DAILY NEWS Stream – January 10, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visits Beijing [China] and meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, seeking full restoration of South Korea-China relations in 2026. Both leaders call for stability in Northeast Asia and renewed dialogue with North Korea. They sign multiple cooperation agreements, while over 200 South Korean business leaders join Mr. Lee to expand economic ties (Reuters)

Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez says she is willing to work with the United States after US forces seize former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “We consider it a priority to move towards a balanced and respectful relationship between the US and Venezuela,” she writes on Telegram, adding, “We extend an invitation to the US government to work together on an agenda for cooperation that is aimed towards shared development” (Al Jazeera)

Cambodia says 176 schools in Oddar Meanchey, a Cambodian province on the border with Thailand, have reopened after recent border tensions (Khmer Times)

Spain warns of a surge in phishing — fraudulent emails that mimic official Social Security messages to steal login credentials. The routine-looking attachments open fake portals, prompting users to enter personal details. Authorities urge people to slow down, avoid email-based logins and verify notifications through official channels (EuroWeekly News)

Drinking in the US significantly drops as a poll shows alcohol use hits a 90-year low in 2025. In Australia, Gen Z members [born between 1997 and 2012] are 17-times less likely to drink than the Baby Boomer generation [1946-1964], with similar figures in the UK (Dân trí)

US billionaire Elon Musk says his neurotech company Neuralink will mass-produce brain implants in 2026 to help severely paralyzed people regain independence by translating user thoughts into commands for devices like computers (Fox News)

Moldy coffee consumption causes kidney failure after doctors link years of drinking poorly stored beans to Ochratoxin A poisoning destroying kidney filtration in a 50-year-old Taiwanese (Formosan) man. The case highlights hidden food storage risks in humid environments. Experts warn consumers to discard any discolored or musty beans to avoid irreversible organ damage (VietnamNet)

Storm Francis floods Málaga Province [Spain] dumping up to 200 millimeters of rain in parts of the Guadalhorce Valley and Costa del Sol and causing river overflows, evacuations, and road closures. Emergency crews respond to more than 120 flood-related incidents (The Watchers)

An Australian study finds that climate-driven heat has doubled and tripled tree deaths in Australian rainforests and temperate forests, respectively, since 1963, threatening carbon storage, biodiversity, and climate goals (ABC News Australia)

Flash floods kill at least 14 on Siau Island [North Sulawesi, Indonesia] after heavy rain, damaging hundreds of homes and buildings and authorities evacuating around 444 residents (Vietnam Plus)

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Shimane Prefecture [Japan], injuring at least six, damaging homes and roads, and triggering strong aftershocks across western regions (Vietnam Plus)

Italian vegan cheesemaker Dreamfarm doubles revenue to around €2 million in 2025 and plans new products and expansion across Europe and Italian foodservice channels in 2026 (Green Queen)

Rising food prices are pushing 86% of Canadians to eat less animal-people meat and 17% are turning to vegan proteins like lentils, tofu and quinoa, as climate-driven inflation accelerates flexitarian and vegan shifts (Ottawa Citizen)

UK white and brown sugar remain vegan because producers avoid bone char [cow-person bones] and mostly use sugar beet or animal-free cane refining while shoppers check imported labels. Sugar from Canada, India, some European countries, and the US may have been processed with bone char (PETA UK)

New Zealand recognizes animal sentience and bans cosmetic testing, requiring non-animal-person methods instead, and enacts stronger protections for animal-people’s physical and emotional well-being (World Animal News)

The Myanmar military government announces an Independence Day amnesty, freeing over 6,000 prisoners including foreign inmates, amid ongoing conflict after the 2021 coup (The Daily Star)

Cyprus delivers more than 30,000 metric tons of aid to Gaza via the Amalthea aid corridor [maritime humanitarian route established to deliver assistance from Cyprus to Gaza] and may expand efforts by sending United Nations-coordinated shipments through Ashdod Port [Israel] (Cyprus Mail)

A passer-by fell into the frozen lake Connaught Water in Essex, UK, while trying to rescue a man who had plunged through the ice attempting to save a dog-person. All made it out safely and authorities warn people not to go onto frozen water (Daily Mail)

Inspirational quote of the day: “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien World-renowned British Writer, Poet and Academic (Allpoetry.com) I was out of my body, looking down on my car. The Bobcat [automobile] was smashed, and it looked like no one could have survived. American minister and healer Laurence Brock shares how a car crash at age 22 led to a profound near-death experience — one that would permanently change how he understood life, death, and love. Laurence grew up Jewish in Westchester, New York. Before his near-death experience, he was searching for something but never guessed it was spiritual. Though he’d had spiritual experiences — including seeing his deceased grandfather in a movie theater — he dismissed them, not knowing what to make of them.

In 1976, shortly after returning from Colorado, 22-year-old Laurence went to a party where he drank and smoked. Believing he was okay to drive, he left late that night— unaware it would be the last moment he’d remember in his body. I can still see the party in my mind when I check my memory. And I look at it now — I should have never been driving, because it was kind of extra bright and a little hazy, like when you drink too much. But I remember walking toward the door. The next thing I remember, I was out of my body. Laurence crashed into a tree. In the moments that followed, his awareness separated from his body.

I was out of my body, looking down on my car. The Bobcat [automobile] was smashed, and it looked like no one could have survived. My body was leaning against the tree with my legs straight out this way, and a police officer was crouching over me. I was looking down — all of this seemed fine. I was in white light all around me, down where my body and the car were. It was nighttime and dark. And behind me was this big circle of a different shade of white. And within there was a being — like a full-body silhouette of a person or being — with still another shade of white light kind of radiating off of that. The feeling was amazing. When I start to say it, something in me starts to shiver a little bit because I still use that to connect to that incredibly loving, warm energy — like everything was okay.

I was okay. The car was okay. My body, even though my head was smashed open, was okay. And life — everything was okay. Everything just seemed to make sense. It’s almost like I could see three-dimensionally, but I was looking this way. And the being behind me said, “You have to go back. Your Father wants you to stay.” I knew right at that moment the Father was God, not my physical father. And I went back into my body, and then came to three days later in the hospital.

When Laurence awoke, the nurse told him it had been “touch and go.” The neurologist said he was lucky. Though he knew the experience was real, he had no framework to understand it — the term “near-death experience” was just entering public awareness, and there was no internet to research it. He told almost no one.

I went back to Colorado after getting somewhat physically better, and then my mom kind of convinced me to move back East. And I was sitting in my apartment back East. Within a year, this woman showed up at my door and introduced me to this teacher. And right away, he started talking about this stuff. Interestingly, right away he started to talk to me about Mary. And how he would talk — like, Mary was so open to God’s love that she let the Christ energy in. And I go, “Ah, that is what happened to me in my near-death experience.” Then he talked to me about Jesus, and I go, “Oh, that Being behind me was Jesus.” And I just knew that. I know that now.

The teacher spoke of “the Ocean of Divine Love and Benevolence” — Laurence recognized it as the white light surrounding him. He studied with this teacher for years in New York, Colorado, Vancouver, and Texas, learning to understand what had happened to him. He says the experience reshaped his life, leading him to help others reconnect with love, meaning, and a deeper sense of the Divine.

I think meditation is probably the most important thing to practice, at least most days. And even if you don’t think you’re doing it right, still you take that time. You commit that time to connecting to spirit, to God, and to your soul and high self. I think finding someone to help us is really important, because those are the times — it is outside of what we know. And it is very hard in your mind to get outside of what you know. Love is the answer. Love is the question. How can I be in my loving more? That it’s an ongoing process. You open up, but love is the thing. That is the thing.