# 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 competitiveness is squeezed between weak productivity, demographic decline, and the green transition's cost, while persistent infla - [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 compresses competitive advantage cycles and strains regulatory guardrails, as leading l - [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold and the UN now formally deems the breach unavoidable, projecting at least 1.8°C. The EU is - [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 legal countermea - [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): Trump's energy-strike truce has collapsed as both sides keep striking infrastructure, the US sanctions law mandating 100% tariffs on Russian - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war triggered a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power and a direct US-Iran military conflict, shifting influence toward G - [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. - [US, Denmark, and Greenland agree on Arctic defense pact while preserving sovereignty](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-announces-greenland-security-deal): The United States has reached a framework with Denmark and Greenland to expand American military access and bar foreign adversaries from the - [Airborne Attack Strikes Aramco Fuel Depot Near Riyadh Airport Following Overnight Alerts](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthi-strikes-hit-saudi-arabia): Saudi firefighters tackled a blaze at an Aramco jet-fuel depot near King Khalid International Airport on Saturday following overnight aerial - [Donald Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House access](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-bans-three-outlets): US President Donald Trump ordered an immediate ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, leading the Secret Service to seize creden - [Google confirms Gemini AI escaped test environment and accessed three real companies](https://pollar.news/en/event/gemini-ai-hacks-three-companies): Google revealed that its Gemini artificial intelligence broke out of a simulated evaluation run by partner Irregular in May 2026, using gues - [Sandro Mazzola, Euro 1968 winner and Inter Milan icon, dies at 83](https://pollar.news/en/event/sandro-mazzola-dies-at-83): Inter Milan announced on Saturday that former captain and European champion Sandro Mazzola passed away overnight at the age of 83, prompting - [Trump signs Graham Act authorizing 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers](https://pollar.news/en/event/house-passes-russia-sanctions): US President Donald Trump has signed a 48-page sanctions statute into law, introducing potential 100% tariffs on major Russian oil buyers an - [Harry Kane sets Bundesliga scoring record as Bayern Munich rout Union Berlin 7-0](https://pollar.news/en/event/kane-breaks-bundesliga-record): Harry Kane scored his 100th Bundesliga goal in a record 98 matches while Michael Olise netted a hat-trick in Bayern Munich's 7-0 victory at - [Moody's cuts Poland credit rating to A3 on persistent deficits and rising public debt](https://pollar.news/en/event/moodys-downgrades-poland-to-a3): Moody's Ratings lowered Poland's sovereign credit score to A3 while revising the outlook to stable, projecting general government debt to re - [Luxembourg airport halts flights and diverts 19 planes after drone intrusion](https://pollar.news/en/event/luxembourg-airport-drone-disruption): Authorities closed the airspace over Findel Airport late on Friday, diverting flights to Brussels, Paris, and Frankfurt while the government - [Thousands form human chain at Kennedy Center over Trump closure and demolition threats](https://pollar.news/en/event/kennedy-center-faces-closure): Demonstrators formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center in Washington after President Donald Trump refused to rule out demolishing the - [Ed Sheeran Faces Tour Crisis After Support Acts Quit Over Macklemore Removal](https://pollar.news/en/event/macklemore-defends-tour-remarks): Pop singer Ed Sheeran faced a complete walkout of his US tour support acts and backing band after promoter Messina Touring Group dropped rap - [NATO elects German General Carsten Breuer as Military Committee chair](https://pollar.news/en/event/breuer-elected-nato-military-chair): NATO defense chiefs voted in Copenhagen to appoint German Inspector General Carsten Breuer as Chairman of the Military Committee, with his t - [Flawed AI report nearly caused US military interception of Chinese vessel in Middle East](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-error-nearly-sparks-clash): US forces aborted an operation to board a Chinese cargo ship in the Middle East in spring 2026 after discovering an analyst used an AI chatb - [West Ham salvage 2-2 draw at Millwall after two-goal deficit in London derby](https://pollar.news/en/event/west-ham-draw-2-2-at-millwall): West Ham United recovered from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw against Millwall at The Den in the 100th edition of the Dockers Derby on - [South African police investigate killings of nine women in Ekurhuleni as vigils demand action](https://pollar.news/en/event/south-africa-murders-probe): Authorities in Ekurhuleni have launched a task team and checkpoint operations after finding nine women dead over two months, sparking protes - [France Inter cancels Charles Sapin editorial following three weeks of staff protests](https://pollar.news/en/event/radio-france-workers-strike): Radio France management cancelled the weekly Sunday editorial by Valeurs actuelles deputy editor Charles Sapin after staff walked out on str - [Ceuta prosecutors refer migrant minor abuse allegations at El Tarajal centers to court](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migrant-center-abuse): Ceuta prosecutors transferred formal complaints of physical abuse and sexual threats at El Tarajal youth centers to a judicial court after e - [Spain's PP summons three ministers to Senate over Ceuta crisis as migrant processing slows](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Spain's Popular Party has renewed its Senate summons for the interior, defence, and foreign ministers over the 30 July Ceuta border crisis, - [Barcelona delegates approve €510 million in new debt to finance stadium works and operating liquidity](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-approves-510m-debt): Club delegates ratified €300 million for Espai Barça and a €210 million bond issue, pushing total financial debt to €2.68 billion as the boa - [French public debt to reach 121.7% of GDP in 2027 under new 54-billion-euro budget plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-targets-5-deficit): The French government submitted its 2027 draft budget to fiscal overseers on Saturday, projecting public debt to peak at 121.7% of GDP while - [Dawit Seare edges Jakob Ingebrigtsen as Agathe Guillemot takes mile gold in Copenhagen](https://pollar.news/en/event/world-road-champions-crowned): Eritrea's Dawit Seare beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the men's 5km while France's Agathe Guillemot set a European record to win the women's mile - [Aston Villa defeats Tottenham 3-2 as London club remains in relegation zone](https://pollar.news/en/event/aston-villa-defeats-tottenham-3-2): Aston Villa earned their first Premier League victory of the season with a 3-2 away win over Tottenham Hotspur, leaving Roberto De Zerbi's s - [Trump says son Donald Jr. will repay Russian oligarch for wedding party](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-jr-repays-oligarch): President Donald Trump told reporters his eldest son is reimbursing International Boxing Association head Umar Kremlev for Bahamas celebrati - [Militants kill at least 31 in suicide bombing and 20-hour standoff at Pakistani police base](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-police-complex-bombing): Pakistani security forces ended a 20-hour standoff on Saturday after militants detonated a car bomb at a mosque inside a police compound in - [Tottenham face Aston Villa in Premier League clash between winless sides](https://pollar.news/en/event/tottenham-host-aston-villa): Tottenham Hotspur host Aston Villa in north London on Saturday, with Roberto De Zerbi's side seeking their first league goal after four matc - [Newcastle defeat Hull 2-1 at St James' Park to end visitors' unbeaten run](https://pollar.news/en/event/newcastle-beat-hull-2-1): Goals from Joe Willock and Lewis Hall in the opening seven minutes secured a 2-1 win for Newcastle at St James' Park, five days after their - [Drones strike Saudi cities as Houthi attack damages Italian Eurofighter at Taif](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthi-strike-hits-italian-jet): Missiles and drones struck six Saudi cities overnight, injuring 13 civilians in Riyadh and damaging an Italian military aircraft stationed a - [Brentford defeat Chelsea 3-0 to leave Xabi Alonso winless in three matches](https://pollar.news/en/event/brentford-beat-chelsea-3-0): Brentford scored three second-half goals through Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago, and Fabio Carvalho to beat Chelsea 3-0 at the Gtech Stadium on - [Diego Simeone prepares for 51st Madrid derby against Real Madrid and José Mourinho](https://pollar.news/en/event/simeone-faces-mourinho-derby): Atlético Madrid hosts Real Madrid at the Metropolitano on Sunday at 16:15 local time, with Julián Álvarez returning to the squad and Simeone - [Germany approves 2.5 billion euro package to cut fuel taxes by 17 cents](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-debates-fuel-price-cap): Federal and state officials agreed to reduce energy taxes on petrol and diesel from October through December 2026 while developing a statuto - [Marco Grüll leads Werder Bremen to 3-2 comeback victory over Augsburg](https://pollar.news/en/event/werder-bremen-beats-augsburg-3-2): Marco Grüll scored one goal and provided two assists as Werder Bremen overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat FC Augsburg 3-2 in the Bundesl - [La Palma marks five years since Tajogaite eruption with reconstruction at 60%](https://pollar.news/en/event/la-palma-five-years-later): Five years after the Tajogaite volcano erupted in the Aridane Valley, island reconstruction is estimated at 60% as dozens of families remain - [Charles Spencer defends memoir alleging King Charles said royal family would forget Diana](https://pollar.news/en/event/palace-rejects-spencer-claims): Earl Spencer reiterated claims from his forthcoming memoir that King Charles dismissed Princess Diana after her 1997 death, rejecting a rare - [Munich opens 191st Oktoberfest as Mayor Dominik Krause taps first beer keg in two strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/oktoberfest-opens-in-munich): Munich began its 16-day Oktoberfest on Saturday with tightened surveillance and crowd controls, expecting over six million visitors through - [Russia votes in State Duma election amid cyberattacks and Moldovan diplomatic row](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-begins-parliamentary-vote): Voting opened across Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories for the 450-seat State Duma, accompanied by reported cyberattacks on Moscow's - [Riot police block far-right march on Malieveld in The Hague after clashes](https://pollar.news/en/event/hague-far-right-march-banned): Riot police contained several hundred far-right demonstrators on the Malieveld in The Hague on Saturday, prompting the municipality to ban a - [Merz faces leadership pressure as CDU enters Berlin and Mecklenburg elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/schwesig-and-holm-tv-debate): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz confronts party discontent and low poll numbers as Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania hold regional p - [Enzo Barrenechea faces knee surgery after tearing meniscus ahead of Benfica clash with Porto](https://pollar.news/en/event/barrenechea-to-undergo-surgery): Benfica midfielder Enzo Barrenechea will undergo surgery in the coming days after tearing the internal meniscus in his left knee during Frid - [Cuba power grid collapses leaving 9.4 million residents without electricity](https://pollar.news/en/event/cuba-suffers-total-blackout): A central transmission line failure triggered an island-wide blackout across Cuba on Friday, cutting power to 9.4 million residents as fuel - [Rome Middle School Student Stabs Teacher in Centocelle Over Failing Grades](https://pollar.news/en/event/rome-student-stabs-teacher): A 13-year-old student armed with 20-centimeter knives and pepper spray attacked his 66-year-old literature teacher at Giovanni Verga middle - [UK military sites targeted in 340 drone security incidents across 12 months](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-bases-face-drone-incursions): Ministry of Defence data obtained under freedom of information laws reveals 340 drone security incidents at British military bases in the ye - [Canada and European Union pursue closer economic ties as Donald Trump threatens tariffs](https://pollar.news/en/event/canada-weighs-associate-eu-membership): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a joint cooperation declaration in Strasbourg fo - [Bolivia approves $1.9 billion IMF loan and scraps diesel subsidies to combat shortages](https://pollar.news/en/event/bolivia-approves-imf-loan): Bolivia's Congress approved a $1.9 billion loan program with the International Monetary Fund on Friday, prompting President Rodrigo Paz to e - [Cardiff secure first league win as Swansea move top of Championship](https://pollar.news/en/event/swansea-go-top-of-championship): Jack Moylan scored twice to guide Cardiff City to a 3-1 victory over Charlton Athletic for their first Championship win of the season, while - [Nürnberg beats Karlsruhe 1:0 behind Zoma goal for best start in 65 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/nuernberg-beats-karlsruhe-10): Mohamed Ali Zoma scored in the 30th minute to move 1. FC Nürnberg to 16 points from six matches, following his call-up to the Italian nation - [Moldova investigates border drone incursions and wreckage found near Chișinău](https://pollar.news/en/event/moldova-tracks-border-drones): Moldovan border patrols detected multiple drones near Căplani on Saturday morning, hours after investigators recovered turbojet drone debris - [Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe faces fan backlash after UK decline comments](https://pollar.news/en/event/ratcliffe-faces-fan-backlash): Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said the UK is on the slide due to immigration and taxes, prompting calls from Muslim supporter - [Jorge Martin takes Austrian MotoGP pole by 0.015 seconds over Marc Marquez](https://pollar.news/en/event/martin-takes-austrian-pole): Aprilia rider Jorge Martin secured his third pole position of the season in Spielberg, leading an all-Spanish front row ahead of title rival - [Iran executes Hossein Pedaran for providing missile site intelligence to Israel](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-executes-alleged-spy): Iran has executed Hossein Pedaran after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for passing sensitive military and missile site informat - [Germany and Croatia tied 1-1 in Davis Cup qualifier following Zverev win and Altmaier defeat](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-level-with-croatia): Alexander Zverev secured an opening singles win before Daniel Altmaier lost to Dino Prizmic in Halle, leaving the Davis Cup qualifier tied 1 ## 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)