The full edition
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
25 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
The American Treasury announces plan against the Iranian economy: secondary sanctions, China included
Washington presents "Operation Economic Outcast": threat to strike those who financially support Tehran. The measures have not yet been imposed; deadlines for individual countries will come first.
- Italy · Analysis
Cgil Puglia calls on institutions to intervene on conditions of farm laborers in the Foggia area
The regional union has once again raised the issue of the Borgo Mezzanone settlement. The request is documented, the situation prompting it is not: at present the news rests on a single source, and this piece states so.
- Italy · Analysis
Excise duty on diesel, Council of Ministers convened for August 26
After the majority meeting on August 25 with Meloni, Tajani, Salvini, Lupi and Giorgetti, the government brings the extension of the 17-cent-per-liter cut to the Council of Ministers. Also on the table are discounts calibrated to income brackets and the taxation of oil companies' excess profits.
- Europe · Analysis
France, Macron enacts the minors' law: mobile phones banned in secondary schools from the start of term
The president announces the enactment after the constitutional censure of the flagship measure, the ban on social media for minors under fifteen. In parallel, work begins on the 2027 budget.
- Europe · Analysis
Germany, second-quarter GDP revised up to +0.3%: export revision weighs in
Destatis released detailed results for the second quarter of 2026 on August 25: quarter-on-quarter growth rises from +0.2% to +0.3%, +1.0% year-on-year. Exports revised upward and trade turnover were decisive factors.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Hormuz: UN opens channel on fertilizers and establishes working group on the strait
On August 25 the United Nations offers to facilitate trade in fertilizers blocked by the closure of the waterway. The day before, the US Treasury launched 'Operation Economic Outcast', with secondary sanctions across five sectors and nearly sixty designations.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Two typhoons over East Asia: evacuations in Okinawa, over 28,000 displaced in southern China
Saudel approaches Japan's southern islands with sustained winds of 144 km/h; Narra has flooded Guangxi and forced Vietnam to evacuate 2,314 families. The northwestern Pacific season already counts 21 systems.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Ifo index rises to 88.8 points: German businesses more confident than expected
Economic sentiment in Germany improves in August, beating analysts' consensus. Industrial orders remain the weak spot.
- Culture · Analysis
Rocchetta Mattei, restoration completed: minor heritage put to the test
A different story from this morning's: not the archaeology of Áspero, but a complex in the Bologna Apennines whose completion of works is announced. The news currently comes from a single source (Il Giornale dell'Arte); no independent confirmation available.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
In Nigeria, local films overtake Hollywood at the box office in the first half of 2026
Seven Nigerian titles above 100 million naira against three US productions, and the best quarterly attendance in six years: the Nigerian market reverses the ratio that in 2019 gave Hollywood 70% of box office revenue.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
SCALP missiles and the Kremlin's reaction, the tenth anniversary of the Central Italy earthquake, the first Serie A matchday, Venezuela's death toll, the Emmys, Murano glass, drug regulators and rumours over US visas.
- Editorial
The afternoon of August 25: sanctions, German data, two typhoons
This edition updates Foreign Affairs, Economy, Europe, News, Italy, Culture and Cinema. For Health, Sport and Tech & AI, the 6:30 edition remains valid and stays published.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Iran threatens fines and confiscations for ships transiting Hormuz
Tehran warns that those who violate transit rules risk financial penalties, seizure or confiscation; the Supreme National Security Council calls support for American economic measures an "act of war." Washington announces new sanctions, the text of which is not public.
- Italy · Analysis
As of today, the 17-cent discount on diesel ends and mobile excise duties return
The decree approved by the Council of Ministers on August 4 had extended until August 24 the 14-cent reduction in excise duty and 3-cent reduction in VAT on diesel fuel for road transport. From the 25th, the mobile excise duty mechanism resumes.
- Europe · Analysis
Two different returns: Macron warns on public accounts, Berlin retreats to Neuhardenberg
On August 24 at the Élysée, the last back-to-work Council of Ministers of Macron's term, with the budget session in autumn and censure already announced by the left. In Germany the Merz government meets for two days behind closed doors.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Five cargo ships hit by drones off Novorossiysk and Tuapse
Between August 17 and 18, at least five merchant vessels linked to the grain trade were attacked near the two Russian Black Sea ports. A Greek bulk carrier was nearly destroyed by fire: all twenty-one crew members on board were saved.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Nvidia's earnings tomorrow evening, Jackson Hole on Friday: a week built around two dates
The second-quarter fiscal 2027 report is confirmed for August 26, after market close. On the 28th, the Kansas City Fed's symposium addresses financial innovation for the first time.
- Culture · Analysis
At Áspero, a circular stone complex read as an observatory of the Caral culture
On the Peruvian coast, circular platforms associated with one of the oldest civilizations in the Americas; in eastern Senegal, twenty-five furnaces tell the story of iron metallurgy. In Plovdiv, an exhibition brings together the 2025 excavation season.
- Sport · Analysis
US Open, the week before the tournament: 256 players for 32 spots
In New York, qualifying for the last Grand Slam tournament of the season began on August 24: 128 men and 128 women are competing for sixteen spots per gender in the main draw, which starts on August 30. Mixed doubles is being played in the same week.
- Health · Analysis
Ebola Bundibugyo in Congo: ECDC counts 5,290 confirmed cases and 2,516 deaths
The European update as of August 20 records 81 new cases and 40 new deaths compared to the previous report. For this species of the virus, the WHO states that no approved specific vaccines or treatments exist.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
China recalls over four million cars over retractable door handles
The market regulator announced on August 21 recalls involving eleven manufacturers. Tesla is recalling around 2.98 million vehicles, nearly three quarters of the total.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
The Edinburgh Fringe heads towards its close: Saturday sees the 42nd edition of the comedy awards
The festival closes on 31 August; the Edinburgh Comedy Awards ceremony is set for the 29th. The main prize is worth 10,000 pounds and is closed to already established performers.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Fifteen news items from around the world: schools and Campi Flegrei in the Council of Ministers, the German government's retreat, Gaza, the UN, record wildfires in France and Spain, European industrial production, tennis and cinema.
- Editorial
When the rule matters more than the act
Today's edition leads with an Iranian warning whose text is missing, and around it arranges stories that have one thing in common: those who set the rules and those who bear their effects.
- At the Source
At the Source: the Eurostat release that puts euro area inflation at 2.9%
The Euro indicators release of 19 August certifies for July 2026 an annual rate of 2.9% in the euro area and 3.0% in the European Union. Within the document there are two pieces of information that the headline figure does not contain: the dispersion across countries and the breakdown by contributions.