# 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): US shuttle diplomacy has produced limited, capital-focused strike pauses and pledges of further talks but no breakthrough, as both sides hol - [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. - [UK air traffic failure cancels 1,300 flights with disruptions spilling into second day](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-flights-grounded-by-glitch): A technical malfunction in the National Air Traffic Services flight processing system disrupted airports nationwide, causing 1,300 cancellat - [Netanyahu denies receiving UAE warning ten days before October 7 Hamas attack](https://pollar.news/en/event/uae-warned-netanyahu-before-attack): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a book report alleging United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed warned him of an - [OpenAI claims AI model resolved 90-year Navier-Stokes mathematics problem in 88 hours](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-claims-math-breakthrough): An unreleased OpenAI system deployed 10,000 autonomous agents over 88 hours to produce a mathematical proof for the Navier-Stokes equations, - [Iran launches missile salvo at Jordan base and targets Gulf ships after US sinks tankers](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-destroys-iranian-tankers): Iran launched 20 ballistic missiles at a US-operated base in Jordan and claimed strikes across Gulf shipping after the US military destroyed - [New York City releases 170,000 pages of post-9/11 toxic air records following legal settlement](https://pollar.news/en/event/new-york-releases-911-files): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made over 170,000 pages of municipal health and air quality records public on Tuesday, settling lawsuits - [Twelve nations ban trade with Israeli settlements as UK consulate in Jerusalem faces closure](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-sanctions-israeli-settlements): Britain, France, Canada, and nine other nations have halted trade with West Bank settlements, prompting Israel to close the British consulat - [Oil nears $100 as US destroys five Iranian tankers and Tehran fires missiles at Jordan](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-debt-tops-40-trillion): Brent crude reached $99.49 a barrel on Wednesday following American strikes on Iranian oil carriers near Kharg Island, Houthi attacks in Sau - [PISA 2025 scores show French students at lowest level since 2000 as Asian systems lead](https://pollar.news/en/event/pisa-2025-scores-hit-low): The OECD 2025 PISA report across 91 countries recorded French 15-year-olds at their lowest scores since 2000, prompting the French education - [Zbigniew Ziobro files criminal notice against Donald Tusk over Zondacrypto collapse](https://pollar.news/en/event/zondacrypto-head-turns-witness): Former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro notified prosecutors against Donald Tusk and Waldemar Żurek after the prime minister presented testi - [Australia defends plan for social media algorithm opt-out after US pushback](https://pollar.news/en/event/australia-targets-social-algorithms): Australian ministers rejected claims of extortion from the White House after proposing legislation to let users opt out of algorithmic feeds - [Republicans open two-day Dallas midterm convention as Donald Trump rallies support in Texas](https://pollar.news/en/event/gop-opens-dallas-convention): The Republican National Committee opened a two-day national convention in Dallas on Wednesday, bringing Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike - [Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats for unacceptable activities under Vienna Convention](https://pollar.news/en/event/hungary-expels-10-russian-diplomats): Prime Minister Peter Magyar's administration ordered 10 Russian diplomats to leave Budapest on Tuesday, marking the country's first official - [Seoul court orders Smilegate founder Kwon Hyuk-bin to transfer 35% stake worth $1.5 billion](https://pollar.news/en/event/smilegate-founder-faces-15b-payout): The Seoul Family Court ruled that Kwon must transfer a 35% company stake and 65 billion won in cash to his ex-wife Lee Hwa-jin, surpassing p - [Trump bans Canadian dairy and alcohol as Canada imposes tariffs on $20 billion in US goods](https://pollar.news/en/event/canada-retaliates-with-us-tariffs): The United States will ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol, and motorcycles starting 29 September 2026 and restrict federal procurement a - [Como directors give up Champions League tickets to elderly supporters](https://pollar.news/en/event/como-gives-tickets-to-fans): Como 1907 club president Mirwan Suwarso and board executives will surrender their stadium seats for Thursday's Champions League match agains - [Iceland summons US ambassador after Donald Trump shares map annexing island and neighbours](https://pollar.news/en/event/iceland-summons-us-envoy): Iceland summoned the United States ambassador after Donald Trump published a map depicting Iceland, Greenland, Canada, and Mexico under the - [Spain declassifies Ceuta intelligence files as border crisis enters sixth week](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): The Spanish government has declassified 40 confidential documents on the 30 July Ceuta border crossing to defend its response in court, whil - [Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigns over concerns of uncontrolled superintelligence](https://pollar.news/en/event/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-ai): Jacob Coxon left Anthropic and the AI sector on 8 September 2026, warning that leading laboratories are recklessly racing toward self-improv - [Catalonia suspends school for 2 million people as torrential rains trigger maximum alert](https://pollar.news/en/event/catalonia-activates-flood-alert): Catalan authorities suspended classes and outdoor sports for two million residents across six counties on Wednesday as torrential rain and h - [La Revuelta Airs Camera Glitch After Video Freezes During Carmen Lomana Interview](https://pollar.news/en/event/la-revuelta-broadcasts-glitch): Spanish public broadcaster RTVE aired a frozen frame lasting several minutes after cameras malfunctioned during David Broncano's interview w - [Andrzej Poczobut returns to Belarus four months after release from penal colony](https://pollar.news/en/event/poczobut-returns-to-belarus): Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut entered Belarus on 8 September for a planned one-week visit, four months after his release in - [Josep Lluís Trapero resigns as director general of Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra](https://pollar.news/en/event/trapero-resigns-as-police-director): Catalonia's Interior Minister Núria Parlon announced the departure on 9 September 2026, naming Ferran López as his successor and Sílvia Catà - [Cold front to bring heavy rain, storms, and sharp cooling across Poland on Wednesday](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-issues-weather-warnings): A cold atmospheric front moving eastward from the German border will trigger temperature drops and severe weather on Wednesday, prompting of - [Donald Trump and MAGA allies endorse AfD after 43.8% Saxony-Anhalt election win](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-praises-afd-election-win): US President Donald Trump and prominent MAGA figures endorsed the Alternative for Germany after the party won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-An - [Eiffel Tower reopens after staff strike over removal of female employees during religious visit](https://pollar.news/en/event/eiffel-tower-staff-strike): The Eiffel Tower reopened on Tuesday after a day-long staff walkout triggered by management instructions that removed female workers from vi - [Borussia Dortmund beat Villarreal 3-2 as Karetsas is hospitalized](https://pollar.news/en/event/dortmund-beat-villarreal-3-2): Borussia Dortmund opened their Champions League campaign with a 3-2 victory over Villarreal, a match marked by the first-half hospitalisatio - [Édouard Philippe invites French right and centre leaders to coalition talks for 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/philippe-seeks-centre-right-alliance): Horizons presidential candidate Édouard Philippe will write to rival leaders Gabriel Attal and Bruno Retailleau to propose an early November - [Hong Kong First Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa Dies at 89 After Leading Post-Handover Transition](https://pollar.news/en/event/tung-chee-hwa-dies-at-89): Tung Chee-hwa, the shipping businessman who served as Hong Kong's first chief executive following the 1997 transfer of sovereignty from Brit - [Spain records lowest PISA scores since 2000 as reading drops 23 points](https://pollar.news/en/event/pisa-2025-results-released): The OECD PISA evaluation shows Spanish 15-year-olds falling 23 points in reading and 16 in mathematics, with the steepest declines concentra - [US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella Sign Barranquilla Accords](https://pollar.news/en/event/rubio-visits-colombia): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella in Barranquilla to sign bilateral agreements covering sec - [Thibaut Courtois steps away from Belgium Nations League campaign but eyes Euro 2028 qualifiers](https://pollar.news/en/event/courtois-skips-nations-league): Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will sit out Belgium's Nations League campaign to manage his physical workload, planning a return fo - [Amazon cargo jet crash kills five airport cleaning workers in Miami runway overrun](https://pollar.news/en/event/amazon-cargo-plane-overruns-runway): A Boeing 767 freighter landing from San Juan overshot the runway at Miami International Airport, crashing through a perimeter fence into two - [Sven Schulze wins Saxony-Anhalt CDU caucus vote following election defeat](https://pollar.news/en/event/saxony-anhalt-election-preview): Saxony-Anhalt Minister-President Sven Schulze won an 8–7 vote to lead his party's state parliamentary group on Tuesday, two days after the C - [Singapore raises prime minister salary to S$3.6 million in political pay review](https://pollar.news/en/event/singapore-raises-ministerial-salaries): Singapore has announced a salary revision lifting Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's annual benchmark pay from S$2.2 million to S$3.6 million, w - [Ben Shelton knocks out defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at 03:33 in US Open quarterfinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/shelton-knocks-out-carlos-alcaraz): The American converted an ace at 03:33 local time in Arthur Ashe Stadium after a 4-hour, 28-minute battle, setting up an all-American semifi - [South Park renames to South America in satire targeting Donald Trump and tech firms](https://pollar.news/en/event/south-park-becomes-south-america): Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced that South Park will adopt the name South America for its 29th season, ridiculing presidential - [Former Polish intelligence official Piotr Niemczyk detained to serve 15 days over climate protest](https://pollar.news/en/event/piotr-niemczyk-detained-in-warsaw): Police in Warsaw detained former anti-communist opposition activist Piotr Niemczyk on Tuesday morning to serve a 15-day sentence after he re - [Ben Shelton knocks out defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in five-set US Open quarterfinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/shelton-eliminates-alcaraz-in-five): Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's US Open title defence in a four-hour, 28-minute quarterfinal on Arthur Ashe Stadium, winning a fifth-set - [US resumes immigrant visa processing for Poland and Hungary while global freeze persists](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-resumes-polish-hungarian-visas): The White House instructed consular posts in Warsaw and Budapest to restart immigrant visa proceedings, leaving a worldwide interview freeze - [Apple prepares to unveil first foldable iPhone under new CEO John Ternus](https://pollar.news/en/event/apple-readies-foldable-iphone): Apple is scheduled to introduce its first foldable smartphone alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup on September 9, marking the first product l - [Italian police arrest seven suspects in 2019 Rome murder of Lazio ultras leader Diabolik](https://pollar.news/en/event/seven-arrested-in-diabolik-murder): Carabinieri and police officers in Rome have arrested seven suspected instigators and organizers in the August 2019 killing of Fabrizio Pisc - [Inditex net profit rises 6.8% to €2.98 billion in first half as sales reach €19.76 billion](https://pollar.news/en/event/inditex-posts-record-half-year-profit): Inditex reported a 6.8% increase in first-half net profit to €2,980 million on €19,755 million in sales, driven by spring-summer demand and - [Italian police investigate murder-suicide in Moncalieri after elderly woman found dead in apartment](https://pollar.news/en/event/moncalieri-murder-suicide-inquiry): Italian Carabinieri discovered the body of 79-year-old Rosella Bocchiardi in Moncalieri on 8 September 2026, finding a confession note from - [Thieves take two Renoir paintings from Cagnes-sur-Mer museum after abandoning two in garden](https://pollar.news/en/event/renoir-museum-burgled-in-france): Two burglars broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer early Tuesday, escaping with two paintings after abandoning two other canvases i - [Romania issues Yellow Code heat warnings as western regions reach 35 degrees](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-issues-heat-warnings): Romania's weather service declared Yellow Code alerts for 9 and 10 September across western and southern counties, with afternoon temperatur - [Houthi missile and drone strikes hit four Saudi cities, injuring 73 and disrupting oil facilities](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthi-strikes-hit-saudi-arabia): Yemen's Houthis launched dozens of missiles and drones against energy facilities, an airbase, and infrastructure across southern Saudi Arabi - [François Bayrou faces appeal trial over European Parliament assistant funds](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayrou-appeal-trial-opens): The Paris Court of Appeal opens a four-week retrial on Wednesday for former French prime minister François Bayrou and ten MoDem officials ov - [LIV Golf files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey with up to $1 billion in liabilities](https://pollar.news/en/event/liv-golf-files-bankruptcy): The breakaway golf circuit seeks to restructure as a player-owned league backed by BC Partners following the withdrawal of Saudi sovereign w - [Oasis documentary Don't Look Back in Anger premieres in London with Gallagher family](https://pollar.news/en/event/oasis-documentary-premieres-in-london): The feature-length film Don't Look Back in Anger chronicles the 2025 Live '25 tour following the band's 15-year split. Liam and Noel Gallagh - [UK air traffic system failure cancels over 1,000 flights and grounds departures across Europe](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-flight-outage-hits-thousands): A technical breakdown in Britain's flight planning system cancelled more than 1,000 flights on Tuesday, leaving carriers struggling with dis ## 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)