Zero's Briefs

Italy — Government working on budget, summit on Monday — In addition to the general strike announced by Landini, it is learned that the government is preparing a summit for Monday between Giorgia Meloni and Giancarlo Giorgetti on the budget law, with Irpef, flat tax and banks on the table. — Sarno Notizie

News — Storm on the island of Elba, cars trapped — A violent storm hit the hamlet of Cavo, in the municipality of Rio (Livorno), on Sunday morning, as well as Rio Marina and Bagnaia, flooding the seafront and causing phone blackouts. The president of the Tuscany Region maintained the yellow alert until 10 am the following day. — La Nazione

Europe — San Marino signs association agreement with the EU — The Republic of San Marino will sign tomorrow in Brussels, at the headquarters of the European Commission, the association agreement that consolidates the small State’s presence on the European stage without entailing formal accession to the Union. — Quotidiano Nazionale

World — Israel to vote on October 27 — Israelis will elect the 120 members of the new Knesset on October 27, in the first elections since Hamas’s attack of October 7, 2023. Running are outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist challenger Gadi Eisenkot. — Open

World — Fire at Canadian military base in Wainwright: dead and injured — The Canadian armed forces confirm deaths and injuries following a fire that broke out on October 17 in the training area of the Wainwright base, in Alberta, which spread beyond the area’s boundaries. The Department of Defense has not yet released a detailed toll. — Government of Canada

Tech — Data breach at OpenCode, API keys stolen — The OpenCode platform informed customers, on October 17, of a breach linked to a large-scale distillation attack that affected 1.4% of Console users, with unauthorized charges. The company is cooperating with Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. — AI Weekly

Health — REM sleep and disease risk in a study of nearly 96,000 people — Research published in PLOS Medicine, based on UK Biobank data collected with wrist accelerometers on 95,559 participants followed for a median of 8.9 years, links longer REM sleep duration to a lower risk for 83 conditions, including dementia and Parkinson’s. — Mondosanità