DAILY NEWS Stream – February 11, 2026

Indonesia and Australia sign a new security treaty in Jakarta [Indonesia] that commits both countries to consult each other if either faces a threat, extending their defense cooperation as leaders highlight strengthened ties and shared principles (Reuters)

The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity is jointly presented to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, highlighting both leaders’ stated commitment to reconciliation as the United Arab Emirates helps bring the two sides together during their ongoing peace efforts (AnewZ)

Alaska’s [US] homelessness crisis unfolds across one of the harshest environments in the United States, but its impact is most visible in Anchorage [US], where about 3,000 people— 0.9% of the city’s population— were homeless in 2025. This local figure represents the core of a statewide problem shaped by extreme cold, vast distances, and limited infrastructure. While national homelessness reached 771,480 people in 2024, Alaska’s smaller numbers mask far greater danger: winter temperatures plunging to –40°C turn unsheltered living into a life-threatening struggle. Indigenous communities, including Eskimo, Alutiiq, Tlingit, and Haida peoples, along with Hispanic immigrants, face disproportionate risk due to historical inequities, language barriers, and economic instability. Rising housing costs, inflation, and environmental pressures further erode stability. Government programs, nonprofits, and religious groups offer support, but resources remain fragmented. Alaska’s crisis reveals how climate, geography, and systemic gaps combine to make homelessness uniquely perilous in America’s northernmost state (Daily Homeless News)

Pakistan has 58 scientists ranked among the world’s top 2% in the latest Global Citation Impact Rankings [measure of how often research produced is referenced by other scholars], highlighting the country’s growing research influence, especially in health and medical sciences (Web Desk)

The US Department of Education issues updated guidance affirming that students, parents, and school personnel may engage in individual prayer and religious expression in public schools as long as it does not involve school-sponsored activity or infringe on others’ rights, replacing the 2023 guidance and reflecting recent Supreme Court rulings (US Department of Education)

Official Delhi Police [India] data shows that more than 800 people—most of them women and girls— are reported missing in the first two weeks of January 2026, raising public concern even as police say monthly figures remain consistent with long-term trends (Báo Tin Tức)

Mexico’s Jalisco state issues a health alert and mandates mask-wearing in schools after a major measles outbreak in Guadalajara [Mexico], a host city for the FIFA [International Federation of Association Football] World Cup 2026 (VTV)

The Cambodia’s Ministry of Health has issued a nationwide alert following Thailand’s first human case of “parrot fever” caused by the bacterium chlamydia psittaci and may be transmitted by parrot-, pigeon-, chicken-, and other bird-folk. It spreads through inhaling dust or contaminated particles from droppings, bird-person cages, or bird feathers and can cause headache, fever, chills, and pneumonia (Thanh Niên)

Dehydration triggers recurrent headaches by causing brain tissue to shrink, placing pressure on nerves. As the brain is 75% water, fluid loss restricts oxygen-rich blood flow and disrupts essential electrolytes like sodium and potassium. While not a migraine cure, consistent hydration significantly reduces the frequency and intensity of painful episodes while also eliminating brain fog and fatigue (Lao Động)

To protect heart patients, experts recommend maintaining bathing temperatures between 36-38°C to prevent dangerous blood pressure fluctuations. While hot water drops pressure through vessel dilation, cold water causes spikes by constricting them. Patients should limit soaks to 15 minutes, transition slowly to standing, and monitor for palpitations, especially those with severe cardiovascular or uncontrolled hypertension issues (Thanh Niên)

Severe drought and unseasonably warm weather, with 99% of Arkansas [US] in moderate to exceptional drought, drive a dip in Arkansas duck-person populations. Late January 2026 estimates show that in the Arkansas River Valley mallard-folk were 68% below the late-January long-term average; and the total duck-people population was 54% below, as a lack of surface water forces waterfowl-folk to seek habitat outside the state (KTHV-TV Little Rock)

Canadian study finds a warming climate leading to declining snowpacks between 2000-2019 in Western Canada thus impacting watersheds, namely 14 of 25 major drainage basins, thus threatening millions with water shortages and wildfire risks (CBC News)

Illegal agricultural burning worsens PM2.5 pollution for a fifth consecutive day across northeastern Thailand, as authorities detect repeated burning of rice stubble leading to rising haze (Khaosod English)

The killing of Orelha, a well-known community dog-person in Florianópolis [Brazil], sparks protests in multiple Brazilian cities demanding justice and tougher penalties for animal-people abuse, as police investigate three teenagers and the case fuels wider debates over impunity, inequality, and legal reform (Noticias Ambientales)

The owners of Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia [US] face 55 animal-people cruelty charges stemming from a search that led to the seizure of about 100 animal-folks (WDBJ7)

Turkish researchers, working with Harvard University [US], develop Türkiye’s first laboratory-grown mini-brain to study the rare TBL1XR1 genetic disorder and test future treatments without using animal-people, a project that could also advance research on conditions such as epilepsy and autism (Türkiye Today)

Actor Renu Desai (vegan)’s witnessing of a goat-person sacrifice at a temple during childhood sparked a deep lifelong empathy for animal-people. Now a vocal advocate, she champions stray dog-person welfare and compassionate living across India (Telugu Bulletin)

75-year-young Chef Babette Davis (vegan) of the United States credits her youthful vitality to a strictly vegan lifestyle and rigorous fitness routine. The Los Angeles-based chef advocates for whole foods to maintain health and longevity (Briefly)

American host, author and chef Christina Pirello (vegan) turned to a macrobiotic diet to help her overcome leukemia in the 1980s. Her Emmy-winning series Christina Cooks! on US public television and cookbooks led to her fame, and she continues to promote healing through whole-food, macrobiotic cooking (Vicomanija)

In Florida [US], the Florida Wildlife Hospital, in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and biologists, is working to safeguard brown pelican-people, a coastal icon often injured by fishing lines and hooks at Sebastian Inlet State Park. The initiative involves banding birds for tracking and study and recruiting volunteers to monitor and report sightings to inform future conservation strategies (Click Orlando)

Rescuers save a bighorn sheep-person trapped in icy river as Colorado Parks and Wildlife [US] pulls her from the Taylor River near City of Gunnison [Colorado, US] and releases her unharmed (The Dodo)

Virginia [US] police and conservation officers rescue a loose kangaroo-person and joey after a traffic scare in wintry conditions. Deputies secure the injured mother on private land, with the joey found separately, until their caregiver comes to return them to their wildlife refuge home (People)

Enlightening quote of the day: “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Form is not other than emptiness, emptiness is not other than form.” – The Worshipped Quan Yin Bodhisattva (vegan) (Heart Sutra)

I had these words come into my head, “Gary, would you like to stay for eternal peace and happiness, or would you like to go back?” And I was 19, and I thought, “Oh my God, this will kill my mother if I died.” British motorcyclist Gary Goss describes surviving a crash at 19, encountering a radiant being on a white bridge, and being presented with a choice. One morning, he rode his motorcycle to work through his small village. At the far end of town was a dangerous double S-bend notorious for accidents— two or three occurred there each week as drivers misjudged the curves. Gary took the wrong lane and became trapped against the curb.

I can’t say for how many seconds it went black. And I was just literally felt like I was whisked straight out of my body. I was whisked into, all I could describe it, it was blackness, and there were millions of sparkly lights. Then I appeared onto a higher realm, what I call it, and there was a white bridge in front of me with a magnificent being on the other side. And above, I think it might have been the sky, [there] was a beautiful sun-like object, which didn’t hurt when you looked into it, but that was shining down over His left shoulder. I looked to my left, and there were hundreds of people in this field, hundreds of them. And two I immediately recognized were my grandma, who died approximately a year before, and her sister, who died approximately 5, 6 months before this accident. They looked so healthy, just so fit, so much younger than when they died. And they were like swirling about this field like they were chasing this blue ball.

When I looked to my right, I perfectly saw this side. So, I saw my body all crumpled up. I saw a guy in an old Morris Marina [automobile]. He stopped. He came running over. He cradled my head and he was saying, “Wake up. Wake up.” And I was like, all I could describe it, I was actually sort of like standing by the side of him. And I could just like physically reach out and just touch him. And he just kept saying, “Wake up. Wake up.” Just rocking me. And meanwhile, I had these words come into my head, “Gary, would you like to stay for eternal peace and happiness, or would you like to go back?” And I was 19, and I thought, “Oh my God, this will kill my mother if I died.” And I just thought I would like to go back, please. And I just upended, and I just floated back into my body.

Gary began to come round. Someone called an ambulance and he was taken to the hospital. Hours later, he woke in the hospital ward and tried to make sense of what had happened. It was like what on Earth happened? How can you explain that to someone what you saw and everything like that, and then the realization that this person I saw [on] the other side of this white bridge across this stream, it was Jesus. This person, He had this white robe on, long golden hair. He was just, He was humble. He appeared humble but magnificent. I can’t explain it. It was just like unbelievable, but it was just like a realization. It was like this deep knowing. That’s all I can put it down to. It’s this deep knowing, but it was Jesus.

The consultant who treated Gary introduced himself. Gary had suffered a punctured lung and three broken ribs. He spent 11 days in the hospital, taken daily for X-rays. On the 10th or 11th day, the Senior House Officer warned him that the dangerous poison gases building up in his lungs had become critical. They would need to make a large incision down his rib cage and insert tubes to drain them. Gary prayed that night— something he had never done before. I prayed that night, which I’d never done in my life, and went down the next day. Quite a few hours later, the SHO [Senior House Officer] came back up and said, with a look on his face, and he said, “We won’t have to put a — slice you open and put a tube in.” He said, “The gases have disappeared, and they’re not there. They’ve gone.”

Before his accident, Gary had never been religious and had never heard of near-death experiences. He had no framework to understand what had happened to him and felt he couldn’t talk to his friends or family about it— they would think he was crazy. I encourage people if they have had an NDE [near-death experience], open up and tell someone appropriate and talk to people. Don’t be embarrassed because it’s a real experience and it’s real for you. And whatever your experience was, it was meant for you and no one else. (NDE Diary)