Riyadh, Panama, the Brazilian markets: the afternoon updates five fronts

The story opening this edition is the Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport: at least twelve dead, over three hundred wounded, the third strike this week against the same airport. The toll, reported by Al Jazeera and CNN citing official Saudi sources, remains what has been communicated so far and may be revised in the coming hours: if that happens, we will present it as a revision, not as a new isolated figure.

Also under Foreign Affairs and Geopolitics, the magnitude 7.7 earthquake in southern Panama brought down buildings — including the cathedral of Penonomé — without causing casualties according to the local Civil Protection agency, an outcome the scale of the quake did not make a foregone conclusion. In Briefs, two independent sources report on the public rift between Trump and Zelensky over Kyiv’s leadership, and on Ukraine’s willingness to halt strikes on Russian refineries on condition of reciprocity.

Under Italy, an analysis follows the center-left summit at the Manifesto festival: Conte is pushing to close the joint program within two weeks, an acceleration compared to the timeline circulated so far. The story currently comes from a single source — a round-up of front pages — and we state this without independent confirmation.

Under Economy and Markets, the numbers from the aftermath of the first round in Brazil: the São Paulo Stock Exchange up 7.7%, the real up 4% against the dollar, Petrobras up 11.5% in New York. These are prices betting on the October 25 runoff, not a judgment on the merits of the programs.

Under Tech & AI, Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, with output extended from 64,000 tokens to one million and initial access limited to the Fairwind Program. Under Culture, the excavation at Siponto has brought to light two churches from different eras, the 5th-6th century and the medieval period. Under Cinema & Entertainment, the Rome Film Fest is awarding Lifetime Achievement Awards to Julianne Moore and Javier Bardem.

A piece on the shipwreck off Djibouti was dropped during production: the Crime and Local News section remains covered regardless by the article already published this morning, there is no gap. For Crime and Local News, Europe, Health and Sports, this morning’s edition remains fully valid and stays published. This is today’s final edition: the next one comes out tomorrow morning at 6:30.