# Pollar > Start with an event. Pollar is a pan-European editorial news outlet with AI-assisted summaries, evergreen topic threads, a daily brief, and live market data. Content is published in English, Polish, German, and French; the locale prefix in URLs selects the language (e.g. /en/, /pl/, /de/, /fr/). ## Daily editorial - [Daily brief](https://pollar.news/en/brief): twice-daily editorial digest of EU + world news, ~5 minutes of reading - [Markets](https://pollar.news/en/markets): EU + global indices, EUR-pivoted FX, commodities, crypto, US Treasury bonds — refreshed minute-by-minute from Yahoo Finance - [Explore on map](https://pollar.news/en/explore): events plotted geographically across Europe and the world ## Evergreen threads 12 long-running topic threads grouped into europe / world / other. Each thread has a thesis, a current state-of-play, week highlights, and a chronicle of recent developments (updated every 6h by the research agent). - [Brussels vs capitals: EU integration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-integration): Sovereignty within the European Union is not static; it is continuously contested and renegotiated through legal rulings, treaty interpretat - [The Green Deal under revision](https://pollar.news/en/threads/green-deal): The EU's climate agenda has formally pivoted from legislative expansion to a phase of implementation, simplification, and competitiveness-dr - [The ageing Union's economy](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-economy): Europe's economic competitiveness is under pressure from low productivity, weak investment, demographic decline, and the cost of the green t - [European democracies and populism](https://pollar.news/en/threads/democracy-populism): Populist and anti-liberal political forces are gaining institutional ground within the European Union, testing and at times reshaping the bo - [Demography and migration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/demography-migration): An ageing Europe faces a structural need for labour immigration to sustain its economy and welfare systems, yet political sentiment across m - [AI: capabilities, regulation, labour](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ai-revolution): The rapid convergence of frontier-model capabilities is compressing competitive advantage cycles and testing regulatory guardrails, while th - [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold, forcing a pivotal narrative shift from solely preventing climate change to urgently adapt - [Culture, media and the new divides](https://pollar.news/en/threads/culture-media): The European information ecosystem faces increasing pressure from collapsing traditional media business models, algorithmic-driven polarizat - [China and the West: decoupling](https://pollar.news/en/threads/china-west): The strategic de-risking of Western economies from China has escalated into a reciprocal regulatory conflict, where China's new legal counte - [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war is characterized by a reciprocal escalation of long-range strikes, with Ukraine systematically targeting Russian logistics and energ - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war has accelerated a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power, shifting influence from traditional centers like Egypt and S - [The US under Trump: second term](https://pollar.news/en/threads/us-under-trump): US foreign policy under the Trump administration is shifting decisively from multilateralism toward a doctrine of transactional bilateral ba ## Recent events (last 50) Individual event briefs, AI-summarised from multiple sources, with structured locations / mentioned people / source attribution. - [Spain demands Italy lift border checks as EU migration chief slams Madrid’s amnesty after Ceuta crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): EU interior ministers held an emergency video conference on Tuesday after the Ceuta crisis exposed deep divisions over migration policy, wit - [SpaceX revenue surges 92% in first public quarter, but AI costs and lock-up expiry weigh on shares](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-lock-up-test): SpaceX reported $7.8 billion in revenue for the June quarter, beating estimates, but heavy AI spending and an impending share unlock sent th - [Wenger distances himself from Infantino's abandoned World Cup sale as African officials offer support](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA president Gianni Infantino faces a deepening leadership crisis after his abandoned plan to sell World Cup commercial rights, with key a - [Arson suspect arrested as wildfires destroy 700 buildings and force 64,000 to evacuate in Spokane, Washington](https://pollar.news/en/event/spokane-wildfire-forces-mass-evacuations): Three wind-driven wildfires have scorched more than 10,000 acres around Spokane, Washington, destroying at least 700 buildings and forcing o - [US revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador in Washington as diplomatic standoff with Lula deepens](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-revokes-brazilian-ambassadors-visa): The State Department revoked Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti's visa on Tuesday, retaliating for Brasilia's refusal to approve Trump's - [Russian drone hunts vegetable seller in Kherson 'human safari' attack](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-hunts-civilian-in-kherson): A 52-year-old street vendor survived a Russian FPV drone attack in Kherson after being chased around his van. Ukraine's president called it - [Two dead in Michigan as cyclospora outbreak linked to Taco Bell lettuce expands to 15 states](https://pollar.news/en/event/cyclospora-outbreak-kills-two): Michigan reports first two deaths in the record-breaking cyclosporiasis outbreak, as the CDC adds six more states, bringing the total to 15. - [Trump claims Iran negotiations are 'going on right now', Tehran denies as Hormuz vessel struck](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): Conflicting statements from Washington and Tehran on Monday deepened uncertainty over the five-month-old war, while a cargo vessel was hit n - [Trump breaks with Big Oil, demands Exxon and Chevron cut prices as $4 gas and midterms collide](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-vs-big-oil): With US gasoline above $4 a gallon and midterm elections three months away, Donald Trump turned on the oil industry he has long championed, - [Michigan and Wisconsin primaries test whether the progressive left can win in swing states](https://pollar.news/en/event/el-sayed-defies-aipac-spending): Michigan Democrats vote Tuesday in a Senate primary that pits progressive Abdul El-Sayed against establishment-backed Haley Stevens, a conte - [Indian cargo ship sinks in Red Sea after Houthi attack; all 14 crew rescued](https://pollar.news/en/event/indian-ship-sinks-off-yemen): The MSV Faize Noore Oliya was struck by an explosive-laden boat 13 nautical miles south of Hodeidah on Tuesday, capsizing and sinking. Yemen - [Trump's Reflecting Pool case implodes: charges dropped, Oval Office confrontation follows](https://pollar.news/en/event/doj-drops-reflecting-pool-case): The felony case against an Olympic canoeist collapsed after prosecutors admitted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was damaged by a botch - [SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage to unintentionally crash into the Moon on Wednesday at 8,690 km/h](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-rocket-heading-for-moon-impact): A four-tonne SpaceX rocket stage, adrift since a January 2025 lunar mission, will slam into the Moon's western limb early Wednesday, offerin - [Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos launch $200 million Phoenix Species Project to recover 100 species on brink of extinction](https://pollar.news/en/event/200m-fund-to-save-100-species): The Phoenix Species Project, backed by Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, targets 100 critically endangered species across 30 countries, from - [Senate panel advances Todd Blanche as attorney general after deal on $1.8bn fund](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornyn-blocks-blanche-vote): The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines Tuesday to send Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general to the full Sena - [Ohio Rep. Max Miller requests ethics probe of himself as abuse allegations roil GOP](https://pollar.news/en/event/miller-denies-abuse-stays-in-race): The Ohio Republican, accused by his ex-wife of domestic violence, asked the House ethics panel to investigate him while fellow Republicans, - [Reusser wins Dijon time trial to take yellow jersey as Ferrand-Prévot loses over two minutes at Women's Tour](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-femmes-2026-begins): World time trial champion Marlen Reusser completed the 21-kilometre course from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in 27 minutes 30 seconds, four se - [Andrzej Morozowski, TVN24 journalist and co-creator of 'Teraz my!', dies at 69 after cancer battle](https://pollar.news/en/event/andrzej-morozowski-dies-at-69): The journalist, who returned to air in March after more than six months off to reveal his illness, was remembered by Poland's prime minister - [Oil majors reap $93bn in quarterly profits as Iran war sends crude prices soaring](https://pollar.news/en/event/war-fueled-oil-profit-boom): Eight of the world's largest oil companies together earned nearly $93 billion in the second quarter, almost double the same period last year - [Family of Salvadoran man who died in ICE custody alleges medical neglect, demands closure of Delaney Hall](https://pollar.news/en/event/ice-detainee-death-sparks-outrage): Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old Salvadoran man, died Saturday at a hospital after a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall detention cente - [Mohamed Salah set to join Trabzonspor on two-year deal after leaving Liverpool](https://pollar.news/en/event/salah-to-trabzonspor): The Egyptian forward, 34, is expected in Istanbul on Wednesday for a medical before signing a contract worth a reported 17 million euros per - [France heatwave: 16 departments on orange alert as wildfire burns 110 hectares in Drôme](https://pollar.news/en/event/heatwave-grips-southeast-france): Météo France maintains orange vigilance for 16 departments in the southeast, with temperatures reaching 38°C. A wildfire in Drôme has consum - [Italy braces for nationwide red alert as heatwave peaks: all 27 monitored cities under maximum warning by Thursday](https://pollar.news/en/event/fourth-heatwave-hits-italy): The health ministry's heatwave surveillance system will place every monitored city on maximum alert for the first time, as temperatures soar - [157 migrants rescued from burning boat in English Channel, one of the largest operations since 2018](https://pollar.news/en/event/channel-boat-fire-rescue): French and British coastguard vessels took 152 people off an overloaded migrant boat whose engine caught fire, after five others had been ev - [Poland braces for 40°C heat as highest-level warnings cover south and centre through Thursday](https://pollar.news/en/event/extreme-heatwave-hits-poland): IMGW recorded 37.5°C in Kłodzko on Tuesday, with forecasts pointing to 39–40°C in the south-east on Wednesday before a slight easing on Thur - [Italian waste workers recover €1 million lottery ticket thrown away by mistake in Bitonto](https://pollar.news/en/event/1m-ticket-rescued-from-trash): A player in Bitonto, near Bari, threw away a winning instant lottery ticket worth €1 million after misreading a payment message, then enlist - [US has used 'virtually all' long-range precision missiles in Iran war, sources say](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-missile-stocks-depleted): Five months into the conflict, the Pentagon has exhausted its land-based ATACMS and PrSM missiles, while Patriot interceptor stocks are down - [Ter Stegen loaned to Ajax after injury nightmare, eyes Germany return under Klopp](https://pollar.news/en/event/ter-stegen-joins-ajax): The 34-year-old German goalkeeper moves to Amsterdam after losing his place at Barcelona and missing the 2026 World Cup, aiming to revive hi - [Pellacani claims fourth European diving gold in Paris, surpassing Cagnotto's single-championship record](https://pollar.news/en/event/double-diving-gold-for-italy): The Italian diver scored 358.05 in the 3m springboard final to secure her fourth title of the Paris 2026 European Aquatics Championships, mo - [Ariana Grande tells Chicago crowd her public retreat was planned 'a long time ago', not a reaction to scrutiny](https://pollar.news/en/event/grande-steps-back-from-spotlight): Speaking from the United Center stage on Monday night, the 33-year-old singer read from notes to explain a decision her spokesperson had ann - [Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha joins Colo-Colo after World Cup breakout, Chilean league grants nickname exception](https://pollar.news/en/event/vozinha-signs-for-colo-colo): The 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper, a breakout star of the 2026 World Cup, was unveiled by Chile's most decorated club on Tuesday after t - [US Treasury Secretary says Hormuz deal possible within hours; oil slides, stocks jump](https://pollar.news/en/event/hormuz-deal-imminent): Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that Washington and Tehran could strike an agreement within hours to guarantee freedom of transit - [Pepe Habichuela, flamenco guitar legend and Gran Cruz recipient, dies at 82](https://pollar.news/en/event/pepe-habichuela-dies-at-82): The Granada-born guitarist, a pivotal figure in contemporary flamenco and member of a storied gitano dynasty, had been away from the stage s - [Rhine hits record low at Kaub, 24 cm, as drought disrupts shipping and threatens German growth](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-rivers-run-dry): The Rhine fell to 24 cm at Kaub on Tuesday, the lowest since measurements began in 1880, as a prolonged drought paralyses shipping on Europe - [Conte-Schlein lunch thaws personal tensions but leaves Ukraine, rearmament, and primary rules unresolved](https://pollar.news/en/event/conte-blocks-ukraine-arms): A Rome lunch between Five Star leader Giuseppe Conte and PD secretary Elly Schlein eased personal friction but left unresolved the coalition - [Jordan FA president accuses FIFA's Infantino of blackmail, saying endorsement was demanded for help with World Cup problems](https://pollar.news/en/event/jordan-fa-accuses-infantino-of-blackmail): Jordan Football Association president Prince Ali bin Hussein has accused FIFA president Gianni Infantino of blackmail, alleging the world go - [Supercell devastates Thangelstedt, storms batter Hamburg and NRW as heatwave breaks across Germany](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-heatwave-to-hit-39c): A supercell thunderstorm wrecked the village of Thangelstedt in Thuringia on Monday evening, while a falling tree injured a family of seven - [FCC drafts ban on Chinese optical transceivers for US data centers](https://pollar.news/en/event/fcc-targets-chinese-transceivers): The Federal Communications Commission is drafting a measure to block imports of new Chinese optical transceivers, aiming to secure the AI in - [Ukrainian drones hit Moscow region industrial zone, killing five; Wildberries warehouses targeted across Russia](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-hits-deep-inside-russia): A Ukrainian drone attack on an industrial zone in Chekhov, south of Moscow, killed five people and injured 10 early Tuesday, while simultane - [Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper spark secret wedding rumours after Paris sighting with matching rings](https://pollar.news/en/event/rings-spark-hadid-cooper-wedding-rumours): Photographs of the couple walking hand-in-hand in Paris on Monday show both wearing simple gold bands on their left ring fingers, igniting s - [Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo; ten more fell critically ill during Japan's record heatwave](https://pollar.news/en/event/lions-die-in-tokyo-heat): Three lionesses born at the facility died in under a week after temperatures soared into the high 30s and humidity stifled their ability to - [Telegram briefly pulled from App Store over CSAM, CEO blames extortionist who planted AI-modified content](https://pollar.news/en/event/telegram-app-store-removal): Apple removed Telegram from its App Store on August 3 after finding child sexual abuse material, restoring it about 40 minutes later. CEO Pa - [UFC flyweight Allan Nascimento dies at 34 after apparent heart attack in his sleep](https://pollar.news/en/event/ufcs-allan-nascimento-dies): The Brazilian flyweight, a UFC competitor since 2021, was found unresponsive on Monday and could not be revived by medical personnel. He com - [Gironde begins recovery after wildfire that burned 42,000 hectares: tourism, aid, and the risk of resurgence](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): Two weeks after a wildfire burned 42,000 hectares and forced 220,000 people to evacuate, Gironde's tourism sector is slowly reopening, with - [Glucksmann says Russian GRU group Storm-1516 targeted him with AI deepfake ahead of 2027 French presidential race](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-deepfake-targets-glucksmann): The European parliamentarian said the SGDSN confirmed an attack by the GRU-linked Storm-1516 group, which used a fake Blast news site and an - [Gaza holds mass funeral for 112 members of Al-Hassayna clan recovered from rubble nearly three years after Israeli strike](https://pollar.news/en/event/gaza-buries-112-recovered-from-rubble): The remains of 112 Palestinians, including 44 children, were laid to rest in Gaza City on Tuesday after recovery teams spent 17 days extract - [All-time leading points scorer Thomas Ramos to leave Toulouse for Racing 92 in 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/ramos-to-join-racing-92): The France fullback and record points scorer will end a 15-year association with Stade Toulousain after the 2027 Rugby World Cup, signing a - [McDonald's replaces US chief after 0.8% sales growth misses Wall Street target](https://pollar.news/en/event/mcdonalds-us-sales-miss): The fast-food giant named Skye Anderson to lead its roughly 14,000 US restaurants, replacing Joe Erlinger after second-quarter same-store sa - [Turkey urges Russia and Ukraine to secure Black Sea shipping after drone attack on two Turkish cargo vessels injures crew](https://pollar.news/en/event/turkey-demands-black-sea-safety): Two Turkish-owned cargo vessels, Nadezhda and Yasar, were struck by drones near Russia's Novorossiysk port on August 3, injuring multiple cr - [Franco Baresi laid to rest in Milan as thousands of fans and football greats say goodbye](https://pollar.news/en/event/milan-bids-farewell-to-baresi): Thousands of fans, former teammates, and Italian football officials filled Milan's Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio on 4 August 2026 for the funera ## Search and discovery - [Search](https://pollar.news/en/search): full-text + semantic search across all events - [Sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap.xml): every public URL across the four locales - [News sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap-news.xml): Google News feed, last 48h of events - [Full content dump](https://pollar.news/llms-full.txt): all current event summaries + thread state-of-play in one markdown file (preferred when you want pollar context in a single fetch) ## About + policies - [What is Pollar](https://pollar.news/en/about): the service in plain terms — free, four languages, reader-funded, no ads, self-hosted cookieless analytics, every article lists its sources - [Pollar News iOS app](https://pollar.news/en/app): the free iPhone app — brief, live coverage with Lock Screen Live Activities, offline reading - [Pollar vs other news apps](https://pollar.news/en/compare): factual comparisons with Apple News, Google News and Kagi News - [Editorial team](https://pollar.news/en/about/editorial): the humans behind Pollar Editorial - [Editorial standards](https://pollar.news/en/editorial-standards): sourcing, AI assistance, independence, diversity of coverage - [Corrections policy](https://pollar.news/en/corrections): how mistakes are corrected - [AI policy](https://pollar.news/en/ai-policy): which models, what's automated, what's edited - [Privacy](https://pollar.news/en/privacy)