# 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.

- [Trump signs executive order spacing out childhood vaccines and cutting recommended shots from 18 to 11](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-reshapes-vaccine-schedule): President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 10 recommending fewer childhood vaccines and splitting the combined MMR shot into
- [Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey via catering truck after Iranian assassination threat](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-secret-turkey-escape): President Donald Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One to a smaller military plane via an airport catering truck after the NATO summit
- [Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes western Colombia, killing at least 82](https://pollar.news/en/event/strong-quake-hits-colombia): A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday morning at 7:34 local time, killing at least 82 people and collapsing buildings
- [Turkish parliament passes conditional amnesty law for PKK members in 468-88 vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/parliament-passes-pkk-amnesty-law): Turkey's parliament voted 468-88 on 10 August to approve a conditional amnesty law for PKK members, the first legislative step toward ending
- [Trump defends FIFA's Infantino as UEFA, Concacaf and AFC demand resignation](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-backs-fifas-infantino): US President Donald Trump warned FIFA against replacing Gianni Infantino, as UEFA, Concacaf and the AFC demand the FIFA president's resignat
- [Trump demands Iran pay war compensation as Hormuz negotiations stall and oil prices climb](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): Trump's demand for Iranian war reparations, issued in response to Iran's own compensation claims, dims hopes for a deal to reopen the Strait
- [Chinese shipping firm Sea Legend launches first regular Arctic container route, halving Ningbo-Felixstowe transit to 20 days](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-launches-arctic-shipping-route): Chinese shipping company Sea Legend begins the first regular weekly container service through the Arctic on August 12, cutting the Ningbo-to
- [Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia kill at least five](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-missiles-hit-kyiv-zaporizhzhia): Russian forces launched ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv early on 11 August, triggering fires in the city centre, while a separate strike o
- [Harry Potter fans force £430 million UK-Ireland power cable to reroute around Dobby's beach memorial in Wales](https://pollar.news/en/event/fans-save-dobbys-grave-from-cable): Harry Potter fans forced the rerouting of a £430 million undersea power cable between Britain and Ireland after learning its path would cros
- [France prepares for first solar eclipse since 1999, with 95% obscuration expected on 12 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/solar-eclipse-looms-over-europe-august-12): On Wednesday 12 August, France will experience a partial solar eclipse with up to 99.4% obscuration in Biarritz, the most significant since 
- [Spanish lottery results: Primitiva and Bonoloto roll over with no top winners on 10 August 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-top-lottery-winners-monday): No tickets matched the top categories in Spain's Primitiva or Bonoloto draws on Monday 10 August 2026, sending both jackpots forward. The ne
- [Hungarian parliament set to elect Orbán critic András Baka as president](https://pollar.news/en/event/hungary-to-elect-new-president): Hungary's parliament will vote on Tuesday to elect 73-year-old former Supreme Court president András Baka as head of state, a symbolic rever
- [Météo-France extends orange heatwave alert to 67 départements as temperatures head toward 39°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-braces-for-heat-and-storms): Météo-France extends orange heatwave alerts to 67 French départements by Wednesday 12 August, with temperatures forecast up to 39°C and a pe
- [Trump says relationship with Netanyahu is 'very good' as Israeli PM rejects 15-point Gaza peace plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/netanyahu-rejects-trump-plan): Donald Trump insisted his relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu remains 'very good' on August 10, after the Israeli prime minister formally r
- [Trump Media posts $238 million Q2 loss, pivots from crypto to social media and Truth API](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-media-posts-238m-loss): Trump Media & Technology Group reported a $238 million second-quarter loss, more than ten times a year earlier, as falling bitcoin values dr
- [Russia accuses Romania of military support for Ukraine via Moldova's Giurgiulești port; Bucharest calls it 'Stalinist propaganda'](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-rebukes-russia-over-port): Russian diplomat Iuri Pilipson told TASS that Romania provides direct military support to Ukraine through the Giurgiulești port in Moldova, 
- [Spain defends €200M Chinese EV factory in Ferrol as Defense Ministry and intelligence warn of espionage risk near naval base](https://pollar.news/en/event/chinese-auto-plant-alarms-spanish-navy): Spain's government is defending a planned €200 million SAIC Motor factory in Ferrol after the Defense Ministry and intelligence services war
- [Tupac murder trial opens in Las Vegas as Keffe D Davis faces jury nearly 30 years after rapper's killing](https://pollar.news/en/event/tupac-murder-trial-begins): The only person ever charged in the 1996 drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur went on trial in Las Vegas on 10 August 2026, with jury se
- [Former Thai MP kills official in Nonthaburi days after school shooting left nine dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/school-shooting-near-bangkok): A 71-year-old former Thai lawmaker shot dead a senior provincial official in Nonthaburi on Monday over a financial dispute, just three days 
- [Meta's Zuckerberg publishes AI manifesto, launches open-source Muse Glimmer, pledges $1B community fund](https://pollar.news/en/event/zuckerberg-unveils-open-ai-model): Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto on August 10 advocating open-source AI over centralized control, launched the Muse
- [Total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026 to draw 446,700 visitors to Spain as car rentals hit €694 per day](https://pollar.news/en/event/century-long-eclipse-drought-ends-in-spain): On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross Spain from west to east for the first time in over a century, drawing 446,700 projected 
- [UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF accuse FIFA's Infantino of deception in open letter, explore rival tournaments](https://pollar.news/en/event/confederations-turn-on-infantino): Three continental football confederations published a 720-word open letter accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of breaking trust throug
- [Iga Świątek crushes Diana Sznajder 6:2, 6:1 to reach Toronto WTA 1000 semifinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/swiatek-into-toronto-semifinal): Seventh seed Iga Świątek needed just 64 minutes to beat Diana Sznajder 6:2, 6:1 in the Toronto quarterfinal, setting up a semifinal with Eli
- [Ingebrigtsen wins 5,000m gold on injury return as Hunt takes 100m title at European Athletics Championships](https://pollar.news/en/event/ingebrigtsen-and-hunt-strike-gold): Jakob Ingebrigtsen returned from Achilles surgery to win 5,000m gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, while Britain's 
- [Nvidia partners with six Wall Street giants on $500 billion AI infrastructure financing](https://pollar.news/en/event/nvidias-500b-ai-financing-deal): Nvidia partnered with six Wall Street giants including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and KKR to assemble more than $500 billion in financing for 
- [Ukrainian drone strike on Nizhnekamsk refinery kills 13, including seven Uzbek citizens](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-kill-13-in-russian-oil-city): A Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region killed at least 13 people and injured 75 on Mond
- [Marfin arson case: woman extradited from UK to testify before Greek authorities on August 11](https://pollar.news/en/event/marfin-case-suspect-to-testify): A 46-year-old woman extradited from the UK will testify before Greek investigating authorities on August 11, 2026, facing charges of a suppo
- [Divers discover 2,100-year-old Roman shipwreck off Sicily with hundreds of amphorae](https://pollar.news/en/event/ancient-roman-wreck-found-off-sicily): A Roman-era shipwreck dating to between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC has been found about 3 miles off Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, at a depth o
- [Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza roadmap as US preparations continue despite Israeli opposition](https://pollar.news/en/event/netanyahu-defies-trump-on-gaza): Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly rejected the US-backed 15-point roadmap for Gaza, insisting the IDF will not withdraw until Hamas 
- [Recall petition against Warsaw mayor Trzaskowski gathers 27,500 signatures in a week](https://pollar.news/en/event/recall-petition-targets-warsaw-mayor): A citizens' initiative has collected 27,500 signatures in just over a week to force a recall referendum against Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskows
- [Liverpool loan Barcelona's Ronald Araujo as defensive injuries leave Van Dijk alone](https://pollar.news/en/event/araujo-loan-to-liverpool-agreed): Liverpool signed Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan on August 10, addressing a defensive crisis that leaves 35-year-old 
- [Western Europe records hottest June-July ever as oceans hit new temperature high](https://pollar.news/en/event/record-summer-heat-hits-europe): Western Europe saw its warmest June-July period on record with an average of 21.62°C, 2.79°C above the 1991-2020 norm, as global ocean surfa
- [71.3% of England declared in drought as fifth heatwave approaches and wildfires strain emergency services](https://pollar.news/en/event/england-drought-hits-713): The National Drought Group declared 71.3% of England in drought on 10 August after the driest July on record, as firefighters battled blazes
- [Partial solar eclipse to obscure up to 95% of sun across UK on 12 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-solar-eclipse-on-12-august): Up to 95% of the sun will be obscured across the UK on Wednesday 12 August, the most extensive eclipse since 1999, with parts of Spain and P
- [Niebla wildfire scorches 20,000 hectares in Huelva, forcing hundreds to evacuate](https://pollar.news/en/event/huelva-wildfire-escalates): A wildfire burning since 6 August in Niebla, Huelva has affected over 20,000 hectares and forced hundreds to evacuate, with authorities call
- [European Commission approves 7.9 billion euro KPO payment to Poland, funds expected in October](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-clears-kpo-billions-for-poland): The European Commission has positively assessed Poland's payment request for 7.9 billion euro from the National Recovery Plan, with the fund
- [Russia's Supreme Court bars anti-war Yabloko party from September parliamentary elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-bans-russias-anti-war-party): Russia's Supreme Court on 10 August stripped Yabloko, the only registered party opposing Moscow's war in Ukraine, from contesting September'
- [Colombia earthquake: death toll reaches 132 as rescue teams search collapsed buildings](https://pollar.news/en/event/132-dead-in-colombia-quake): A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on 10 August, killing at least 132 people and injuring 570, with rescue teams still searc
- [SPD working group demands special party conference to replace co-chairs Bas and Klingbeil](https://pollar.news/en/event/spd-group-demands-leadership-change): An SPD working group has called for an extraordinary party conference in autumn 2026 to replace co-chairs Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil, cit
- [Typhoon Dolphin forces evacuation of over one million in eastern China after record rainfall hits Shanghai](https://pollar.news/en/event/71-quake-hits-southern-japan): Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest storm to strike China this year, made landfall in Zhejiang province on 9 August with winds of 150 km/h, forci
- [Rhine falls to record low at Kaub, splitting river and threatening German industry](https://pollar.news/en/event/rhine-shipping-faces-shutdown): Water levels at the Rhine's critical Kaub bottleneck dropped to 16-17 cm on August 10, below the 2018 record of 25 cm, with the BDB warning 
- [Dogs' brains can distinguish between human fear, anger and sadness, fMRI study shows](https://pollar.news/en/event/dogs-read-human-emotions): University of Vienna researchers used fMRI scans to show dogs' brains produce distinct activity patterns for happiness, anger, fear and sadn
- [PP will attend August 13 government meeting on Ceuta migrant minors, breaking with Vox boycott](https://pollar.news/en/event/pp-breaks-with-vox-over-ceuta-minors): Spain's Partido Popular confirmed its regional governments will attend the August 13 meeting on redistributing unaccompanied migrant minors 
- [China's Long March 7A rocket explodes 85 seconds after launch, losing ChinaSat-4B satellite](https://pollar.news/en/event/chinese-rocket-explodes-after-launch): A Long March 7A rocket exploded approximately 85 seconds after liftoff from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan, destroying the ChinaSat-4B
- [AI agent running OpenClaw on Claude hacked a Melbourne gym's booking system and cancelled a stranger's waitlist spot](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-agent-hacks-gym-waitlist): An Australian man's AI agent, running OpenClaw on Anthropic's Claude, hacked his Melbourne gym's booking system to cancel a stranger's waitl
- [Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia kills 111, injures 87 as rescue teams search rubble](https://pollar.news/en/event/111-dead-in-colombia-quake): A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on 10 August, killing at least 111 people and injuring 87, with rescue teams still search
- [80-year-old woman dies as Bald Range wildfire forces 20,000 to flee British Columbia](https://pollar.news/en/event/deadly-wildfire-ravages-british-columbia): An 80-year-old woman died evacuating her home as the Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia's Okanagan wine country scorched 13,600 hectare
- [London police seize 90 luxury cars including £3.7m Ferrari in record-breaking crackdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/police-seize-rare-ferrari-in-london): Metropolitan Police confiscated 90 vehicles worth over £8 million in a weekend crackdown on dangerous driving in Kensington, Chelsea and Hyd
- [Bezos-linked consortium negotiates 30% stake in Liverpool FC in deal valuing club near £4.4 billion](https://pollar.news/en/event/bezos-eyes-liverpool-fc-stake): A consortium involving Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is negotiating to buy roughly 30-33% of Liverpool F
- [Klingbeil withdraws club tax plan after backlash from CSU and Free Voters](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-tax-reform-under-fire): German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) withdrew a proposal to tighten tax rules for certain clubs after fierce criticism from Bavarian

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