Independent News & People Network Desk of News

Grèce : des attentats font un mort et quatre blessés chez des cadres conservateurs du parti au pouvoir

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T19:01:56+00:00

Les domiciles visés à l’aube, mercredi 1ᵉʳ juillet, avec des engins artisanaux, étaient ceux de Zisis Ioakimovic, président du comité exécutif de la Nouvelle-Démocratie, parti au pouvoir, de l’ancien député Savvas Anastasiades et d’une ancienne candidate du parti, Afroditi Nestora, dont la mère est morte des suites de ses blessures.

Discussion
•••

Ukraine : le général Valeri Zaloujny s’impose en figure incontournable de la politique nationale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T19:00:09+00:00

Pour l’heure hypothétiques, des élections auraient été évoquées par le président ukrainien pour l’automne, alimentant la possible candidature de l’ancien commandant en chef. Comme lui, plusieurs hauts gradés bénéficient d’un fort soutien de la population et pourraient s’imposer dans la vie politique après la guerre.

Discussion
•••

Samsung назвали точну дату відключення свого месенджера

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-01T18:59:49+00:00

Епоха фірмового месенджера від південнокорейського гіганта добігла кінця. Компанія Samsung ставить крапку у чотирирічному процесі переходу на нові стандарти зв'язку.

Discussion
•••

Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:56:26+00:00

With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suiteSony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation console on disc in January 2028 following a shift in consumer preferences.“Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only,” the company said on its official PlayStation blog. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Celebrating the World Cup, the English Ask: Who Owns the Flag?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:53:17+00:00

The national flag of England, a white banner with a bold red cross, has been displayed by soccer fans during the World Cup. But it has caused tension over whom, and what, it is meant to represent.

Discussion
•••

Seven more sentenced to prison over protest outside Texas detention center

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:52:53+00:00

Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison termSeven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and has left many protesters facing decades behind bars.All but one of the defendants sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting outside the Prairieland detention center near Dallas last July 4. They each were sentenced to between nearly two and 15 years in prison. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Four people die in mass fan celebrations in Mexico City after World Cup victory

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:49:01+00:00

Three of the victims died from suffocationMore than a million people gathered in Mexico CityFour people died, three ⁠from suffocation, as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets during World Cup celebrations, the capital’s health secretariat ⁠said in the early ⁠hours ​of Wednesday.The deaths occurred near the Angel of Independence landmark, where thousands of fans had gathered to ⁠celebrate Mexico’s 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the last 32. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:46:54+00:00

Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewalDonald Trump has refused to renew the North American trade pact he once championed as his signature deal, opting instead to keep it alive on a short leash of annual reviews rather than committing to another 16 years.Wednesday was the deadline built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for the three countries to jointly decide its fate, which is set to expire in 2036. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

« Les Russes sentent que la guerre est arrivée sur leur territoire » : en trois heures, de nuit, des unités spéciales ukrainiennes arment et lancent leurs drones loin derrière les lignes ennemies

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T18:43:59+00:00

Les Forces de systèmes sans pilote (SBS) opèrent des engins de longue et moyenne portée, capables, pour certains, de frapper jusqu’à plus de 2 000 kilomètres à l’intérieur de la Russie, lors d’opérations mobiles ne laissant aucune trace.

Discussion
•••

« Les Russes sentent que la guerre est arrivée sur leur territoire » : dans les coulisses d’une attaque de drones de l’armée ukrainienne, loin derrière les lignes ennemies

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T18:43:57+00:00

Les Forces de systèmes sans pilote (SBS) opèrent des engins de longue et moyenne portée, capables, pour certains, de frapper jusqu’à plus de 2 000 kilomètres à l’intérieur de la Russie. « Le Monde » a pu assister à une opération de ce type.

Discussion
•••

Two people arrested after unfolding banner atop Empire State Building

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:36:30+00:00

In apparent marriage proposal stunt, sign displaying message of peace was seen atop the New York landmarkTwo people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared to be masked, also unfurled a large black banner at the top of the skyscraper with the words: “When the power of love beats the love of power the ‌world knows peace.” Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Two people arrested in apparent marriage proposal atop Empire State Building

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:36:30+00:00

The two people also unfurled a large black banner displaying a message of peace atop the New York landmarkTwo people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared to be masked, also unfurled a large black banner at the top of the skyscraper with the words: “When the power of love beats the love of power the ‌world knows peace.” Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

One week on from Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:35:39+00:00

One week after Venezuela's twin earthquakes, more than 1,900 are confirmed dead while tens of thousands are missing.

Discussion
•••

Venezuela : après le séisme, des questions sur l’aide américaine et l’argent du pétrole capté par les Etats-Unis

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T18:30:01+00:00

Depuis janvier, Washington a mis sous tutelle le pays et ses immenses réserves pétrolières, mais rien n’indique, pour l’heure, que les Etats-Unis envisagent de débloquer ces sommes pour contribuer à la reconstruction des zones dévastées par le tremblement de terre et à la remise sur pied du pays.

Discussion
•••

Séismes au Venezuela : des questions sur l’aide américaine et l’argent du pétrole capté par les Etats-Unis

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-01T18:30:00+00:00

Depuis janvier, Washington a mis sous tutelle le pays et ses immenses réserves pétrolières, mais rien n’indique, pour l’heure, que les Etats-Unis envisagent de débloquer ces sommes pour contribuer à la reconstruction des zones dévastées par le tremblement de terre et à la remise sur pied du pays.

Discussion
•••

Man who stabbed three children that triggered riots in Dublin found guilty of attempted murder

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:27:55+00:00

Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder three children during a stabbing attack in Dublin in 2023, a crime that horrified Ireland and triggered a riot in the capital.A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday also found Riad Bouchaker, 52, guilty of assault causing serious harm to a childcare worker, Leanne Flynn, and of assaulting two other children and a teenager. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Man guilty of attempting to murder three children in attack that triggered Dublin riot

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:27:55+00:00

Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023 stabbingsA man has been found guilty of attempting to murder three children during a stabbing attack in Dublin in 2023, a crime that horrified Ireland and triggered a riot in the capital.A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday also found Riad Bouchaker, 52, guilty of assault causing serious harm to a childcare worker, Leanne Flynn, and of assaulting two other children and a teenager. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Albania warned EU accession at risk over Jared Kushner-backed resort plans

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:19:37+00:00

Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEPMEPs have warned Albania that EU accession talks are at risk if the government does not “change course” over plans for a luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.Tineke Strik, the Dutch MEP heading a European parliament fact-finding mission to the Balkan nation, said Albania’s leadership was “playing with fire” by pursuing the €1.4bn (£1.2bn) real-estate venture that would, she said, wreak havoc on virgin coastline. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Ukrainian charged in Germany over Nord Stream blasts

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:19:32+00:00

Ukraine denies involvement in the case which may have serious implications for its relationship with Germany.

Discussion
•••

The Harvard astronomer dubbed Trump’s chief alien hunter starts by assuming UFOs human-made

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:16:56+00:00

Avi Loeb’s White House panel has asked the Pentagon for videos and files on unexplained aerial sightingsA controversial Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien lifeforms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’s secretive new scientific advisory panel on security risks posed by UFOs.Avi Loeb and his hand-picked committee have already begun looking into the origins of mysterious flying craft, now known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and last month asked the Pentagon for dozens of videos, images and documents of repo

Discussion
•••

Two people who unfold banner atop Empire State Building arrested

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-01T18:16:02+00:00

In apparent marriage proposal stunt, sign displaying message of peace was seen atop the New York landmarkTwo people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the iconic New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared to be masked, also unfurled a large black banner at the top of the iconic skyscraper with the words: “When the power of love beats the love of power the ‌world knows peace.” Continue reading..

Discussion
•••

Итоги торгов на Мосбирже 1 июля

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-01T18:10:34+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка по итогам основной сессии в среду, 1 июля, снизился на 0,15% до 2344,55 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС снизился на 0,15% и составил 943,69 пункта.

Discussion
•••

US says it won’t agree to renew USMCA

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-01T17:59:05+00:00

USMCA came into effect on July 1, 2020, and is slated to expire after 16 years.

Discussion
•••

Greek politician's mother dies of wounds after arson attack

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-01T17:56:14+00:00

Three separate attacks involving petrol bombs and other improvised devices took place in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Wednesday.

Discussion
•••

World Cup 2026: Faith and football

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-01T17:42:09+00:00

From prayers on the pitch to cursing the opposing team, faith and religious belief have been prominent this World Cup.

Discussion
•••
news

Editorial wall of the news flow

A query on the internal database produces an ordered selection of articles, ready for reading and discussion.