# 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 more mature Ukrainian strike doctrine, challen - [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. - [India's education minister resigns after youth-led 'Cockroach' protests over exam leaks, marking rare public victory against Modi government](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down on Saturday after weeks of nationwide protests by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party ove - [Wildfires force more than 250,000 evacuations in France and Spain, Tour de France shortened](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): More than 250,000 people have been evacuated across south-western France and central Spain as wildfires threaten Bordeaux, the military is d - [ICC member states vote out chief prosecutor Karim Khan after sexual misconduct allegations](https://pollar.news/en/event/icc-prosecutor-dismissed): The majority of the International Criminal Court's 125 member states voted on Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan for serious misco - [Carapaz wins Tour stage 20 on Alpe d'Huez after Kuss crashes twice; Pogacar set to equal record with fifth title](https://pollar.news/en/event/pogaar-storms-alpe-dhuez): Richard Carapaz won the queen stage on Alpe d'Huez as Sepp Kuss crashed twice with 7km left, leaving Tadej Pogacar poised to equal the all-t - [Morawiecki i 40 posłów odchodzi z PiS. Były premier: "Nie ma hegemona na polskiej prawicy"](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): Około 40 posłów Prawa i Sprawiedliwości opuszcza partię po tym, jak Jarosław Kaczyński postawił ultimatum członkom stowarzyszenia Rozwój Plu - [Chuck Russell, director of 'The Mask' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street 3', dies unexpectedly at 74](https://pollar.news/en/event/chuck-russell-dies-at-74): The filmmaker behind the 1994 Jim Carrey blockbuster and horror classics was found dead at his San Diego home on Wednesday. No cause of deat - [Cape Verde's 40-year-old World Cup hero Vozinha agrees move to Chile's Colo-Colo after breakout tournament](https://pollar.news/en/event/vozinha-joins-colo-colo-after-world-cup-heroics): Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, 40, has reached an agreement to join Chilean champions Colo-Colo, club president Anibal Mosa confirmed on Fri - [Canadian intern of Chinese origin arrested at NATO's SHAPE headquarters on espionage charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/nato-intern-arrested-for-espionage): A Canadian woman of Chinese ancestry, doing an internship at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, was taken into custod - [Hundreds of hooded activists attack Turin-Lyon rail site in Val di Susa, two Carabinieri vehicles torched](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-tav-march-turns-violent): Several hundred black-clad antagonists armed with stones, bottles, and improvised mortars stormed the Chiomonte construction site of the Tur - [Tour de France final stage cut to 89 km as security forces diverted to wildfires in Gironde](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-stage-cut-for-fires): Sunday's final stage from Thoiry to Paris will be reduced from 133 km to 89 km, with riders bussed to the Champs-Elysees start, after the in - [Trump hurls insults at journalists and Democrats, teases third term at rescheduled correspondents’ dinner](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-skewers-press-at-dinner): The president used the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday night to mock political rivals and reporters, joke about a c - [Wildfires in Madrid and Ávila force nearly 30,000 evacuations as flames merge into a 20,000-hectare front](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): The first level-3 emergency for wildfires in the Madrid region brings more than 2,100 personnel and European aid as two blazes merge into a - [Kazakhstan's Tokayev proposes freezing Ukraine war during face-to-face Omsk summit with Putin](https://pollar.news/en/event/kazakh-leader-urges-freeze): In a rare direct rebuke, President Tokayev told Vladimir Putin that the fighting in Ukraine must be frozen and proposed returning to the Ist - [Small plane strikes house in Ganderkesee, Germany: one dead, search on for second occupant](https://pollar.news/en/event/plane-hits-house-pilot-dead): A single-engine Tecnam aircraft departing Bremen lost altitude and plunged into a residential roof in Ganderkesee around 11 a.m. on Saturday - [Maine Democrats nominate former Senate President Troy Jackson to challenge Susan Collins in crucial midterm race](https://pollar.news/en/event/jackson-to-face-collins): The former logger and progressive locked up the party's nod Saturday in Bangor, capping a two-week scramble to replace Graham Platner, who w - [Merz's bid to fire transport minister backfires after chosen successor withdraws, triggering open CDU revolt](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Chancellor Friedrich Merz told Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder on Thursday he would be dismissed, but his handpicked successor Fritz Gü - [Eight found dead in Michigan house fire, including six children; authorities suspect intentional blaze](https://pollar.news/en/event/eight-dead-in-michigan-arson): Firefighters responding to a Friday blaze in Grand Haven Township discovered two adults and six children dead inside a home, some with gunsh - [Venezuela tells UN it will leave the ICC, accusing the court of 'geographical bias' against Africa and Latin America](https://pollar.news/en/event/venezuela-leaves-icc): Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia notified the UN on Friday of an 'irrevocable' decision to denounce the Rome Statute, acting on orders from - [Norris steals Hungarian GP pole from Hamilton by 12 milliseconds, both under investigation ahead of Sunday's race](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-edges-hamilton-in-budapest): Lando Norris snatched pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:17.207, beating Lewis Hamilton by 12 thousandths of a second. Hami - [Deadly bus collision on Syria's 'road of death' kills 35, injures 30](https://pollar.news/en/event/35-dead-in-syria-bus-crash): A bus carrying security forces and a civilian bus collided on the Damascus-Deir al-Zour highway near Palmyra on Saturday, leaving at least 3 - [Italian students' Bangkok subway insults draw 16 million views and official embassy apology](https://pollar.news/en/event/bangkok-subway-apology): A video of Italian teenagers shouting insults and making obscene gestures at a Thai woman on a Bangkok train has gone viral with 16 million - [Norris steals Hungary pole from Hamilton by 0.012s, ending Mercedes' 10-race qualifying streak](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-breaks-mercedes-streak): Lando Norris grabbed pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix by 0.012 seconds from Lewis Hamilton, snapping Mercedes' run of 10 consecuti - [Over 270,000 evacuated as wildfires tear through western France and central Spain, with flames still advancing on Bordeaux](https://pollar.news/en/event/gironde-fire-forces-mass-evacuation): Fires in the Gironde department have consumed at least 40,000 hectares and forced 167,000 people from their homes, while another 70,000 have - [De Zerbi tells unhappy Tottenham players to find new clubs as Bergvall nears exit](https://pollar.news/en/event/de-zerbis-ultimatum): Ahead of a pre-season tour in New Zealand, Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi issued a blunt warning that any player not fully committed wil - [Bayern Munich lose 2-1 to third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden with squad averaging 17.6 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayern-teens-fall-2-1): In the first friendly of the summer, a Bayern Munich team with an average age of 17.6 lost 2-1 to third-division SV Wehen Wiesbaden, celebra - [Olympiacos loses 3-2 to AZ Alkmaar in friendly after leading 2-0, ahead of Champions League qualifier against NEC Nijmegen](https://pollar.news/en/event/olympiacos-fall-3-2-after-leading-2-0): Olympiacos lost 3-2 to AZ Alkmaar in a pre-season friendly in the Netherlands on Saturday, despite leading 2-0 at half-time, in their final - [Dutch tourist, 45, missing in Lake Como after diving to save son; boat drifts away, son rescued, search underway](https://pollar.news/en/event/father-missing-after-lake-como-dive): A 45-year-old Dutch tourist disappeared in Lake Como near Menaggio around 12:30 on 25 July 2026 after jumping from a rented boat to rescue h - [Kuss crashes twice in Alpe d’Huez finale, hands Stage 20 win to Carapaz](https://pollar.news/en/event/kuss-crashes-out-of-win): The American was alone with a 20-second lead inside 10 km when two crashes in under a minute sent him into a safety barrier above a ravine a - [78-year-old man found dead after wildfire in Manises ravine, Valencia](https://pollar.news/en/event/manises-fire-kills-one): A 78-year-old man was found dead inside a car after a vegetation fire broke out in a ravine in Manises, Valencia, on Saturday afternoon. - [Romanian worker dies in accident at Barcelona's Camp Nou renovation site](https://pollar.news/en/event/worker-dies-at-camp-nou): A 54-year-old Romanian worker died on Friday after being struck on the head by a beam while painting on a suspended platform at Barcelona's - [Susanna Griso and Luis Enríquez host beach pre-wedding with music, dancing and midnight swim ahead of today's ceremony](https://pollar.news/en/event/pre-wedding-party-in-sagaro): Susanna Griso and Luis Enríquez shared a dance under the stars before taking a midnight swim to cap off their pre-wedding celebration on Sa - [Carapaz wins Tour de France queen stage as Kuss crashes twice; Pogacar seals fifth overall title](https://pollar.news/en/event/carapaz-wins-after-kuss-crash): Richard Carapaz won the Tour de France's 20th stage atop Alpe d'Huez on Saturday after Sepp Kuss crashed twice on the final descent. Tadej P - [Wildfire in Granada forces evacuation of 100 campers, 73 minors, and confinement of Pinos del Valle as emergency level activated](https://pollar.news/en/event/granada-wildfire-forces-evacuations): A forest fire broke out on Saturday afternoon at the Béznar reservoir in El Valle, Granada, triggering the evacuation of a campsite with 100 - [PiS proposes a new Ministry of Polonia and Poles Abroad at 15th policy conference in Węgrów](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-proposes-new-polonia-ministry): Piotr Gliński announced at the party's 15th 'Myśląc Polska: Alternatywa 2.0' conference in Węgrów that the proposal will feature in the camp - [Ibai Llanos brings La Velada del Año VI to Seville with 10 bouts and a 9.3-million viewer record in its sights](https://pollar.news/en/event/velada-del-ano-6-kicks-off): Twenty content creators step into the ring at La Cartuja stadium, with the event streaming across Twitch, YouTube and TikTok and aiming to s - [Two-year-old German boy pulled from pool in Crete, revived but condition remains critical after intubation](https://pollar.news/en/event/toddler-pulled-from-pool-in-crete): A two-year-old German boy was found unconscious in a villa pool in Georgioupoli, Crete on Saturday. Rescuers revived him, but his condition - [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 - [Over 30 Baltic beaches closed Saturday for high waves and strong winds, Sopot bathing sites reopen after E. coli alert](https://pollar.news/en/event/red-flags-over-baltic-beaches): Over 30 designated bathing sites along the Polish Baltic coast were closed to swimmers on Saturday 25 July as strong winds whipped up heavy - [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 - [Carapaz wins monstrous Tour de France queen stage on Alpe d'Huez as Pogačar sacrifices to secure Del Toro's podium](https://pollar.news/en/event/carapaz-takes-alpe-dhuez): Richard Carapaz seized his second stage win of the 2026 Tour on the 171-km Alpine queen stage, while Tadej Pogačar rode as a domestique to l - [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 - [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 - [Wildfires force 167,000 to evacuate in France's Gironde as flames near Bordeaux](https://pollar.news/en/event/bordeaux-threatened-by-massive-wildfire): More than 167,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in France's Gironde department since Wednesday, as a wildfire that started n - [Nawrocki sends fuel windfall tax to constitutional review, Tusk calls move ‘shocking’](https://pollar.news/en/event/fuel-tax-clash): President Karol Nawrocki referred the government’s windfall tax on fuel companies to the Constitutional Tribunal on 24 July 2026, preventing - [La Russa on Pirlo as Italy coach: 'God help us,' calling it a leap in the dark after Guardiola pursuit fizzled](https://pollar.news/en/event/la-russa-frets-over-pirlo): Senate President Ignazio La Russa voiced sharp skepticism over Andrea Pirlo's expected appointment as Italy's head coach, calling the move a - [Pantheon until 11pm, Colosseum until 11:30pm: Rome monuments extend hours in August heat](https://pollar.news/en/event/rome-sites-extend-hours): Italian tourism ministry announces nighttime openings for the Pantheon (11pm, except Thursdays) and the Colosseum (11:30pm on Fridays and Sa - [Orban demands 'politics of resistance' at Fidesz gathering, calls Magyar government an authoritarian regime](https://pollar.news/en/event/orban-calls-resistance): In Baile Tusnad on 25 July 2026, former PM Viktor Orban urged Fidesz to abandon self-critical opposition and adopt direct resistance, saying - [Barbara Brych, 25, wins épée bronze at World Fencing Championships, Poland's first individual women's medal since 2017](https://pollar.news/en/event/brych-wins-epee-bronze): The 25-year-old from Krakow, ranked 78th in the world, beat Olympic bronze medallist Eszter Muhari and world No.6 Hadley Husisian before fal - [IMGW issues first-degree heat alerts for 12 voivodeships, temperatures up to 32°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-braces-for-32c-heat): First-degree warnings cover large swathes of central and southern Poland on Sunday afternoon, with forecasters warning of a longer heat wave - [India's education minister resigns after 37-day protest by youth 'Cockroach' movement over exam fraud](https://pollar.news/en/event/cockroach-movement-forces-minister-out): Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down on 25 July after weeks of sit-ins, hunger strikes and a police crackdown sparked by a leaked medical entranc ## 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 - 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