where she was shown oneness, felt unconditional love, and peace knowing there is a Divine Plan for all.

Jane’s near-death experience began on August 22, 2008, after waking with extreme pain and a dangerously high fever. By the time she reached the emergency room, she could barely stay conscious. Hours later, the pain peaked until she felt her head would burst. “I began convulsing, and my head had so much pressure in it I could feel the veins popping out. And right when I knew I couldn’t take anymore, I went very internal; I disconnected completely from the external world. I thought to myself, ‘I’m dying. This is what it feels like to die.’ And I wasn’t scared. It was just a very matter-of-fact knowing. And right at that moment, I popped out of my body.”

In an instant, Jane found herself on the ceiling, observing her body and the medical staff below. “I could see my body lying there on the gurney, but I could see that I, my essence, was no longer a part of that body, that it was just the shell of who I am. I saw the people around me scurrying around. I felt their various emotions. I started floating up, and I saw these little balls of white energy pinging around and bouncing around. And those were the souls of everybody that was in the hospital. And I saw how each soul was connected by a thin iridescent line, and that’s oneness and the way that we’re all connected.”

Then everything sped up, pulling Jane into a tunnel that dropped her into a bright, living Light unlike anything she had known. “It was the most pure, unconditional love I have ever experienced in my life. I was stripped of ego, and so there was enough room for this complete, deep, unconditional, pure love.” Jane understood that this love was the true essence of her and everyone. “I had this realization that that is me also, that I am that love— that we, human beings, we are that love. Every soul is that love, because we are one with that Light as well. It’s just when we come into our bodies and onto planet Earth, we get what’s perceived as a separation, but the separation, it’s just an illusion. And so, as I was soaking up that love, I realized that I had never been alone, even though I had felt alone many times in my life, that that Light and that love had always been with me.”

The peace was so complete that Jane didn’t even remember the agony her physical body was still in. For her, death no longer felt frightening; it felt like returning home. “There’s a lot of peace in knowing that death isn’t the end; life is just a chapter.” Jane wanted to stay in the Light— but it was not yet her time. “I heard the firm but gentle and loving voice say, ‘You need to go back.’ And I continued to protest and try to get my way and say that I wanted to stay longer, but I knew that it wasn’t a negotiation. And yet, as I continued to protest, I felt myself get nudged, lovingly nudged very quickly backwards through the tunnel. And then next thing I knew, I was back into my body.”

Jane re-entered through the top of her head and was quickly overwhelmed again by pain before losing consciousness for hours. When she awoke, she wanted to tell her family and the doctors, “Don’t worry. If I was supposed to die, I would not have been sent back”— but she couldn’t speak. Processing the experience took a long time—especially the overwhelming sense that everything in existence is unfolding perfectly even when humans can’t see the full picture.

“Honestly, it took several years to process a lot of what I really learned. And it was really the knowing that all is well. When we are out of our bodies, when we’re in the Light, we have that 360-degree perspective. When you see the complete picture, saying that ‘all is well’ makes perfect sense. And that continues to bring me a lot of peace as I’m back in my body.” With this perspective, Jane became deeply motivated to heal herself and seek her soul’s purpose. She says that each person’s trauma and conditioning contain clues to their healing, and that living authentically opens the door to joy, abundance, and inner peace. “Healing isn’t always fun, but it’s so worth it so you can live in the peace of being your true and authentic self. And if we look at our traumas, look at our wounding, and do what we can to heal that, our holes will start to get filled back in and the wounds will be healed, and we will start to feel complete here on Earth so we can live out our true purpose.”

She emphasizes that life on Earth is a school, meant for both learning and play, and that simply being— rather than constantly doing— is often enough. “You don’t have to be doing, doing, doing all the time. Being is oftentimes all you need because it allows that flow. It keeps you from getting in the way all the time of the beauty that’s trying to unfold in your life and the people’s lives around you.”

Jane believes our higher Self is always there for us, waiting patiently because it already knows when we’re ready to hear the truth. “Your soul and your intuition and your higher Self is always there to guide you and to open doors for you, and to close doors that aren’t meant for you. And just getting quiet enough and continuing to work on your healing so you can hear the wisdom of your intuition coming through. Your soul knows you. It’s never going to rush you. All you need to do is just try to get quiet enough to listen.” (Dorothy Shelton)

Uplifting quote of the day: “The soul of each one of us is sent, that the Universe may be complete.” — The Venerated Enlightened Master Plotinus (vegetarian)