DAILY NEWS Stream – August 3, 2025

Several Arab nations pressure Hamas for the first time to disarm and relinquish power in Gaza (Fox News)

India overtakes China as top smartphone supplier to the US, as Apple and other tech companies shift production amid US-China trade tensions and rising demand for India-made devices (CafeF.vn)

“Absolute blockbuster”: The US economy grew an explosive 3% in Quarter 2 of 2025 with low inflation, boosting President Trump’s agenda and drawing expert praise across political and media lines (WhiteHouse.gov)

The US Senate approves President Trump’s nominee for Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], Dr. Susan Monarez— bringing “decades of distinguished experience in health innovation, disaster preparedness, global health, and biosecurity” to the agency (CBS)

US FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] Director Kash Patel finds thousands of sensitive documents about the President Trump– Russia investigation hidden in “burn bags” in a secret FBI room. This has triggered investigations into former officials and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign for trying to sway voters against President Trump (Fox News)

Fireworks factory explosion kills at least 9 in Suphan Buri [Thailand], renewing concerns over safety after many past deadly blasts tied to weak regulation (VnExpress)

The World Health Organization [WHO] urges faster action on hepatitis [liver inflammation], with viral hepatitis D now classified as carcinogenic [cancer-causing]. Hepatitis B, C, and D affect over 300 million people globally and cause more than 1.3 million deaths each year, mainly from cirrhosis [chronic liver failure] and cancer (World Health Organization)

Study links ultra-processed foods— especially animal-people lunch meats—to 41% higher lung cancer risk even in non-smokers, citing chemicals and lost nutrients in ready- made foods and snacks (VegNews)

Japan’s heatwave causes over 10,800 hospitalizations and 16 deaths in one week, with temperatures soaring near 40ºC in Gifu Prefecture (Thanh Niên)

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes India’s Nicobar Islands, shaking buildings (Reuters)

Assam [India]: Local arts and pottery are at risk of extinction on the huge river island of Majuli, where floods, erosion, and clay bans threaten local people’s culture and income (Al Jazeera)

Typhoon Co-may makes landfall on China’s eastern coast, prompting evacuations and severe emergency alerts due to strong winds (VTV.vn)

Over 1,600 firefighters battle five wildfires in central and northern Portugal as smoke hampers air support and some villages are evacuated for safety (The Portugal News)

US space agency NASA reveals burned Amazon rainforests stay stressed and nearly 2.6°C hotter for decades, slowing regrowth and highlighting the need for fire prevention policies (Phys.org)

Earth experiences unprecedented “artificial seasons,” such as Southeast Asia’s “haze season” from burning forests for farm land and Bali’s “trash season” from tides carrying plastic waste, while traditional seasons like bird-people migrations are disappearing— illustrating how human-driven climate change is disturbing the planet’s natural rhythms (VnExpress)

New research warns saltwater is increasingly infiltrating major global rivers like the Mississippi, Yangtze, and Rhine, threatening drinking water, farming, and industry (Phys.org)

EU report finds fur cages fail animal-people welfare needs, moving Europe closer to banning mink-, fox-, and raccoon-, and chinchilla-person breeding for fur (Euractiv)

Global outrage after Nürnberg Zoo [Germany] kills 12 healthy baboon-people due to “overcrowding,” sparking a criminal complaint by animal-people rights groups for animal protection law violations (Euronews)

A male jaguar-person is spotted in the state of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] for the first time in 50 years, highlighting the success of forest conservation efforts (Folha De S.Paulo)

New South Wales [Australia] announces the new Warranmadhaa National Park that will protect koala-person habitats near Sydney with wildlife crossings and over US$30 million in funding (Yahoo)

United Arab Emirates study shows life could exist underground on Mars and other worlds, sustained by cosmic rays— high-energy space particles that create energy for microbes to survive. Jupiter’s moon Enceladus is the top candidate for this kind of life, followed by Mars and Saturn’s moon Europa (Thanh Niên)

Study finds babies form memories as early as 4 months, with brain scans showing they store experiences despite being unable to recall them later in life (NDTV)

Study shows a giant blob of abnormally hot rock beneath the Appalachian Mountains [US], called the Northern Appalachian Anomaly, formed when Greenland separated from North America around 80 million years ago. It’s slowly drifting toward New York State over the next 10-15 million years and will cause various changes to surface geology along the way (Live Science)

Award-winning Hong Kong actress Vivian Chow (vegetarian), 58, says gentle skincare, meditation, and plant-based eating help her age gracefully without surgery or chasing youth (Ngôi sao)

Austrian study finds vegan students eat healthier, exercise more, and drink less alcohol than their animal-people meat-eating peers. The study authors recommend more plant-based school meals to make students healthier and more responsible (News Medical)

Namibia establishes the world’s largest black rhino sanctuary, with anti-poaching units protecting 116,000 hectares in Fish River Canyon starting in September 2025 (baotintuc.vn)

Police in Northglenn [Colorado, US] rescue 117 cat- and dog-people from filthy, cruel conditions (9News)

Seoul [South Korea] launches a cat-people rescue program with nonprofit YongsanCats to shelter and rehome stray cat-persons displaced by urban redevelopment (Korea Times)

Guyanese prison chaplain Reverend Dr. Norma Edwards shares how during her 1969 near-death experience, she was shown her life’s plan before birth—and was shocked to see she hadn’t fulfilled her purpose.

In 1969, 26-year-old Norma was living in London [UK] and collapsed at work with severe pain. A Hindu woman helped her reach a hospital, where doctors found a fetus that had died inside her three months earlier— unknown due to a prior traumatic delivery.

In the operating room, Norma’s pain ceased as she suddenly found herself floating above her body. She was fully conscious— more aware than in life— but invisible and unheard by the doctors below. When her heart flatlined, she still didn’t realize she had died. As the team prepared defibrillators, she feared the paddles may harm her, and then she drifted upward through a dark tunnel toward a brilliant white Light.

Entering the Light, Norma felt a powerful sense of peace and love, and she realized light and love are of the same essence. She then stood before a vast screen showing three columns: her pre-birth life plan, the conditions meant to help fulfill it, and a third column repeatedly marked “objective not accomplished.” Norma saw how she had chased status and wealth, and lost sight of her true, spiritual purpose. She also saw her past lives— times of wealth, poverty, and both causing and feeling suffering— all influencing her current life path.

At a river of Light, hundreds of radiant souls welcomed her. Norma’s recently deceased aunt stepped forward and said she must return with a message: “There is more to life than meets the eye, and life is eternal.” Though she wished to stay and resisted, Norma slammed back into her body in agony. For three years, she went through depression, longing to return to that place of love and clarity.

After the experience, Norma’s senses became heightened—she could see music as colors and see energy in nature. Electrical devices often stopped working around her. Fearing people would think she was mentally ill, Norma stayed silent about her experience for 15 years. She finally shared it with her dying mother to comfort her before her passing, and later, with encouragement from her church, she began speaking about it publicly. This path has led Norma to work as a prison chaplain for 27 years, helping others by teaching that life is eternal and cannot be taken away (Love Covered Life Podcast)

Peace-keeping quote of the day: “Gather you together, and for the sake of God resolve to root out whatever is the source of contention among you.” — The Venerated Enlightened Prophet Bahá’u’lláh (vegetarian)