The full edition
Thursday, 10 September 2026
24 pieces published that day.
- Economy & Markets · Lead Story
ECB raises deposit rate to 2.50%: a firm hike, no future path
The Governing Council, meeting in Berlin, raised the three key interest rates by a quarter point. Growth forecasts revised upward for 2026 and 2027, core inflation higher, alternative scenarios built around the conflict in the Middle East.
- Italy · Analysis
Electoral law, amendments divide the centre-right on the majority bonus and preference votes
After this morning's report on the vote on preliminary constitutional objections, the Senate debate turns to substance: a proposal to lower the majority-bonus threshold to 41%, the reintroduction of preference votes, and Forza Italia splitting from its allies on the anti-fringe-list rule.
- Italy · Analysis
Preferences without blocked list leaders rejected in the Senate: 68 in favour, 99 against
The Assembly of Palazzo Madama rejected the opposition's sub-amendment, first signed by Parrini. The government had left the decision to the Chamber; the centre-right voted as one bloc after a suspension of more than two and a half hours. Final vote scheduled for September 15.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Russian drones over Moldova: departure of Zelensky's plane from Chisinau delayed
Norwegian Prime Minister Støre tells NRK of a drone near the Ukrainian presidential plane during takeoff. Chisinau confirms the delay was due to a drone threat, Moldovan police report an aircraft that crashed and exploded in the Rîșcani district.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Philippines, fire on ferry MV June Aster: five dead, 87 people to be located
The toll announced by the Philippine Coast Guard rose in the morning to 43 survivors. The vessel's manifest listed 134 people. Smoke, heat and risk of explosions prevented rescuers from boarding the vessel.
- Sport · Analysis
Champions: Napoli fall to Arsenal; today Roma in Istanbul and Como's debut
Twenty-two goals and no draws in Wednesday's six matches: Ødegaard decides at the Maradona, PSG and Barcelona rout their opponents. Today closes the first matchday. In South America, Fluminense and Boca advance.
- Health · Analysis
Ebola Bundibugyo: WHO calls for 1.3 billion dollars for six months of response in Congo
The epidemic in Uganda has been declared over, while the one in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues. There are no approved vaccines or therapies for the Bundibugyo virus: the WHO has published emergency guidance on the use of the vaccine against the Zaire ebolavirus.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Emmy 78, ceremony on Monday: The Pitt leads with 25 nominations, Mariska Hargitay to host
On September 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the American primetime television awards ceremony. The Creative Arts Emmys, spread across 101 categories, were already handed out on September 5 and 6.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Eight afternoon news items: Trump's election promise, Copernicus' climate bulletin, the European law on innovation, two announcements from the world of artificial intelligence, a theatre reopening in Lisbon, the Lasker prize and the Busan programme.
- Editorial
The rate hike is here, the path is not
The ECB brings deposits to 2.50% and opens the afternoon edition. Eight items of the newspaper have been updated: for Culture, Europe and Tech & AI, the morning edition still applies, and it remains published.
- Italy · Lead Story
Excise duties, diesel discount expires today: extension announced without a date
The 17-cent-per-litre cut ends on September 10. Salvini speaks of a postponement "until almost the end of the month," a decree-law is needed and a Council of Ministers meeting today is not ruled out. In the background, the budget law and the date of September 22, when the definitive deficit figure will arrive.
- Italy · Analysis
Electoral law, the Senate rejects the preliminary objections and the majority holds the bonus at 42%
Four constitutionality questions rejected with 100 no votes, 66 yes, no abstentions. At the meeting of centre-right sherpas the bonus threshold remains at 42% and the runoff comes off the table: the rule on lists under 3% remains open.
- Europe · Analysis
Oslo bids farewell to King Harald V, 224,000 people along the procession
On September 9, Norway held the state funeral of the sovereign who died on August 28 at 89 years old: a national minute of silence at 1pm, a half-hour procession to the cathedral, monarchs and heads of government in the cathedral. Among those present was Zelensky, whose plane was reportedly grazed by a drone while taking off from Moldova.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Gulf of Oman and Hormuz: crossed claims, figures that do not match
The U.S. Central Command states it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, the Revolutionary Guard claims attacks on ships and a base in Jordan. Nearly all available figures come from the warring parties: here is what is attributed to whom.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Orange alert in four regions, storms across twelve: summer ends and the damage remains
Civil Protection assessed an orange alert for September 10 in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Marche and Veneto, and a yellow alert in eight other regions. The temperature drop reaches as much as 8 degrees. Coldiretti reports that heavy rains are compounding drought damage, with losses of up to 80% in some areas.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
ECB decides today: economists' consensus points to a hike to 2.50%
Announcement at 14:15, press conference at 14:45. The market is pricing in an additional twenty-five basis points on the deposit rate, with euro area inflation having risen to 3.3% in August. The real question concerns December, and on that date market expectations and analysts' forecasts diverge.
- Culture · Analysis
A 2,800-year-old mass grave in Serbia and the Neanderthals of Abruzzo: two prehistoric worksites
At Gomolava, in northern Serbia, a 2026 study documents 77 individuals in an Iron Age mass grave, mostly women and children. In Abruzzo, from September 8 to 26, the University of Ferrara returns to excavate at the Grottoni di Calascio, where a Neanderthal remain dating back about 80,000 years emerged in the 1970s.
- Sport · Analysis
US Open, Pegula joins Sabalenka in semifinal; the Next Gen return to Italy
At Flushing Meadows, the last quarterfinals were played on September 9: Pegula reaches the semifinal in the women's draw, Tiafoe advances after a comeback in the night session. Meanwhile the Italian federation announces that the Next Gen ATP Finals will be played in December in Reggio Calabria.
- Health · Analysis
WHO creates special envoy for health resilience while flagging funding crisis
On September 9 the World Health Organization announced the appointment of Vanessa Kerry to a newly created role. In the same weeks the agency launched an initiative on access to mpox vaccines with partners and validated two disease eliminations, in Bhutan and Timor-Leste.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
Twenty-eight contracts between the Pentagon and artificial intelligence companies, according to FOIA documents
The Intercept has obtained over 400 pages of agreements between the US Department of Defense and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI: deals from July 2025 worth up to $200 million each, involving embedded engineers and joint exercises. The documents include the use of Anthropic technology for target identification in strikes in Iran.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Toronto opens its 51st edition as the map of Oscar-qualifying festivals expands to six
TIFF starts today with the world premiere of "Being Heumann" by Siân Heder and runs through September 20, with a brand-new market. From 2026 the Platform Award opens a direct path to the international Oscar nomination: the same door that has opened for Busan, the only Asian festival among the six qualifying ones.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Sixteen stories from around the world: the BRICS summit in New Delhi, the State of the Union address, a ferry fire in the Philippines, the first foldable iPhone, the San Sebastián awards.
- Editorial
A deadline, a decision, a count that doesn't add up
We open with excise duties because it is the only story of the day with a deadline already past on the calendar. The Around the World roundup did not clear verification in time for this edition.
- Around the World
Hormuz in five languages: the same exchange of attacks, five different focal points
The US Central Command and the Revolutionary Guards release their own statements; newsrooms in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and German build them around different focal points — the military sequence, the wording, the map of the exclusion zone, the casualties, the price of crude.