Saturday afternoon, August 14: six sections updated, the rest from the morning

At 6:30 we had reported on the Strait of Hormuz from the angle of commercial transits. At 16:30 the same stretch of sea tops the news for a different reason: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates has announced an attack on two ships linked to ADNOC and attributes responsibility to Iran; the company confirmed that the vessels were hit on Thursday evening and that there are no reported injuries. The most sober technical confirmation comes from the British UKMTO center, which speaks of minor damage. The attribution is a partisan position and we treat it as such: the piece states who says what.

The morning’s assessments that hold up and those that need correcting. On the markets: Thursday’s S&P 500 record remains a fact, but what happened today is a pause, not a reversal — the two variables that had driven the index, cooling inflation and falling oil prices, moved in opposite directions within twenty-four hours. On the earthquake in Colombia, the toll was revised upward by President de la Espriella: 281 dead, 3,971 injured, 379 missing, over twelve thousand homes destroyed. The search operations have entered their final phase.

This edition updates six sections. World Affairs and Geopolitics with the lead on Hormuz. Italy with the hearing of Interior Minister Piantedosi before the parliamentary Schengen Committee: the suspension of the application of the Agreement with Spain will not be reviewed before August 15, that is, tomorrow. News with Colombia. Economy and Markets with markets steady while awaiting U.S. retail sales data. Sports with the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, where Dariya Derkach won the triple jump with 14.60. Tech & AI with OpenAI’s annualized revenue exceeding $40 billion, a figure reported by confidential sources and not by a company statement: we state this in the piece. We add Culture, with the 47th edition of the La Versiliana talks, and Briefs.

For Cinema & Entertainment, Europe and Health, the morning edition stands, remaining in place on the front page and in the section pages. An article on Europe was in production and did not pass checks: it was not added to the 6:30 piece, which covers the section.

The first verifiable appointment is tomorrow, August 15: the date beyond which the Italian government said it would assess lifting border controls with Spain.