Independent News & People Network Desk of News

The US-Iran agreement is a first step

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-18T15:28:01+00:00

Risks ahead. The path from a statement of diplomatic intent to a fully restored, non-inflationary energy supply chain is subject to political, technical, and physical risks

Discussion
•••

‘If Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn,’ Zelenskyy warns after overnight strikes in Russia – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T15:21:06+00:00

Ukraine’s president ramps up rhetoric after overnight drone strikes on Russian capitalHegseth makes it clear that the review will not be just a box-ticking exercise.“It’s a review that some countries will fail and others will pass with flying colours. In the end, the review is intended to both improve US force posture and basing and strengthen Nato 3.0.”“It will be designed to ensure that Nato is moving fast and irreversibly toward Europe leading, stepping up to take primary responsibility for the defence of Europe.”“Where other allies do not spend with urgency, our dues, contributions will go

Discussion
•••

Rupee closes higher for the fifth consecutive trading session

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-18T15:08:08+00:00

The rupee closed 20 paise stronger at 94.33 per US dollar against the previous close of 94, lifted by the signing of an agreement by the US and Iran to end the war

Discussion
•••

Euphoria over FCNR (B) deposits misplaced

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-18T15:08:06+00:00

Sections of the Indian diaspora in the US are facing an income squeeze, which may cloud the prospects of this scheme

Discussion
•••

Bank of England governor warns UK public to expect higher costs this year

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T15:02:01+00:00

Bailey says ‘still inflationary pressure in pipeline’ despite US and Iran nearing peace deal as interest rates kept on holdBusiness live – latest updatesThe governor of the Bank of England has warned consumers to expect higher costs this year as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, despite falling oil prices as the US and Iran near a peace deal.Speaking after the Bank kept interest rates on hold at 3.75%, Andrew Bailey said there was “still some inflationary pressure in the pipeline” after the conflict pushed up energy prices. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

"Українці встромили нам палець в око": експрем'єр Польщі висловився щодо скандалу з УПА

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-18T15:02:00+00:00

Моравецький пообіцяв, що буде дуже активно й голосно виступати за те, щоб у польсько-українських відносинах нарешті відбулися зміни.

Discussion
•••

SpaceX : la prime donnée à « un discours sur la fin du monde ou des temps »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-18T15:00:10+00:00

Alors qu’Elon Musk a introduit sa firme en Bourse, Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur exhume, dans sa chronique au « Monde », la figure d’Eugène Bontoux. Le banquier, en ne faisant pas la part entre ses convictions et ses actions financières, a été responsable, au XIXᵉ siècle, du pire krach boursier de l’histoire française.

Discussion
•••

The CGT ‘backflip’ is more tweak than transformation. Labor hasn’t changed its mind on housing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T15:00:07+00:00

Do the concessions undermine the original objective of helping young Australians buy their own home? NoGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe noise, negative headlines and internet memes that have surrounded Labor’s capital gains tax changes since their budget night unveiling made a backdown feel like an inevitability.It wasn’t a question of if concessions would be offered but rather when and, most importantly, how much they might undermine the original purpose. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Pauline Hanson says she ‘had to have a conversation’ about immigration and the Aboriginal flag with new Farrer MP

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T15:00:07+00:00

David Farley was told One Nation’s policy was to fly only the Australian flag, party leader tells conferenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, says she “had to have a conversation” with the new Farrer MP, David Farley, after he appeared to defy her policies on immigration and flying Indigenous flags.Shortly before winning Farrer in May’s byelection – the first federal lower house seat One Nation has won outright – Farley said Labor’s current immigration intake of 306,000 was “prob

Discussion
•••

Australian net overseas migration falls to lowest level since 2022 – but the Coalition says that’s still too high

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T15:00:06+00:00

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show migration growth is above pre-pandemic levels but tracking steadily downGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNet overseas migration added 301,000 people to Australia’s population last year, the lowest increase since mid-2022 but still above the pre-pandemic pace.The new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics come amid an increasingly fraught political debate around immigration, following Pauline Hanson’s declaration that our society should be “monocultural”. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Wiltshire village exhibits Martin Parr’s final photos of scarecrows and prize veg

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T15:00:06+00:00

Pictures from photographer’s return to Lacock after 40 years were taken months before his death last DecemberThe images are colourful, characterful and thought-provoking. They capture a flower show, a Women’s Institute meeting, a scarecrow festival. A local vicar features, resplendent in a union jack bowler hat, as does a band of bellringers and a bulldog called Billy.Four decades after chronicling life in the picture-postcard English village of Lacock in Wiltshire, the photographer Martin Parr returned to document what had changed – and what had not. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Dancing to artefacts: London Museum will be ‘democratic’ space for all, says director

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T14:52:26+00:00

A decade in the making, the museum will reopen in November in two restored market halls that will house 7m objects and host late-night DJ setsThe new London Museum will be “a social space for the city”, its director has said, hosting afternoon tea events, monthly dinner clubs and late-night DJ sets where visitors can mingle among the artefacts while dancing.Sharon Ament said that when it reopens later this year the museum will be a “democratic” space that engages with all Londoners rather than merely a repository for its collections, which stretch from the city’s neolithic prehistory to modern

Discussion
•••

RDC : un mois après le début de l’épidémie d’Ebola, le bilan dépasse 200 morts

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-18T14:51:51+00:00

Les tests en laboratoire ont confirmé que le virus avait contaminé 875 personnes en RDC depuis le 15 mai, avec un taux de mortalité de 23 %. L’épidémie actuelle est provoquée par l’espèce Bundibugyo du virus, contre laquelle il n’existe ni vaccin ni traitement spécifique.

Discussion
•••

World Cup 2026: Day seven

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-06-18T14:50:18+00:00

Al Jazeera’s @RahulP_Journo has your #FIFAworldcup26 day 7 recap.

Discussion
•••

Cuban economy needs ‘urgent changes’ as US blockade deepens crisis, says president

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-18T14:46:02+00:00

Miguel Díaz-Canel cites China and Vietnam as possible models for opening up the country’s economyCuba’s economy needs “urgent changes” to overcome a major crisis intensified by a US oil blockade, president Miguel Díaz-Canel said in a speech to Communist party leaders. “The situation calls for urgent and necessary changes,” Díaz-Canel told the party’s politburo in his frankest admission yet of the need to overhaul the country’s communist model.In the remarks, broadcast on Thursday, he cited China and Vietnam as possible models for opening Cuba’s economy to the world in order to “create economi

Discussion
•••

Should the US impose a teen social media ban like the UK?

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-06-18T14:45:11+00:00

The UK is enforcing a social media ban for children under the age of 16. The BBC asked Americans of different ages if they thought it was a good idea.

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.