The full edition
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
22 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Hormuz, Trump rules out extending the agreement and a ship is hit in transit
This morning the front line in the Strait was the Iranian announcement of an agreement on shipping routes. By afternoon the picture had changed: the June memorandum expired without renewal, Washington is demanding Tehran's surrender and threatening Oman, and on August 18 a ship in transit reported being hit.
- Italy · Analysis
Asylum seeker transfers, Rome and Berlin seek agreement on European procedures
A different story from the one published this morning in this section, dedicated to the hypothesis of an Irpef revision. Here the topic is the dialogue between the Italian government and the German government on the transfer of asylum seekers to Italy: what is known, and what is currently not known.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Colombia, eight days after the earthquake: 289 dead, 143 missing, 26,945 homes destroyed
Story not included in the morning edition. The official toll from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake of August 10 continues to shift, and the government announces a reconstruction fund.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Germany, ZEW expectations rise to 34.2 points as employment falls
A story the morning news did not tell: Germany's ZEW economic expectations index rises above economists' consensus, but on the same 18 August Destatis records 212,000 fewer people in employment than a year earlier.
- Sport · Analysis
Coppa Italia, Mantova knocks Lazio out and four more round-of-32 matches are being played today
A new story compared to this morning, when the sports section had closed the books on the European Athletics Championships: last edition's finalist is knocked out in the first round by a Serie B side.
- Health · Analysis
Ebola, DRC reports 4,945 confirmed cases and ECDC confirms "very low" risk in Europe
Development of the morning piece on the emergency committee meeting in Geneva: updated figures as of August 16 arrive along with the European risk assessment, with two imported cases already treated in Germany and France in 2026.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" tops two billion in seventeen days
A story the morning news didn't cover: the Sony/Marvel film reaches $2.022 billion and drives a North American summer worth $4.24 billion at the box office.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Eight afternoon news items for August 18, from Moscow to Indiana, with sources stated when single.
- Editorial
What has changed since 6:30
Hormuz turns around within hours, Colombia updates the toll eight days after the earthquake, Ebola reaches Geneva with figures on the table. Seven sections updated, the others remain as they were this morning.
- Tech & AI · Lead Story
Why we are not reporting on the civil proceedings against Meta opened in California
On August 18, opening discussions began in Oakland in a civil case involving Meta and the design of Facebook and Instagram. Redazione Zero has crime and court reporting suspended: the case exists, this newspaper does not cover it, and here we explain why.
- Italy · Analysis
IRPEF 2027, one hypothesis is to move the 43% threshold from 50,000 to 60,000 euros
The government is studying for the 2027 budget not a cut in the intermediate rate but a widening of the 33% bracket. Estimated maximum benefit of one thousand euros a year, constant above 60,000 euros.
- Europe · Analysis
France: Lecornu launches mission on burned territories in Gironde
The prime minister was confronted in Le Porge, where the July fire destroyed 183 homes. On the 2027 budget, the possibility of a partial freeze on pensions resurfaces.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Hormuz, Tehran announces agreement on shipping routes as Washington threatens Oman
Iran's foreign ministry declares that an agreement has been reached on the transit map through the Strait; Donald Trump threatens Muscat. Maritime traffic remains at 17% of the pre-conflict average according to UKMTO, while in the United States gasoline stands at $4.07 per gallon.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Etna, new effusive vent in Valle del Bove and tremor at high values
INGV detected on August 17 the opening of a vent between 2,200 and 2,350 metres, with a lava flow. The aviation advisory remains at orange level.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Euro area, gross domestic product grows by 0.4% while prices rise back to 2.9%
The Eurostat estimate of August 14 confirms a second quarter of moderate expansion, with employment nearly stalled. In the background, flat industrial production and markets that on August 17 followed artificial intelligence earnings more than oil.
- Culture · Analysis
Edinburgh, the Fringe underway with over 4,200 shows through August 31
The world's largest performing arts festival has been open since August 7. In 2025 it had recorded 53,942 performances at 301 venues and over 2.6 million tickets sold.
- Sport · Analysis
Athletics, Italy finishes first in the medal table at the European Championships in Birmingham
Ten golds and twenty-two medals overall at the event concluded on August 16 at the Alexander Stadium: the second consecutive first place. Duplantis wins the pole vault with 6.15 metres.
- Health · Analysis
Ebola in Congo, WHO emergency committee meets in Geneva
As of July 30, the Bundibugyo ebolavirus epidemic counts 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths, with a crude case fatality rate of 44%. No approved vaccines exist for this strain.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Venice 83 opens with Danny Boyle, five Italian films in competition
The Festival will be held on the Lido from September 2 to 12, under the direction of Alberto Barbera. Jury presided over by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Putin receives the Myanmar president, drones on both fronts of the Russia-Ukraine war, record rainfall in Chiba, the Locarno awards and other news from August 18.
- Editorial
A trial we're not covering, and twelve pieces we are
We open by declaring what we are not covering: the civil case against Meta that began in Oakland. The rest of the edition ranges from eurozone accounts to Etna, from Ebola in Congo to the Edinburgh Fringe.
- At the Source
At the Source: Eurostat's flash estimate on euro area GDP, read in full
The 14 August release indicates GDP growth of 0.4% in the euro area and 0.5% in the EU, with employment at +0.1%. The document states coverage, provisional nature and revision dates.