The full edition
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
22 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Gaza, three years on: 80% of structures damaged, 1,467 dead during the truce
Three years after the attack of October 7, 2023, data on the state of the truce in Gaza show the scale of the destruction and the count of casualties recorded during the ceasefire.
- Italy · Analysis
Fuel, government gives up on mobile excise duties: diesel back to 2.25 euros
The executive backtracks on the mechanism that was meant to cushion pump prices: the extra VAT revenue stays with the State, Deputy Minister Leo says the decision on the tax discount has not yet been made.
- Europe · Analysis
Brussels rethinks the Commission ahead of a larger Union
The European Commission proposes moving beyond the principle of one commissioner per member state and reducing recourse to unanimity, in anticipation of a Union of 30 or more countries.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Piazza Affari reverses course: from morning gains to widespread losses
The Ftse Mib, which had opened higher in the morning session, closes the day down: weighing on the market are tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, oil above 100 dollars and a sharp decline in banking stocks.
- Culture · Analysis
Exhibitions and festivals: Italy's cultural autumn spans art, archaeology and technology
From Keith Haring in Rome to the twentieth anniversary of Le Vie dei Tesori in Sicily, to the immersive exhibition Aegyptus at the Baths of Diocletian: three events opening or continuing these days.
- Health · Analysis
Gimbe: 18.8 billion euros in invisible cuts to the National Health Service
The ninth Gimbe Report, presented today at the Chamber of Deputies, estimates at 18.8 billion euros the additional funding that the Ssn would have received between 2023 and 2026 had the ratio between the Health Fund and GDP of 2022 been maintained.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry reward neutrinos and asymmetric autocatalysis
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Francis Halzen for the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, and the one in Chemistry to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Afternoon updates: excise duties, EU Commission reform, a shipwreck in the Black Sea, the Mecca alliance, the Nobel Prizes, an AI hearing and sport.
- Editorial
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- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Three years after October 7, the UN calls for a permanent truce in Gaza
On the eve of the third anniversary of Hamas's 2023 attack, Secretary-General Guterres renews his call for a stable ceasefire, while the plan launched a year ago remains largely stalled.
- Italy · Analysis
Chamber of Deputies, double confidence vote on electoral law: final vote Thursday
The government called a confidence vote on three key articles of the reform; the second vote closed with 227 votes in favour on article 2. The text now moves to the final vote.
- Europe · Analysis
France, marches by high school and university students across the country: figures double depending on the source
On October 6 the Interior Ministry counted 266,000 demonstrators, while student organisations and the CGT claim 450,000. The government is proposing a half-day of dialogue in schools, with new marches announced for Thursday.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Bergamo explosion, toll of displaced residents revised from 50 to 40
The newspaper had reported on October 6 the explosion on via Longo with 50 displaced residents; new details point to 40 people left without homes, nine injured, and a gas pipe found detached with the valve closed.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
European stocks rise: Milan leads the markets
The Ftse Mib closed at 51,261 points (+0.87%), supported by Inwit, Nexi and Technoprobe. The German Bund fell to 3.45%, retreating from its seventeen-year highs. The news currently comes from a single source (MilanoFinanza); no independent confirmation is available.
- Culture · Analysis
Minanbé, the intact Maya city rediscovered in the Calakmul jungle
A Mexican-Slovenian team has identified a 15-hectare site within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve featuring a pyramidal temple and fourteen stone monuments, with no traces of looting after more than a thousand years.
- Sport · Analysis
CONI places FIGC under special administration, Malagò appointed commissioner of himself
Having lost the presidency of the Italian Football Federation due to a membership registration flaw, Giovanni Malagò has been appointed special commissioner by CONI itself. New elections are scheduled by January 31, 2027. The news currently stems from a single source (official CONI statement); no independent confirmation is available.
- Health · Analysis
Kenya, first Ebola case and first death recorded in the country
A Kenyan citizen who had lived for years in the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi on Monday, October 5: it is the first case and first death from Ebola ever recorded in Kenya. Tracing of 28 contacts is under way.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, direct challenge to OpenAI and Anthropic
Google's new flagship model arrives after Gemini 3 and is measured on coding benchmarks against GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5. The news currently comes from a single source.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Busan becomes an "A-list" festival: Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Yimou take centre stage
The South Korean festival obtains for the first time the FIAPF classification reserved for Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Michelle Yeoh receives the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award, Zhang Yimou presides over the jury of the competitive section.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
The day's minor news, across all sections.
- Editorial
Ten sections, three figures to verify
Why the anniversary of October 7 opens the edition, how the other nine stories were weighed, and where accounts with sources remain open.
- Backlight
One press release, one word, two outlets: "victim" makes it into the headline
The special administration of the Football Federation recounted through the language of the very press release that announces it.