# 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. - [Six dead in Thai school shooting by 14-year-old student who first killed grandparents at home](https://pollar.news/en/event/school-shooting-near-bangkok): A 14-year-old student killed six people at Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok on 7 August 2026 after fatally shooting his grandparents - [New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567M for teen mental health fund, bringing total penalties to $942M](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-fined-567m-for-child-harms): A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and imposed five-year platform restrictions, adding to $3 - [Trump signs two executive orders targeting birth tourism in narrower bid to restrict birthright citizenship](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-curbs-birthright-citizenship-anew): President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on August 6 targeting birth tourism and specific categories of foreign nationals, a month - [Ceuta migrant crisis: 1,342 minors registered as death toll disputes persist and Morocco states readiness for returns](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Spain's minister Sira Rego confirmed 1,342 unaccompanied minors are registered in Ceuta's overwhelmed shelter system as Morocco stated readi - [CAF, Mexico and Argentina back Infantino as UEFA holds FIFA boycott over abandoned World Cup sell-off](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA President Gianni Infantino retains backing from Africa, Mexico and Argentina after abandoning his secret World Cup privatisation plan, - [Spain gives Italy August 9 deadline to end border checks or face proportionate countermeasures](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-ultimatum-to-italy): Madrid demands Rome lift its August 1 Schengen suspension by Sunday or face proportionate countermeasures, escalating a dispute triggered by - [Explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig airport prompts German federal investigation and security council meeting](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-found-at-leipzig-airport): A drone carrying professional explosives and a detonator was discovered near Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes at Leipzig/Halle Airport, prompt - [Spain prepares for first total solar eclipse in over a century on 12 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/century-long-eclipse-drought-ends-in-spain): On 12 August, a total solar eclipse will cross Spain from west to east, bringing up to two minutes of darkness to a band from Galicia to the - [RWE abandons US offshore wind for $1.22 billion gas pivot deal with Trump](https://pollar.news/en/event/rwe-quits-us-wind-for-gas-deal): German energy giant RWE will cancel all three of its US offshore wind leases and redirect $1.22 billion into LNG and natural gas projects af - [US intelligence warns Putin could test NATO with limited attack amid munitions shortages](https://pollar.news/en/event/putin-may-test-nato-resolve): New US intelligence reports warn that Vladimir Putin could test NATO's resolve with a limited attack on a member country within the next few - [Danuri orbiter captures first images of SpaceX Falcon 9 crash on the Moon](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-rocket-heading-for-moon-impact): A Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the Moon on 5 August at roughly 8,700 km/h, and South Korea's Danuri orbiter has released before-and-aft - [French unemployment climbs to 8.3% in Q2 2026, highest since autumn 2020](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-unemployment-at-six-year-high): France's unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in the second quarter of 2026, up 0.2 points and the highest since autumn 2020, with 2.7 million peo - [France warns it won't tolerate foreign interference after pro-Russian networks target three presidential candidates](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-deepfake-targets-glucksmann): Pro-Russian networks Storm-1516 and Matriochka targeted Édouard Philippe, Raphaël Glucksmann and Gabriel Attal with fabricated videos and fa - [Benfica hammer Hearts 6-1 in Europa League as Marco Silva benches Trubin for Soares](https://pollar.news/en/event/benfica-thrash-hearts-6-1): Benfica demolished Hearts 6-1 in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round, with coach Marco Silva's decision to drop goal - [PSOE files criminal complaint over Ayuso's 6.3 million euro luxury penthouse purchase](https://pollar.news/en/event/ayuso-penthouse-purchase-criticised): Spain's Socialist Party filed a criminal complaint with Madrid's economic crimes prosecutor over the purchase of a 6.3 million euro luxury p - [Nawrocki marks first year as president with strategy pledge, cost inquiry and political crossfire](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrockis-first-year-in-review): President Karol Nawrocki marked the first anniversary of his swearing-in on August 6 with a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, a - [China's July exports climb 23.9% as AI demand offsets trade tensions](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-exports-jump-239-in-july): China's exports rose 23.9% year-on-year in July in dollar terms, beating forecasts, while imports grew 27.5%, customs data showed on Friday, - [Stanford researchers use AI to design first fully functional synthetic viruses](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-creates-first-synthetic-viruses): Scientists at Stanford and the Arc Institute used generative AI to design 16 fully functional bacteriophages, the first time AI has created - [Four Spanish ministers to face Congress in late August over Ceuta migration crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/ministers-face-congress-over-ceuta): Four Spanish ministers will appear before Congress in late August to explain their handling of the Ceuta migration crisis, after more than 7 - [Zelensky would lose to three rivals in hypothetical runoff, Socis poll finds](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-loses-in-poll-runoff): A Socis survey of 2,000 Ukrainians shows President Zelensky would lead a hypothetical first round but lose every second-round matchup to Zal - [Bolojan signals PNL openness to technocratic government as Romania awaits Moody's verdict](https://pollar.news/en/event/bolojan-backs-technocratic-government): Interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said PNL could support a technocratic government with a parliamentary majority, as Romania awaits Moody' - [Apollo to take easyJet private in £5.7 billion deal after Castlelake exits](https://pollar.news/en/event/apollo-acquires-easyjet-for-57-billion): Apollo Global Management agreed to buy easyJet for £5.70 billion ($7.7 billion) at £7.15 per share, ending a months-long bidding war after r - [Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 4,000 cases as unpaid health workers protest and vaccine plan expands](https://pollar.news/en/event/congo-ebola-outbreak-worsens): The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record has exceeded 4,000 confirmed cases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with health workers - [Iran-Oman deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz nears as Trump cancels strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): Iran and Oman have reached a preliminary agreement on transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz, sending Brent crude from roughly $100 to - [Barcelona cancels pre-season friendly in Tangier over Ceuta migration crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-cancels-morocco-friendly): FC Barcelona cancelled a pre-season friendly scheduled for 15 August in Tangier, Morocco, citing the migration crisis in the nearby Spanish - [US expands social media screening of visa applicants to include foreign journalists](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-vets-journalists-social-media): The State Department is expanding social media vetting of visa applicants to include foreign journalists and certain Canadian and Mexican wo - [Trump signs executive order imposing 15% tariffs on polysilicon imports](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-imposes-polysilicon-tariffs): President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday imposing 15% tariffs on imported polysilicon derivatives and establishing a pri - [Danube drought forces nuclear plant shutdowns in Hungary and Romania](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-drought-shuts-cernavod): Record-low Danube levels from prolonged heatwaves have pushed Hungary's Paks plant toward its first full shutdown in its 44 years of service - [Cambridge's youngest Black professor Jason Arday resigns amid plagiarism investigation](https://pollar.news/en/event/cambridge-professor-arday-resigns): Professor Jason Arday, who became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023 at age 37, resigned on 5 August evening after the university - [Vinicius Jr extends Real Madrid contract to 2032 amid Arsenal interest](https://pollar.news/en/event/vinicius-extends-madrid-deal-to-2032): Real Madrid announced a six-season contract extension for Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr on 6 August, ending 18 months of talks and fending o - [Houthi drone and missile attacks kill at least 38 Yemeni government troops in Marib and Hadramaut](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthis-kill-38-yemeni-troops): Houthi drone and missile strikes on military camps in Marib and Hadramaut on August 6 killed at least 38 government troops and wounded 29, t - [Nearly 7 million German vehicles carry reactivated 'homeland' license plates, study finds](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-homeland-plates-gain-popularity): A Heilbronn University study finds nearly 7 million vehicles registered with 336 reactivated regional license plates since 2012, as the Bund - [Progressive El-Sayed edges Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, setting up November showdown with Rogers](https://pollar.news/en/event/el-sayed-defies-aipac-spending): Progressive doctor Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated establishment-backed Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, fending off - [Le Court wins Tour de France Femmes stage six after crash and mechanical, Reusser keeps yellow jersey](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-femmes-2026-begins): Kimberley Le Court of Mauritius recovered from a crash and a mechanical problem to win stage six of the Tour de France Femmes in Tournon-sur - [Rodri rejects Real Madrid, gives green light to Barcelona transfer talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/rodri-says-yes-to-barcelona): Spanish World Cup captain Rodri has told Barcelona he wants to join them, snubbing Real Madrid and opening negotiations with Manchester City - [Russia downs 605 Ukrainian drones overnight as UN condemns both sides for civilian strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/605-drones-downed-overnight): Russia said it shot down 605 Ukrainian drones across 20 regions overnight, as UN Secretary General Guterres condemned both Moscow and Kyiv f - [Senator Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab center after 53-day absence, will recover at home](https://pollar.news/en/event/mcconnell-leaves-rehab-center): Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, said on August 6 he was discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue recovering at home - [All 27 Italian cities hit red alert as fourth heatwave peaks near 40°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/fourth-heatwave-hits-italy): All 27 cities monitored by Italy's health ministry are on red alert for the first time in 2026, as the fourth heatwave pushes temperatures n - [Taiwan troops rehearse sealing off Danjiang Bridge in Han Kuang war games against Chinese invasion scenario](https://pollar.news/en/event/taiwan-drills-bridge-defense): Taiwanese troops practiced sealing off the Danjiang Bridge near Taipei overnight as the annual 10-day Han Kuang exercises entered their seco - [Real Madrid signs 19-year-old Yan Diomandé from Leipzig for club-record €125 million](https://pollar.news/en/event/real-madrid-signs-diomande): Real Madrid has signed 19-year-old Ivorian winger Yan Diomandé from RB Leipzig on a seven-year deal worth up to €140 million with bonuses, m - [Vinícius Júnior extends Real Madrid contract to 2032, ending Arsenal interest](https://pollar.news/en/event/vinicius-extends-real-madrid-deal): Brazil winger Vinícius Júnior has agreed a new six-year contract extension with Real Madrid through June 2032, ending months of speculation - [Conte tells Covid commission it is a 'firing squad' against him, attacks €100M mask settlement with JC Electronics](https://pollar.news/en/event/conte-clashes-with-covid-commission): Former PM Giuseppe Conte told the parliamentary Covid commission the body was a firing squad against him, presented an anonymous document al - [Felipe VI receives Ceuta president Vivas at Marivent after mass migrant crossing crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/king-meets-ceuta-leader): King Felipe VI received Ceuta president Juan Jesús Vivas at Marivent Palace on August 6, one week after more than 70,000 migrants crossed th - [Hantavirus Andes strain detected in Franco-Argentine tourist isolated in Spain after France transit](https://pollar.news/en/event/hantavirus-case-isolated-in-spain): A Franco-Argentine tourist who transited through France in July tested positive for the Andes hantavirus variant and has been isolated with - [PiS proposes deporting draft-age Ukrainians not legally employed, sparking backlash from government and business groups](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-proposes-deporting-draft-age-ukrainians): PiS announced at its 6 August 2026 programmatic conference that a future government would deport Ukrainian men of conscription age who do no - [Ukrainian drones strike Wildberries hub in Aleksin as campaign hits 20+ warehouses across Russia](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-hit-20-wildberries-warehouses): A Ukrainian drone struck a Wildberries logistics hub in Aleksin, Tula region, overnight, part of a campaign that has hit more than 20 of the - [Poland faces 39°C heat and severe storms before weekend cooldown to 8°C at night](https://pollar.news/en/event/extreme-heatwave-hits-poland): Poland faces a final day of extreme heat up to 39°C on Thursday 6 August, followed by severe storms with hail and wind gusts to 90 km/h, bef - [Spanish far-right and left unite to demand Morocco's exclusion from 2030 World Cup amid final-hosting dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-challenges-moroccos-world-cup): FIFA denied reports that president Gianni Infantino promised Morocco the 2030 World Cup final, as Spanish parties from Vox to Sumar demanded - [Car bomb wounds Russian drone maker Tkachuk, kills his driver near Ekaterinburg](https://pollar.news/en/event/car-bomb-hits-russian-drone-maker): Vladimir Tkachuk, general director of Uraldronzavod and producer of Upyr kamikaze drones used by Russia in Ukraine, was seriously wounded on - [Francesco Guccini dies at 86: Italy mourns the 'Maestrone' of cantautori](https://pollar.news/en/event/guccini-dies-at-86): Francesco Guccini, the Italian cantautore who soundtracked over 50 years of the country's social and political transformation, died on 6 Aug ## 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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