The full edition
Friday, 4 September 2026
25 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Drone strikes headquarters of Ukrainian security service in Kyiv on the eve of the American mission
In the afternoon of September 4, a drone struck the SBU building on Volodymyrska Street, according to Ukrainian outlets. Two days earlier, the Russian state news agency TASS had reported a visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow on the 5th and to Kyiv on the 6th.
- Italy · Analysis
End of life, no challenge to the Veneto law: the matter remains with the Regions
A different story from the one this morning, not an update to it: according to the newspaper roundup of 4 September, the government is giving up its challenge against the regional Veneto law, while within Brothers of Italy the idea of a national piece of legislation has stalled. The report currently stems from a single source.
- Italy · Analysis
Diesel, fourth extension until September 10: the cut shifts to mobile excise duties
Giorgetti and Pichetto Fratin signed the interministerial decree on September 4 extending the 17-cent discount per litre. Funding comes from roughly 60 million in extra VAT revenue from August; a Council of Ministers meeting on targeted measures is expected next week.
- Italy · Analysis
Train strike on September 7 and 8: schedules and guaranteed trains confirmed
FS Italiane and RFI have confirmed the national strike from 9:18 PM on Monday, September 7 to 9:00 PM on Tuesday, September 8. It has been called by CUB Trasporti, SGB and CAT. Trenitalia staff in the provinces of Trento and Bolzano are excluded.
- Europe · Analysis
Five European governments meet in Copenhagen on return centres outside the Union
Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Greece met on September 4 at Christiansborg. Danish minister Bødskov points to the first transfers by the end of 2027 as the goal; partner countries have not been named.
- Europe · Analysis
Moscow closes Goethe-Institut offices in Russia
Lavrov announces from Vladivostok the first concrete retaliatory measure for the closure of the Russian House in Berlin and the consulate general in Bonn. Sources disagree on which cities are affected.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Nepal, flood death toll rises to 1,287: two engineers pulled out alive after nine days
The national disaster authority counts 1,287 victims and 4,216 missing as of September 3, up from 1,114 and 3,916 the previous day. Outside Bharatpur, hundreds of unclaimed bodies have been buried in a mass grave.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
United States, 162,000 more jobs in August and unemployment holding at 4.1%
The jobs report released on September 4 exceeds by more than three times the economists' estimate cited by Axios. Revisions add 55,000 jobs to the two previous months.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
Simultaneous outage across major chatbots: ChatGPT down for about two hours
On September 3, disruptions hit ChatGPT with over 38,000 reports worldwide, and issues were also reported on Claude, Gemini and Grok. The same day OpenAI had released GPT-6 Astra.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Venice 83, the September 4 programme: two titles in competition and two restorations in Classics
The third full day of the Mostra puts two films in Competition on the schedule, three out-of-competition screenings and a world premiere backed by George Clooney. The three outlets reporting the programme draw on the same official schedule: at this stage the news comes from a single origin (the Venice 83 day programme reported by Almanacco Cinema, Bigodino and Libero Magazine); no independent confirmation is available.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Saxony-Anhalt goes to the polls, the Volkswagen plan, the American appeal on postal voting, the excise duty extension, Cernobbio, Ebola in Congo, the Ferrero prize and the Venice programme.
- Editorial
Ten new pieces, and one that's missing
The afternoon edition updates Foreign Affairs, Economy, Europe, News, Tech, Cinema, Italy and Markets. Sports remains at this morning's version today: the planned piece did not clear production.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Iran claims attacks against US bases in Kuwait and the UAE
Tehran announces it has struck military installations used by American forces in the two Gulf countries; Kuwait City speaks of a violation of its sovereignty. On the Kuhestak raid, Washington rejects the Iranian account.
- Italy · Analysis
The Meloni government reaches 1,413 days and becomes the longest-serving in the Republic's history
As of September 4, the executive sworn in on October 22, 2022 surpasses the second Berlusconi government by one day. Fratelli d'Italia celebrates at the port of Bari with a booklet of claims that the newspaper reports as partisan figures.
- Europe · Analysis
The European methane emissions database is postponed to September 2026
The Commission indicates on its dedicated energy page a launch date later than the one circulated in industry analyses. Meanwhile Brussels opens the consultation on the European Environment Agency and EFRAG updates the data points of the sustainability standards.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Wildfires in Washington and Oregon, evacuations and closures in the US federal report
The National Interagency Fire Center's operational document of September 3 records active fronts in two national forests, threatened energy infrastructure and a change of command. On the same day, three simultaneous hurricanes in the Pacific and tremors in China and Colombia.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
European stock markets close higher, Brent falls below 95 dollars
Volatile session on September 3: Piazza Affari rises 0.9% thanks to falling bond yields, crude oil retreats after five-week highs. Two diverging readings on the same day for Lottomatica stock.
- Culture · Analysis
Booker Prize heads towards shortlist: announcement on September 22
Thirteen titles chosen from 163 novels, a jury chaired by classicist Mary Beard, £50,000 to the winner who will be announced on November 9 in London. Meanwhile, on Sunday Rome opens civic museums and archaeological sites free of charge.
- Health · Analysis
From September 1st EMA no longer accepts old PDFs for medicine variations
The European Medicines Agency completes the transition to the mandatory electronic form for variation applications for medicines authorised under the centralised procedure. WHO publishes the summary of the second edition of its guidelines on cognitive decline.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
OpenAI opens up GPT-6 Astra and restricts cybersecurity capabilities it calls "critical"
The company states that the new model is the first to exceed the highest threshold of its internal cybersecurity framework and reserves the most advanced capabilities for select partners. In Congress, a proposal to ban superintelligence.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Chinese summer box office closes at 12.5 billion yuan and with the lowest ticket price since 2022
Between June 1 and August 31, Chinese cinemas took in 12.498 billion yuan with 340 million admissions. Screenings hit a historic high, domestic films account for almost 72% of the market.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Eleven stories from September 3 and 4 that did not receive a long-form article: from the night of drone strikes on Kyiv to the Italian government's longevity record, from the markets to tennis in New York, from the Toronto and Busan festivals to digital health.
- Editorial
An opening on the Gulf, a section missing
The conflict between the United States and Iran reaches bases in Kuwait and the UAE and opens the edition. Sport today remains without an article: we say so upfront.
- The Long Run
Sixty years of declining births: Italian fertility falls to 1.14
The Istat bulletin on demographic indicators for 2025 and the monthly balance sheets for 2026 measure a curve that starts in 1964: 355,000 births, a natural balance of -296,000, one resident in four over 65. The population remains nearly stationary only because of migration.
- Order of Magnitude
21.1 °C: the daily record for ocean surface temperature in the ERA5 series
On August 22, 2026, the average sea surface temperature between 60°S and 60°N reached 21.1 °C according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The useful comparison is not with last year, but with the series that starts in 1979 and with the seasonal calendar.