# 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 continues to compress competitive advantage cycles and test regulatory guardrails, whil - [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, energy i - [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. - [US imposes sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and prosecutor Abdoulaye Seye](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-sanctions-icc-leaders): The US State Department froze American assets and banned travel for ICC President Tomoko Akane and lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, prompting condemna - [Israel opens criminal probes into 2024 killing of Hind Rajab and 2025 strike on aid workers](https://pollar.news/en/event/israel-probes-gaza-killings): The Israeli military announced internal criminal investigations into the January 2024 death of five-year-old Hind Rajab and a March 2025 str - [Ousted Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov calls for wartime elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/fedorov-demands-ukraine-elections): Former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for national elections to address what he termed a crisis of governance, challenging Pre - [Moderna and Merck report positive phase 3 trial results for personalized mRNA cancer vaccine](https://pollar.news/en/event/melanoma-mrna-vaccine-succeeds): An interim analysis of 1,137 patients showed that Moderna and Merck's Intismeran combined with Keytruda reduced recurrence and spread in sur - [ITIA provisionally suspends Nick Kyrgios after positive cocaine test in Mallorca](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyrgios-suspended-for-cocaine): The International Tennis Integrity Agency confirmed Australian player Nick Kyrgios tested positive for benzoylecgonine at the Mallorca Open - [Jamal Musiala diagnosed with neurological absence seizures after two preseason collapses for Bayern Munich](https://pollar.news/en/event/musiala-collapses-in-bayern-win): Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala has been diagnosed with treatable absence seizures after collapsing in friendlies against Leipzig and - [Croatian police arrest second Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream sabotage case](https://pollar.news/en/event/nord-stream-suspect-arrested): German prosecutors announced the arrest of Ukrainian diver Vladimir Z. in Pula under a European warrant for the September 2022 pipeline blas - [Donald Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for three days as trade talks continue](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-canada-tariff-talks): US President Donald Trump announced a three-day delay on 50% tariffs targeting roughly $20 billion in Canadian imports, giving negotiators u - [UK government allocates £442m in plan to offer rough sleepers shelter by Christmas](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-unveils-homelessness-plan): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced an expanded £442 million funding package aimed at providing emergency accommodation and he - [NASA orbiter photographs 18-meter Moon crater formed by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crash](https://pollar.news/en/event/nasa-photos-show-lunar-crater): NASA has released images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showing an 18-meter-wide crater created when an abandoned SpaceX Falcon 9 upp - [Unitree shares climb 460% in Shanghai debut after raising 6.1 billion yuan](https://pollar.news/en/event/unitree-launches-superman-robot): Unitree Robotics shares closed 460% above their offering price on the Shanghai STAR Market on Wednesday, valuing the Hangzhou-based humanoid - [Gold mine collapse in western Central African Republic leaves at least 100 dead near Cameroon border](https://pollar.news/en/event/car-mine-collapse-kills-100): A landslide at an artisanal gold mine in Zamboyé killed at least 100 people on 18 August, prompting rescue operations and a judicial inquiry - [Helicopter crash in northern Kenya kills seven, including Ecuador intelligence director Michele Sensi Contugi](https://pollar.news/en/event/kenya-tourist-helicopter-crashes): A Eurocopter EC130 B4 carrying safari guests crashed near Mount Ololokwe on Wednesday morning, killing a pilot and six passengers during a f - [US and South Korea cut Ulchi Freedom Shield military drills from 11 days to five](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-cuts-south-korea-drills): The Pentagon and Seoul agreed to end joint military maneuvers on 21 August, six days earlier than planned, following a directive from Donald - [Frank Beard, longtime drummer of Texas blues-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77](https://pollar.news/en/event/frank-beard-dies-at-77): Frank Beard, who anchored the rhythm section of ZZ Top for more than five decades, died at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, as the band prepare - [British director John Irvin dies at 86 following five-decade filmmaking career](https://pollar.news/en/event/director-john-irvin-dies): British filmmaker John Irvin, who directed the 1979 spy miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the 1987 Vietnam War feature Hamburger Hill - [Isack Hadjar to miss Dutch Grand Prix with wrist injury as Red Bull brings in Liam Lawson](https://pollar.news/en/event/lawson-replaces-injured-hadjar): Isack Hadjar will miss this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort after fracturing his wrist in training, prompting Red Bull to call up Li - [North Korea denies Trump talks as US president pushes for autumn summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-seeks-kim-meeting): Pyongyang rejected claims of direct communication with Donald Trump after the US president ordered joint military drills with South Korea sc - [Poland proposes three-bracket income tax reform with 24% rate and corporate levy hike](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-unveils-tax-changes): Prime Minister Donald Tusk unveiled a plan to raise the first PIT threshold to 130,000 PLN and add a 24% bracket, funding the 3.5 million ta - [Head-on collision between patient minibus and truck kills at least 21 in Brazil](https://pollar.news/en/event/brazil-highway-collision-kills-21): A head-on collision between a patient transport minibus and a commercial truck on highway BR-373 in Paraná left at least 21 people dead and - [Four US states seek $200 billion from Meta in federal youth addiction trial](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-addiction-trial-begins): California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey began presenting arguments in an Oakland federal court, accusing Meta of violating child priv - [Melting Trift glacier in Switzerland reveals bodies of two Belgian climbers missing since 1992](https://pollar.news/en/event/missing-1992-climbers-found): Swiss police identified the remains of two Belgian mountaineers discovered by a hiker on the Trift glacier in Valais, 34 years after their d - [Poland evacuates injured pilgrims from Hungary bus crash as prosecutors seek trial transfer](https://pollar.news/en/event/twelve-dead-in-hungarian-bus-crash): Twelve more Polish citizens injured in a fatal bus crash on Hungary's M3 motorway returned home on Wednesday, as prosecutors in Krosno reque - [France confronts widespread data theft from tax authority and education ministry](https://pollar.news/en/event/massive-french-tax-data-breach): French prosecutors opened a criminal investigation after cybercriminals breached tax and education systems, exposing over 678,000 taxpayer f - [White House attacks critics as scrutiny mounts over Trump aide Natalie Harp](https://pollar.news/en/event/scrutiny-over-trump-aide-mounts): A campaign speech by Senator Jon Ossoff in Georgia sparked sharp pushback from Donald Trump and White House officials regarding the role and - [Barcelona complete €76.5 million signing of Rodri from Manchester City](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-sign-rodri-from-city): The 30-year-old Spanish midfielder agreed to a four-year contract running through June 2030 after seven seasons in Manchester. - [UAE suspends all Iran trade ties following two ballistic missile launches](https://pollar.news/en/event/uae-halts-iran-trade): The United Arab Emirates has halted all commercial and financial transactions with Iran after two ballistic missiles were fired toward Emira - [France and Germany condemn Israeli minister Ben Gvir over Gaza killing remarks](https://pollar.news/en/event/ben-gvir-urges-nightly-gaza-killings): Berlin and Paris denounced calls by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to kill 30 to 40 people in Gaza each night, while als - [Spain plans to relocate 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to mainland facilities](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-health-system-near-collapse): The Ministry of Youth and Children is preparing to transfer approximately 500 unaccompanied girls from Ceuta to the Iberian Peninsula, promp - [Granada earthquake swarm displaces over 1,000 residents as emergency teams inspect hundreds of buildings](https://pollar.news/en/event/48-quake-shakes-granada): Emergency teams across Granada evaluated hundreds of structures on Wednesday after magnitude 5.0 and 4.8 earthquakes displaced over 1,000 pe - [Iran weighs strikes on US bases in Bulgaria and Cyprus if war expands](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-weighs-european-strikes): Tehran has reviewed military options to strike US assets in Bulgaria and Cyprus and disrupt subsea cables in the Strait of Hormuz if Washing - [Germany condemns Israeli minister Ben-Gvir over calls for targeted killings in Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-seeks-ben-gvir-sanctions): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unacceptable after he advocated killin - [AS Monaco and Paul Pogba mutually terminate contract after 115 minutes of play](https://pollar.news/en/event/pogba-leaves-monaco): The French midfielder leaves Monaco after making six appearances across one season, following fresh knee and hamstring injuries during pre-s - [Wildfire in Aldea del Fresno forces confinement of two towns in Madrid region](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfire-confines-madrid-towns): A wildfire on the M-510 highway triggered stay-at-home orders for Aldea del Fresno and Villamantilla on Wednesday afternoon, prompting the d - [Israel strikes Syrian airbase as Turkey rejects troop deployment claims](https://pollar.news/en/event/israel-strikes-syrian-airbase): Eight Israeli airstrikes damaged the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria, prompting US criticism and Turkish denials of planned milit - [OpenAI pauses frontier AI training and rewrites safety rules after Hugging Face breach](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-halts-training): OpenAI suspended its largest frontier reinforcement learning run and introduced mandatory 30-minute automated alert protocols following a se - [French Senate Macronist leader François Patriat dies at 83 after cycling accident](https://pollar.news/en/event/francois-patriat-dies-at-83): François Patriat, leader of the macronist RDPI group in the French Senate, died at a Dijon hospital on 19 August 2026 following a bicycle ac - [Monte dei Paschi weighs bids for Banco BPM and Banca Generali to counter Intesa takeover](https://pollar.news/en/event/monte-dei-paschi-weighs-counter-bids): Monte dei Paschi Chief Executive Luigi Lovaglio has called an extraordinary board meeting for 20 August to examine counter-bids for Banco BP - [Portugal enacts public face-covering ban with fines up to 3,000 euros](https://pollar.news/en/event/portugal-bans-face-coverings): President António José Seguro signed the legislation after parliamentary approval, establishing fines between 150 and 3,000 euros while exem - [Police examine security response after Antonello da Messina paintings stolen in Sicily](https://pollar.news/en/event/art-heist-hits-messina-museum): Messina police are reviewing surveillance footage and assessing security conduct after two helmeted thieves broke into the regional museum o - [Russian depositors pull 286 billion roubles in August as cash hoarding strains banks](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-cash-run-accelerates): Savers and corporations across Russia withdrew 2.4 trillion roubles in 2026 to date, forcing the Finance Ministry to cancel bond auctions an - [Polish YouTuber Stuu Charged with Underage Sexual Offenses Following Extradition from Britain](https://pollar.news/en/event/youtuber-stuu-formally-charged): Warsaw prosecutors formally presented four criminal charges to internet creator Stuart K.-B., known as Stuu, following his extradition from - [Hayden Panettiere dies at 36 in South Carolina apartment as police investigate cause](https://pollar.news/en/event/hayden-panettiere-dies-at-36): The 36-year-old actor was pronounced dead in a Greenville apartment on Sunday afternoon, prompting a local police and coroner investigation - [Russian drone strike on Kherson passenger bus kills four civilians and injures four](https://pollar.news/en/event/kherson-bus-drone-strike): A Russian loitering munition hit a yellow public transit minibus during the morning hours in southern Ukraine, scattering debris across a fr - [Erin Patterson begins court appeal against mushroom murder convictions in Melbourne](https://pollar.news/en/event/erin-patterson-appeals-convictions): Lawyers for the 51-year-old argue that housing jurors in the same hotel as police and prosecutors denied her a fair trial, while the state a - [UK July inflation rises to 2.9% as energy price cap increase lifts household bills](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-inflation-reaches-29): Annual inflation in the UK accelerated to 2.9% in July following a 13% increase in Ofgem's household energy price cap, marking the first pic - [Global bond selloff lifts 30-year US Treasury yield to 5.33% and pressures tech equities](https://pollar.news/en/event/bond-yields-climb-on-war): A worldwide sovereign bond rout pushed long-term yields in the United States, Germany, and Japan to multi-decade peaks, triggering equity lo - [Harvard agrees to 53 million dollar settlement over medical school morgue body parts theft](https://pollar.news/en/event/harvard-settles-morgue-lawsuits): Harvard University has agreed to a $53 million class-action settlement with families of donors whose bodies were stolen and sold on the blac - [LandSpace lands reusable Zhuque-3 booster in Gansu after orbital launch](https://pollar.news/en/event/landspace-lands-zhuque-3-booster): Chinese commercial aerospace firm LandSpace recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket on landing legs in Gansu province on Wednesday, - [UK watchdog investigates Trainline, Virgin Atlantic, and RED Driving School over drip pricing](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-probes-hidden-fees): The Competition and Markets Authority opened investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic, and RED Driving School over hidden fees that di ## 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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