# 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 in Ukraine has entered a new phase defined by a rapid technological competition and a a more mature Ukrainian strike doctrine, chall - [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. - [LeBron James signs with Philadelphia 76ers for two-year, $8 million deal in bid for fifth NBA title](https://pollar.news/en/event/lebron-james-joins-76ers): The NBA's all-time scoring leader says he chose Philadelphia over Cleveland, Miami and Golden State, prioritizing a shot at winning a champi - [Morawiecki breaks with Kaczyński's PiS, vows to build broader right-wing alliance to oust Tusk](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): Mateusz Morawiecki and around 40 parliamentarians left Law and Justice after refusing to disband his Rozwój Plus association, calling the pa - [Nearly 100,000 hectares burned and 200,000 evacuated as wildfire threatens Bordeaux, France's worst season on record](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): The Gironde fire has consumed 40,000 hectares, destroyed at least 100 buildings, and forced the evacuation of 167,000 people in the departme - [India's Dharmendra Pradhan quits as education minister after week of youth-led 'cockroach' protests over exam paper leaks](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down on Saturday after six days of intense student protests against examination paper leaks that spiralled into a - [Spain orders evacuation of entire Tiétar Valley as wildfires rage in Madrid and Ávila, with more than 60,000 displaced](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): The Spanish government assumed sole command and ordered the preventive evacuation of the entire Tiétar Valley in Ávila, affecting 30,000 peo - [Fakir autopsy finds blood in lungs and chest compression, lawyers clash over whether force or drugs caused Bologna death](https://pollar.news/en/event/bologna-police-custody-death): A preliminary autopsy on Abderrahim Fakir, the 42-year-old who died after being restrained by police in Bologna's Pilastro district on 19 Ju - [Trump orders Section 301 probe of the EU and threatens tariffs over $1 billion Google fine](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-threatens-eu-tariffs): The US president ordered a Section 301 investigation and warned of 'substantial' duties after Brussels fined Google €890 million for breachi - [Saudi airstrikes hit Hodeidah, Houthis launch missile on Jizan after Red Sea blockade](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): Saudi Arabia struck Houthi military targets in Yemen's Hodeidah on Friday, and the rebels claimed a retaliatory missile attack on Jizan on S - [ICC member states vote 82-13 to remove prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims](https://pollar.news/en/event/icc-fires-karim-khan): The 82-13 secret ballot at UN headquarters in New York follows a two-year scandal over allegations he sexually assaulted a female aide. Khan - [Andy Burnham caps bus fares at £2, slashes VAT on electricity in first week as UK prime minister](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): The new Labour leader used social media and a flurry of cost-of-living measures to stamp his authority, while launching a northern ministeri - [Trump uses rescheduled press dinner to mock Democrats, journalists and a gunman who upended the original gala](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-skewers-press-at-dinner): Addressing roughly 700 guests at the Waldorf Astoria on Friday, the US president delivered an hour-long speech that veered from rally attack - [Paramount freezes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery merger until 2027 after state antitrust suits](https://pollar.news/en/event/paramount-warner-merger-blocked): Paramount Skydance agreed on Friday to pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until at least June 2027, sidestepping a - [Berlin CSD parade with 80 floats denounces rising anti-LGBTQ hate: 'We'll only get louder'](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-csd-well-only-get-louder): A two-day Christopher Street Day event culminates with a central Berlin parade and a Sarah Connor concert at Brandenburger Tor, while organi - [Aston Martin brings 16 upgrades to Hungary as Newey targets 'at least a point and some dignity'](https://pollar.news/en/event/aston-martins-hungary-rescue-bid): Aston Martin arrived at the Hungaroring with a B-spec car carrying 16 new components, the first major update of a dismal season. Adrian Newe - [Netanyahu launches West Bank operation, orders new settler outposts after clashes kill four Palestinians and two Israelis](https://pollar.news/en/event/west-bank-violence-kills-six): After settlers attacked a Palestinian village near Nablus, violence erupted, leaving four Palestinians and two Israelis dead. Benjamin Netan - [Light aircraft strikes home in Ganderkesee, killing pilot; search for possible second person continues](https://pollar.news/en/event/plane-hits-house-pilot-dead): A single-engine light aircraft slammed into the roof of a single-family house in Ganderkesee near Bremen on Saturday morning, leaving the pi - [Trump defends free speech, jokes about third term at correspondents' dinner rescheduled after shooting](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-insults-third-term-tease): President Donald Trump, 80, spoke on July 24 at the Waldorf Astoria, three months after a gunman interrupted the original event. He gave rep - [Trump calls LeBron James 'maybe a racist', picks Michael Jordan as basketball's greatest](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-on-lebron-maybe-racist): Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump questioned whether NBA star LeBron James is a racist, saying he prefers friend Michael Jordan - [FDA advisory panel, stacked with Kennedy appointees, votes to allow compounding of six unapproved peptides](https://pollar.news/en/event/fda-panel-eases-peptide-rules): The FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee recommended removing BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, MOTS-c, semax, and epitalon from a banned list, - [Wildfires in France and Spain displace over 250,000 as EU sends aircraft and France urges tourists not to cancel trips](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-force-mass-evacuations): Blazes fanned by shifting winds threaten Bordeaux suburbs while the military is deployed and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism delivers fire - [SpaceX Starship completes 13th test flight, deploys 20 Starlink satellites that burn up as planned](https://pollar.news/en/event/starship-flies-again): After two postponements, the massive rocket launched from Texas, its upper stage splashing down in the Indian Ocean an hour later, while 20 - [Vannacci targets President Mattarella in AI video seeking pardon for jailed jeweller Roggero](https://pollar.news/en/event/vannacci-ai-video-targets-mattarella): The leader of Futuro Nazionale posted an AI-generated clip showing him as a Roman general delivering a pardon request to the president, who - [Belgium arrests Canadian SHAPE intern on suspicion of spying for third country](https://pollar.news/en/event/nato-intern-arrested-for-espionage): A Canadian woman of Chinese origin, an intern at NATO's SHAPE headquarters in Mons, was detained on Friday on suspicion of espionage for a t - [Marie-Paule Belle, voice of 'La Parisienne', dies at 80 after a half-century stage career](https://pollar.news/en/event/marie-paule-belle-dies-at-80): The singer and pianist, best known for the 1976 hit 'La Parisienne', died on 25 July 2026 in Neuilly-sur-Seine after a long illness, her pre - [SpaceX Starship V3 completes first intact splashdown in 13th test flight, deploys 20 Starlink satellites](https://pollar.news/en/event/starship-v3-aces-test-flight): SpaceX's Starship V3 lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, deployed 20 next-generation Starlink satellites, and made history by splashing down - [Russia kills 10 at Kyiv defence expo, Zelenskyy says event should never have been held](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-drone-expo-struck): A Russian ballistic missile strike on a defence industry drone demonstration near Kyiv on Friday killed 10 people and injured nearly 100, pr - [Wildfires in France and Spain force 141,000 evacuations, threaten Bordeaux and Madrid, hit NASA antennas](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-ravage-france-spain): Massive wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have driven over 141,000 people from their homes since Wednesday, as flames appro - [Cecilia Vega Details CBS News Pressure to Add Political Bias to ICE, West Virginia Poverty, and Iran Segments](https://pollar.news/en/event/vega-cbs-political-meddling): Fired correspondent describes three instances where executives asked for misleading footage and an administration talking point, all of whic - [UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres begins three-day Syria visit, first by a UN chief in 17 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/un-chief-visits-syria): António Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for a three-day trip aimed at supporting the country's political transition, more than a ye - [Guardiola says no to Italy, Maldini turns to Pirlo in bid to end 12-year World Cup exile](https://pollar.news/en/event/pirlo-new-italy-coach): Pep Guardiola declined the Azzurri post for personal reasons, clearing the way for the 2006 World Cup winner to take over on a four-year dea - [Como 1907 bans heading for under-10s and restricts it for older academy players to protect brain health](https://pollar.news/en/event/como-restricts-youth-heading): Serie A club Como 1907 has introduced new rules across its entire academy to sharply limit heading the ball, prohibiting it entirely for und - [Trump administration admits it canceled $7.5bn in clean energy grants based on states' voting patterns](https://pollar.news/en/event/grants-cut-for-political-reasons): A court filing reveals the Energy Department terminated $7.5 billion in Biden-era clean energy grants solely because recipients were in Demo - [Euromillones holds scheduled 24 July draw across nine European nations; winning numbers not yet released](https://pollar.news/en/event/euromillones-draw-held-without-results): The twice-weekly Euromillones lottery took place as scheduled on Friday, 24 July 2026, at 21:00 hours. No winning combination was immediatel - [Sinner and Djokovic withdraw from Montreal Masters, handing top seed to Zverev](https://pollar.news/en/event/sinner-djokovic-skip-montreal): World No.1 Jannik Sinner and No.7 Novak Djokovic have pulled out of the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal, joining the injured Carlos Alcaraz on - [Gurjant Singh, wanted for double murder outside Covo Sikh temple, arrested in Birmingham](https://pollar.news/en/event/temple-murder-suspect-held): Gurjant Singh, 29, was taken into custody in Birmingham on 22 July, three months after the shooting of two men outside a Sikh cultural centr - [Anthony Joshua weighs in at 251lbs ahead of Kristian Prenga fight, with Tyson Fury bout at stake](https://pollar.news/en/event/joshua-vs-prenga-preview): Former two-weight champion Anthony Joshua faces Kristian Prenga in Jeddah on Saturday, needing a win to set up a long-awaited heavyweight cl - [IOC rejects FairSquare complaint over Infantino's ties to Trump, citing independence of federations](https://pollar.news/en/event/ioc-rejects-infantino-complaint): The IOC Ethics Commission said it lacks jurisdiction over the human rights group's allegations that FIFA president Gianni Infantino violated - [Two drones shot down over Romania in 24 hours: EU says 'security of Romania is Europe's'](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-backs-romania-on-drones): Two drone incursions into Romanian airspace in a single day were both neutralized by the same F-16 pilot. EU leaders responded by declaring - [Colo Colo signs Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha after World Cup heroics and a 30-million-follower Instagram surge](https://pollar.news/en/event/vozinha-signs-with-colo-colo): The 40-year-old Cape Verdean goalkeeper, whose saves against Spain and Argentina turned him into a social media phenomenon, will undergo med - [Tusk and President Nawrocki clash over blocked fuel windfall tax; 4 bln złoty in limbo](https://pollar.news/en/event/tusk-slams-fuel-tax-block): President Karol Nawrocki's preventive review of a windfall fuel tax law has ignited a political firestorm: PM Donald Tusk called the move 's - [Qualcomm warns customers of double-digit chip price hikes starting September 1](https://pollar.news/en/event/qualcomm-double-digit-price-hike): The smartphone chipmaker tells clients it can no longer absorb rising supplier costs, pushing higher prices onto devices shipped after Septe - [Trump warns Russia and China against arming Iran, says he trusts Putin and Xi's assurances](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-warns-putin-xi-on-iran): From his Truth Social platform, Trump said he accepted assurances from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin that their countries are not supplying - [Two crashes on special stages halt Rajd Polski; four crew members hospitalised](https://pollar.news/en/event/rajd-polski-crashes-halt-stages): Two separate accidents on Saturday morning brought the 82nd Rajd Polski to a standstill. Four crew members were taken to hospital after cars - [Student beaten by two adults and ten minors in Bari park after trying to use public restroom](https://pollar.news/en/event/student-attacked-in-bari-park): A 26-year-old philosophy student, Giuditta, was kicked by a group of two adults and about ten children aged 8 to 14 in Parco Rossani, Bari. - [Trump tells journalists they will all be broke without him at rescheduled correspondents' dinner](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-slams-media-at-dinner): Speaking at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, President Trump told assembled journalists their business mode - [Southport killer transferred to Broadmoor as families warn of anniversary retraumatisation](https://pollar.news/en/event/southport-killer-moved-to-broadmoor): Axel Rudakubana, 19, was moved from Belmarsh prison to the high-security psychiatric hospital days before the second anniversary of the murd - [Trump returns to WHCA gala after April attack, dons 'Trump 2028' hat and jokes about a third term](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-2028-hat-at-gala): Three months after an armed man tried to breach the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, President Donald Trump told a reschedule - [Trump warns Russia and China against arming Iran, says Xi and Putin promised no support](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-warns-moscow-and-beijing): The US president posted on Truth Social that Chinese and Russian leaders had assured him they would not arm Iran, but if they did it would b - [Mitsotakis warns of war drums in the region as he pledges full backing for Cyprus ahead of UN chief's visit](https://pollar.news/en/event/greece-cyprus-summit-before-un-visit): The Greek prime minister and the Cypriot president met in Athens on Saturday, with the Cyprus issue and the risk of escalation in the Red Se - [Poland names ski jumping squad for Wisła Summer Grand Prix with Tomasiak, Wąsek and two debutants](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-names-lgp-squad-for-wisla): Dawid Kubacki, Piotr Żyła, and Olympic medalist Kacper Tomasiak headline the 10-man roster for the August 1-2 event, while two women's spots ## 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)