# 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. - [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 - [Trump signs executive order to space out childhood vaccines and split MMR shot despite scientific consensus](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-reshapes-vaccine-schedule): President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 10 August calling for childhood vaccine shots to be spaced out and the combined MMR vacc - [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 secretly flown from Turkey in catering cart ruse after Iranian assassination threat](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-secret-turkey-escape): US President Donald Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One to a smaller military plane via an airport catering cart after the Secret Se - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Segovia wildfire stabilises but evacuations continue as wind risk persists overnight](https://pollar.news/en/event/segovia-wildfires-trigger-evacuations): A wildfire that began Saturday near Navas de San Antonio in Segovia province, Spain, forced evacuations of Los Ángeles de San Rafael and Veg - [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 - [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 - [Syria and Russia agree to convert Hmeimim and Tartus bases into joint training centers](https://pollar.news/en/event/syria-russia-bases-deal-reached): Syria announced a memorandum of understanding with Moscow converting the Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base into joint training centers, - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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' - [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 - [Polish tax offices and government administration to close on 14 August as civil servants get substitute holiday for Saturday 15 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/14-august-civil-servants-day-off): On Friday 14 August 2026, all Polish tax offices and much of the government administration will close as more than 120,000 civil servants ta - [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 - [Greece contains new wildfire near Athens as winds fan flames across Attica](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfire-contained-near-athens): A wildfire that broke out on Monday morning in Kouvaras, 60 km southeast of Athens, was contained within hours after the deployment of at le - [Trump backs FIFA's Infantino as UEFA, AFC and Concacaf accuse him of 'deception' over failed World Cup sell-off](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-backs-fifas-infantino): US President Donald Trump warned FIFA against replacing president Gianni Infantino, as UEFA, the AFC and Concacaf accused the embattled lead - [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 - [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 - [Storm warnings with winds up to 115 km/h issued across 11 voivodeships in Poland](https://pollar.news/en/event/extreme-heatwave-hits-poland): IMGW has issued level 1 and level 2 storm warnings across 11 voivodeships and heat warnings for 14, with the RCB alerting 6 regions ahead of - [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 - [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 - [Trump concedes contractor error in Reflecting Pool but renews vandalism charges against former Olympian](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-wont-drop-pool-case): President Trump conceded that his administration's rushed $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool suffered from contr - [Puma possibly spotted in Poland's Ciechanów district, residents warned to stay out of forests](https://pollar.news/en/event/puma-alert-in-poland): Authorities in Poland's Ciechanów district warned residents on 10 August 2026 to stay out of forests after hunters reported spotting a large - [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 - [US judge dismisses criminal fraud and bribery case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani](https://pollar.news/en/event/judge-dismisses-adani-criminal-case): A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed criminal fraud and bribery charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani on August 10, granting a Ju - [Spain defends Ceuta response as 22 EU states demand action and death toll passes 140](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Spain defends its handling of the Ceuta migration crisis as 22 EU states demand urgent action, Italy and Denmark push for offshore repatriat - [Judge temporarily blocks Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax on NYC second homes](https://pollar.news/en/event/nyc-second-home-tax-blocked): A Staten Island judge issued a temporary restraining order halting New York City's pied-à-terre tax on second homes, after homeowners sued o - [Flood relief scandal: 4.5 million PLN routed to firms linked to KO official despite no flood damage](https://pollar.news/en/event/flood-relief-scandal-hits-ko): Three firms linked to a KO politician and KARR vice-president received 4.5 million PLN in September 2024 flood relief despite satellite and - [Contiguous US records hottest month ever as July 2026 averages 76.89°F](https://pollar.news/en/event/hottest-us-month-on-record): July 2026 averaged 76.89°F (24.94°C) across the Lower 48 states, NOAA confirmed on August 10, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 mark by an - [Ewa Swoboda defends European 100m silver in Birmingham after post-Olympic comeback](https://pollar.news/en/event/swoboda-takes-european-100m-silver): Polish sprinter Ewa Swoboda defended her European 100m silver in Birmingham, finishing in 11.02s behind Britain's Amy Hunt (11.00s), capping ## 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 - 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